The ending ね is replaced by な. 〜よな asks for agreement like 〜よね, but sounds rougher, and often sounds like the speaker is talking to themselves: そうだよなあ “yeah, I guess so.”
Casual and a bit firmer than 〜よね. Used to ask for agreement or as a thought said out loud. It sounds rougher and is more common in men’s speech, though women use it too.
In a chaotic exchange, one performer asks how the other got something, hears the answer, and calls it a funny joke.
Nobody'd believe that, right? Normally you just wouldn't.
Textbook信じませんよね。普通は信じませんよ。Casual 「信じない」 plus 「よな」 replaces polite 「信じませんよね」; 「よな」 is the rougher, more masculine way to ask for agreement.
The department head is retiring, so the team collected money for flowers, and one performer said they would buy them.
You said you'd buy the flowers, right?
Textbook花を買っておくと言いましたよね。Polite 「言いましたよね」 becomes plain 「言ったよな」; 「よな」 is a rougher, mostly male version of 「よね」 asking for confirmation.
One father figure brags to another man about being there for the child's big moments and asks if he was there.
Culture note Shichi-Go-San is a shrine visit celebrating children aged three, five, and seven.
You were a no-show, right?
Textbook欠席でしたよね。Plain past 「だった」 plus 「よな」 replaces polite 「でしたよね」; 「よな」 presses for agreement in a rough tone.
One performer shows off a realistic fake hand that you warm up in the microwave before using it.
That's the dream, right? Holding hands like that.
Textbook憧れですよね、そのつなぎが。Plain 「だ」 plus 「よな」 replaces polite 「ですよね」; 「だよな」 seeks agreement in a rough, casual tone.
Two performers argue over whether someone is a real friend or just an acquaintance, and decide to call and check.
If I ask, 'We're friends, right?', they'll say 'Yeah, we're friends' in a heartbeat.
Textbook私が「友達ですよね」と聞いたら、その人はすぐに「友達だよ」と言ってくれますよ。In the quote, 「友達だよな」 replaces polite 「友達ですよね」, a casual 'we're friends, right?'; final 「わ」 adds rough emphasis.
A dad says he feels like giving his daughter Yuri some pocket money and wonders if 1,000 yen is enough.
Culture note Teenage daughters finding their fathers 'gross' is a well-worn stereotype in Japanese comedy.
A 1,000-yen bill Dad touched isn't even worth 1,000 yen anymore, huh.
Textbookお父さんが触った1000円なんて、もう1000円の価値はありませんよね。Plain negative 「ない」 plus 「よな」 replaces polite 「ありませんよね」; here 「よな」 is rueful musing ('…huh').
From other routines in the library. Automatic transcripts, not yet checked line by line.
〜よな means “…right?” / “…huh.”. The ending ね is replaced by な. 〜よな asks for agreement like 〜よね, but sounds rougher, and often sounds like the speaker is talking to themselves: そうだよなあ “yeah, I guess so.”
With friends: OK. With coworkers: careful. With a boss or teacher: avoid. Casual and a bit firmer than 〜よね. Used to ask for agreement or as a thought said out loud. It sounds rougher and is more common in men’s speech, though women use it too.
In 2,334 live comedy routines, 〜よな appears in 774 lines from 171 comedians.