あんな

あ

ん

な

Common wordJLPTN4Freq.FrequencyTop 2,000

Meanings

pre-noun adjectival

Refers to something distant from both speaker and listener, or a situation unfamiliar to both. Used before nouns.

あんな〈人ひと〉a person like that (often disapproving or amazed)
あんな人ひととは二に度どと話はなしたくない。
I never want to talk to someone like that again.
あんな〈事こと〉a thing like that; something of that sort (often surprising or shocking)
あんなことが起おこるとは思おもわなかった。
I never imagined something like that would happen.

そんなN4
あんな describes something distant from both speaker and listener, while そんな describes something close to or associated with the listener.
こんなN5
あんな points to something distant from both speaker and listener, whereas こんな points to something close to or familiar to the speaker.
どんなN4
あんな is a demonstrative meaning 'that kind of', while どんな is the interrogative form asking 'what kind of'.

そういう
あんな refers to something distant from both speaker and listener, whereas そういう ties back to something previously stated in the conversation.
そんなN4
そんな refers to something tied to the listener or just mentioned, whereas あんな refers to something distant from both speaker and listener that they both already know about.
どんなN4
どんな asks about the kind or nature of something, while あんな describes 'that kind of' thing distant from both speaker and listener, often with feeling.

Derived from the demonstrative あ (distal) + な, forming a pre-noun adjectival. Part of the ko-so-a-do system.