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っけ

っけkkeN3casual

savor + (past) + was it …? — asks for something you once knew and have forgotten

ajiwatta kke

was it …? — asks for something you once knew and have forgotten

meaning: did savor

Related

  • 味あじわう
  • 〜たっけ
  • 味あじわったっけ

明日あしたの集合しゅうごう、何時なんじだっけ。

ashita no shuugou, nanji dakke.

What time are we meeting tomorrow again? casual

あれ、鍵かぎ、ここに置おいたっけ。

are, kagi, koko ni oitakke.

Huh — did I put the keys here? casual

All examples5

was it …? — asks for a fact you once knew and can't recall

  1. 明日あしたの集合しゅうごう、何時なんじだっけ。

    ashita no shuugou, nanji dakke.

    What time are we meeting tomorrow again? casual

  2. あれ、鍵かぎ、ここに置おいたっけ。

    are, kagi, koko ni oitakke.

    Huh — did I put the keys here? casual

  3. すみません、会議かいぎは三時さんじからでしたっけ。

    sumimasen, kaigi wa sanji kara deshitakke.

    Sorry — was the meeting at three again? neutral

  4. この資料しりょう、もうお渡わたししましたっけ。

    kono shiryou, mou owatashi shimashitakke.

    Did I already hand you this document? neutral

  5. 去年きょねんの夏なつ、こんなに暑あつかったっけ。

    kyonen no natsu, konnani atsu kattakke.

    Last summer — was it hot like this? casual

How it's formed6

All forms2

  • でしたっけdeshitakkeformal

    the polite form on a noun (会議かいぎは三時さんじからでしたっけ). This is how っけ reaches the workplace.

  • だったっけdattakkealternant

    だ in the past (締しめ切きり、昨日きのうだったっけ). っけ itself never changes, only what comes before it.

Notes

っけ sits only on た or だ, so a verb not in the past needs ん (行いくんだっけ, ×行いくっけ). Polite speech uses でしたっけ and ましたっけ.