〜ものか (~mono ka) — never! / as if!
Hot-blooded refusal — 'never!' muttered to yourself, 'as if!' thrown at a friend.
Formula (सूत्र ढाँचा)
Grammar rule (व्याकरण नियम र परिभाषा)
When to use it
You got terrible service at a restaurant and mutter on the way out: 「あんな店、二度と行くもんか」(that place — I'm never going back!).
Meaning
- 「〜ものか」= not just 'I won't', but an angry 'never, ever'.
- ① Your own resolve — 「負けるものか」(I won't lose), 「あきらめるものか」(I won't give up); mostly 独り言, something you say to yourself.
- ② Knocking down what someone just said — a friend says 「新しいバイト、楽そうだね」and you shoot back 「楽なもんか。一日中立ちっぱなしだよ」(easy? as if! I'm on my feet all day) — 'no way!'.
How to attach
- Dictionary form・い-adj + ものか
- な-adj + な + ものか
- N + な + ものか (天才なもんか)
- As a thought: 「〜ものかと思って」
- 「もんか」is even more casual (friends); women usually say 「ものですか・もんですか」.
Versus what you know
- N3「わけがない・はずがない」is the head reasoning 'it cannot be'; 「ものか」is an emotional refusal from the heart.
- N3「ものか」sounds even hotter than 「決して〜ない」.
Watch out
- Spoken language only — never in a report or a formal email.
- Don't use it with the 店長 or a customer — it shows anger.
Examples (उदाहरणहरू)
あんな店、二度と行くもんか。
あんなみせ、にどといくもんか。
That place? I'm never going back!
How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) 行く = to go → 辞書形 as it is → we attach 「もんか」 (casual, 独り言) → 二度と adds "ever again" → "I will never go".
N2に落ちるものかと思って、毎晩勉強している。
N2におちるものかとおもって、まいばんべんきょうしている。
I've been studying every night, telling myself, "I am not failing N2!"
How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) 落ちる = to fail → we attach 「ものか」: 落ちるものか (I won't!) → 「と思って」 turns it into what I tell myself → then what I do because of it: 勉強している.
楽なもんか。一日中立ちっぱなしだよ。
らくなもんか。いちにちじゅうたちっぱなしだよ。
Easy? As if! I'm on my feet all day.
How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) 楽 = easy (な-adj) → we keep 「な」: 楽な → we attach 「もんか」 → it rejects a friend's 「楽そう」 → then the reason: 立ちっぱなし.
Knowledge check (मिनी ज्ञान जाँच)
「あの人が正直＿ものか。うそばかりだ。」— fill the blank.
💡 Hint: What links a な-adj or N to ものか?
な-adj/N + な + ものか: 正直なものか = honest? as if!
Where is 「ものか」unnatural?
💡 Hint: Spoken, or written?
ものか is emotional spoken language — it does not belong in a report or formal writing.
What does 「一度断られたぐらいで、あいつがあきらめるものか。」mean?
💡 Hint: ものか = a strong 'no way'.
あきらめるものか = there's no way he'll give up (strong emotional denial).
Your score: /3