よね…, right?; I know, right?
You say what you think or remember, and check it with the other person: "…, right?". You are fairly sure, and they know as well as you do, or better.
what you think
The curry at this restaurant is spicy, right?
How to form it
Sentence + よね
Plain or polite: 近いよね, 来ますよね. A noun or a な-adjective usually takes だ or です first: 休みだよね, 静かですよね.
- What you check
- A date, a plan, something you were both told, an opinion you expect them to share.
- Said to
- Anyone. With です or ます it is a safe way to check something with a teacher or a boss.
- Where you'll meet it
- Conversation and messages. Not formal writing.
In use
This route is shorter, right?
Tanaka is coming too, isn't he?
ね or よね?
Tomorrow's a day off, isn't it?
You both know it. Nothing is being checked.
Tomorrow's a day off, right?
You think so, and you are checking.
ね can check a fact too, when you are sure: staff say your order back with ですね. With よね you think so, and want to hear it from them.
As a reply
Alone, だよね agrees warmly with what a friend has just said: "I know", "that's what I thought". In polite speech it is ですよね or そうですよね.
This place is pricey, isn't it?
I know, right?
This question is hard, isn't it?
It is, isn't it?
Close neighbours
でしょうN5
Also "right?", but it expects a yes, and can sound pushy to a teacher or a boss. ですよね checks without pressing.
The test is next week, right?
じゃないN4
You think something is so, and want the other person to see it. With よね you expect that they already do.
This place is famous, isn't it?
っけN3
You were told, and have forgotten. With よね you think you know.
Was the next meeting on Monday? I can't remember.
Check yourself
1A friend says this to you. What is she doing?
パーティーは
Choose an answer to see why.
2A classmate says this after the test. You thought so too. What do you answer?
今日の
Choose an answer to see why.
More sentences
The station is this way, right?
The homework is due tomorrow, isn't it?
This film is good, isn't it?
Your test was today, right? So, how did it go?