Emotive Right-Dislocation

In Japanese, emotive right-dislocation happens in sentences featuring dislocation without a pause, where the speaker is surprised, shocked, disgusted, insulted, and so on. Such sentences often resemble questions, but the speaker doesn't expect answers, they're just expressing their emotions.

Examples include: nani kore なにこれ, nani sore なにそれ, nani are なにあれ, "what's this/that," nanda koitsu なんだこいつ, "what's [up with] this guy," nani kono onna なにこの女, "what's [up with] this woman," and so on.

Similarly: dare da omae 誰だお前, "who are you?" baka ka omae 馬鹿かお前, "are you stupid?" korozu zo temee 殺すぞてめえ, "[I'm] going to kill you," and so on.

See the article on dislocation for details about the grammar.

• Examples

Examples

For reference, some examples of emotive right-dislocation.

Manga: Horimiya ホリミヤ (Chapter 3)

• nanda yo kore... irezumi?
  なんだよコレ・・・刺青？
  What is this... a tattoo?
• e'? honmono ka!?
  えっ？本物か！？
  Eh? It's real!?
• un
  うん
  Yeah.

Manga: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure - Part 5: Golden Wind, JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Ougon no Kaze ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 黄金の風 (Chapter 456, ５プラス１)

• Context: Fugo フーゴ gives Narancia ナランチャ a math question to solve.
• 16 × 55 = 28.
• *stares puzzledly.*
• nani kore......?
  何これ･･････？
  What is this?
• hehehe♡
  へへへ♡
  *giggle*
• atatteru?
  当たってる？
  [Did I get it right]?
  • Literally "is it hitting," in the sense of hitting the mark, matching the correct answer.
  • Also: the i of te-iru is contracted.

Manga: Gabriel DropOut, ガヴリールドロップアウト (Chapter 24)

• Context: the speaker is walking around when all of sudden this girl shows up and...
• chotto okane kashite kurenai?
  ちょっとお金貸してくれない？
  Won't [you] lend [me] a little money?
• nandesuka kono hito!?
  なんですかこの人！？
  What's [up with] this person!?
  What's [up with] this [girl]!?
  What's [up with] [her]!?
• She just asked money from a complete stranger!