〜だの〜だの (~da no ~da no) — A and B and the like (fed-up tone)
The spoken list for other people's nagging or a messy pile, said with an 'ugh'.
Formula (सूत्र ढाँचा)
Grammar rule (व्याकरण नियम र परिभाषा)
When to use it
- Every time you call home, mother says 'get married soon', 'send more money'.
- Fed up, you tell a friend: 「母は電話のたびに、早く結婚しろだの、もっとお金を送れだのと、うるさい」.
Meaning
- 「〜だの〜だの」= like Nepali '…re, …re' — it lists examples of what others say or do with a 'so annoying' tone.
- The feeling is clearly negative: 「うんざり」(sick of it).
- It mostly appears in complaints, other people's orders and lists of junk, followed by 「と文句を言う」「うるさい」「でいっぱいだ」.
- For example: 「弟の部屋は紙くずだの空きかんだのでいっぱいだ」(my brother's room is full of scrap paper, empty cans and what not).
How to attach
- Nouns and な-adjectives take 「だの」directly: 紙くずだの・不便だの — the 「だ」inside だの does the job, no extra だ.
- Verbs and い-adjectives in plain form: 悪いだの・行かないだの
- When quoting someone's orders, the command form goes straight in: 勉強しろだの・片づけろだの
Versus what you know
- N3「〜とか〜とか」is a plain list.
- This lesson's 「〜やら〜やら」carries 'overwhelmed'; 「だの」is clearly fed up.
Watch out
- It is spoken language (話し言葉) — never in a mail to the 店長 or a formal notice.
- The feeling is negative only — use it for a happy list (presents, fun) and people will think you are fed up; there you want 「や」or「やら」.
Examples (उदाहरणहरू)
母は電話のたびに、早く結婚しろだの、もっとお金を送れだのと、うるさい。
はははでんわのたびに、はやくけっこんしろだの、もっとおかねをおくれだのと、うるさい。
Every time I call, my mother nags me: "Get married soon," "Send more money," and so on.
How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) 結婚しろ, 送れ = mother's orders (命令形) → 「だの」「だの」 directly → 「と」 closes the quote → then the irritation: うるさい.
先輩は、掃除の仕方が悪いだの、あいさつの声が小さいだのと、毎日文句ばかり言う。
せんぱいは、そうじのしかたがわるいだの、あいさつのこえがちいさいだのと、まいにちもんくばかりいう。
My senior does nothing but complain every day: I clean the wrong way, my greetings are too quiet, and so on.
How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) 悪い, 小さい = the senior's complaints (い-adj, 普通形) → 「だの」「だの」 → 「と」 → then: 文句ばかり言う — a fed-up tone.
りょうの部屋は、脱いだ服だの空きかんだので、足の踏み場もない。
りょうのへやは、ぬいだふくだのあきかんだので、あしのふみばもない。
The dorm room is such a mess of clothes left lying around, empty cans and whatnot that there's nowhere to step.
How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) 脱いだ服, 空きかん = N → 「だの」「だの」 directly (no extra だ needed) → 「で」 gives the reason → then the exasperated result: 足の踏み場もない.
Knowledge check (मिनी ज्ञान जाँच)
「弟の机は、ゲーム＿マンガ＿でいっぱいだ。」— fill the blanks.
💡 Hint: The fed-up 'and… and…' that attaches straight to a noun.
N + だの + N + だの: ゲームだのマンガだの — fed up with the brother's mess.
In which sentence is 「だの」unnatural?
💡 Hint: A formal instruction, or a spoken complaint?
だの is spoken and fed-up; it cannot go in a formal meeting instruction — write 「日時や場所を」.
What feeling does 「〜だの〜だの」carry?
💡 Hint: In one word: うんざり (sick of it).
だの lists examples in a sick-of-it, complaining tone. For a happy list use 「や」or 「やら」.
Your score: /3