〜っけ (~kke) — what was it again?
You knew it but it slipped your mind — asking yourself or a friend.
Formula (सूत्र ढाँचा)
Grammar rule (व्याकरण नियम र परिभाषा)
When to use it
When you are trying to recall something you forgot, 「っけ」goes on the end.
Meaning
You are not asking for new information — it is something you knew and cannot retrieve: 「今日、シフトあったっけ？」= did I have a shift today?
How to attach
- Nouns and な-adjectives take だっけ／だったっけ, verbs take たっけ.
- For a politer version you can say 「〜でしたっけ」or 「〜ましたっけ」— useful when you have forgotten a customer's name.
Watch out
It is not used in writing.
Examples (उदाहरणहरू)
あれ、今日シフトあったっけ？
あれ、きょうシフトあったっけ？
Huh, did I have a shift today?
How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) ある (to be / to have) → た-form あった → add っけ → あったっけ = there was one, wasn't there? You're asking yourself.
会議は何時からだっけ？
かいぎはなんじからだっけ？
What time was the meeting again?
How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) 何時から is a noun-like part → put だ after it, then add っけ → だっけ = what was it again?
お名前は何でしたっけ？
おなまえはなにでしたっけ？
What was your name again?
How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) 何です → polite past 何でした → add っけ → 何でしたっけ = a polite "what was it again?"
Knowledge check (मिनी ज्ञान जाँच)
「明日、休み＿？」— which one asks "was tomorrow a holiday?"
💡 Hint: 休み is a noun, so it needs だ.
休み + だっけ = was it a holiday again?
When do you use 「〜っけ」?
💡 Hint: The feeling of "what was it again?"
You knew it but forgot — っけ is for retrieving it.
Politely asking a customer "what was your name again?"
💡 Hint: でした + っけ.
何でしたっけ is the polite one; 何だっけ is for friends.
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