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doko ka - on the contrary?

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Taurus
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doko ka - on the contrary?

Postby Taurus » November 21st, 2009 1:24 pm

I have a flashcard in my Anki deck and I have no idea where I picked it up from, but it's this:

貴方はそれを終えましたか。それどこか、今始めたところです。
anata wa sore wo oemashitaka? sore dokoka, ima hajimeta tokoro desu.
Have you finished it? On the contrary, I've just begun.


But I've never seen that usage before - 'doko ka' to mean 'on the contrary'. Is it common? Or is it a mistake?

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Postby Psy » November 21st, 2009 6:23 pm

I believe there is a typo-- perhaps it should be それどころか, sore dokoroka? If it's not, then I haven't seen that usage either. :lol:
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Postby Jessi » November 24th, 2009 12:39 am

Yeah, it should be どころか. If you have access to the Learning Center, you can see the grammar entries for どころか and それどころか:

どころか: http://www.japanesepod101.com/learningc ... rammar/221

それどころか: http://www.japanesepod101.com/learningc ... rammar/334
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