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  1. Japanese
  2. /The particle なあ
  3. /kare wa shinrai dekiru hito da naa.

kare wa shinrai dekiru hito da naa.

彼かれ は 信しん頼らい できる 人ひと だ なあ。kare wa shinrai dekiru hito da naa.
He's a trustworthy person, I'd say.

なあ is used here to express a soft, reflective assertion

Note

なあ is used here to express a soft, reflective assertion

Breakdown of kare wa shinrai dekiru hito da naa.

人ひとhito
person
はwa
topic particle
彼かれkare
he
だda
to be
なあnaa
versatile and expressive particle often used in conversational Japanese to convey a range of emotions, from reflection and emphasis to longing and admiration
信しん頼らい できるshinrai dekiru
trustworthy; able to be trusted

The structure [noun] + できる is a common way to express the ability or possibility related to the noun. This construction turns the noun into an adjective describing the noun that follows.

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