ってな
also: てな · てね · ってね
Meanings
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
Sentence-final particle used in casual speech to present information as hearsay or as a shared understanding, often with a nuance of 'that's how it is, you know'. Similar to だって or らしい.
Apparently it's going to rain tomorrow, you know.
I heard he already went home, you know.
that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
Colloquial abbreviation of と言うような, used to refer back to something just mentioned in a vague or dismissive way. Often appears in phrases like ってな感じ or ってなわけ.
He's like, 'If you're late, just apologize,' and doesn't seem sorry at all.
So, that's it for today.
Usage patterns
- 〈事〉ってな感じsomething like ...; a feeling of ...
It was kind of like, 'I just want to go home already.'
- 〈事〉ってなわけso that's basically the situation/reason
Something suddenly came up, so that's why I'm heading home first.