〜ね

Sentence + ね. Polite style: 〜です / 〜ます + ね (暑いですね, 行きますね). Plain style: verb / い-adjective + ね (行くね, 暑いね); な-adjective / noun + だ + ね (静かだね, 休みだね). Do not put だ after an い-adjective.

• 今日は暑いですね。

  きょうはあついですね。

  It's hot today, isn't it?

• きのうのパーティーは楽しかったですね。

  きのうのパーティーはたのしかったですね。

  Yesterday's party was fun, wasn't it?

• テストはあしたですね。

  テストはあしたですね。

  The test is tomorrow, right?

• あしたは休みじゃありませんね。

  あしたはやすみじゃありませんね。

  Tomorrow isn't a day off, right?

• リンさんは日本語が上手ですね。

  リンさんはにほんごがじょうずですね。

  Lin, you are good at Japanese, aren't you!

• 「この店は安いですね。」「そうですね。」

  「このみせはやすいですね。」「そうですね。」

  "This shop is cheap, isn't it?" "Yes, it is."

• このケーキ、おいしいね。

  このケーキ、おいしいね。

  This cake is good, isn't it?

• ここは静かだね。

  ここはしずかだね。

  It's quiet here, isn't it?

• Using ね for something only you know. ね is for things the listener also knows or can see. When you introduce yourself, ✕「わたしはベトナムから来ましたね。」 sounds strange. Say 「わたしはベトナムから来ました。」 without ね.
• Mixing up ね and よ. If your friend does not know that the shop is closed today, ✕「あの店は今日休みですね。」 sounds like you are checking, not telling. To give new information, use よ: 「あの店は今日休みですよ。」
• Adding だ after an い-adjective in plain style: ✕「おいしいだね」 → 「おいしいね」. だ is used only after な-adjectives and nouns: 「静かだね」「休みだね」.

〜よ (telling new information)

ね is for information that you and the listener share. よ is for information that the listener does not know. When two people are eating the same ramen, one says 「このラーメン、おいしいですね。」 (It's good, isn't it?). When you recommend a ramen shop to a friend who has never been there, you say 「あの店のラーメンはおいしいですよ。」 (The ramen there is good, you know.)

〜か (question)

With か, you do not know the answer: 「リンさんは学生ですか。」 (Are you a student, Lin?). With ね, you already think it is true and only want to check: 「リンさんは学生ですね。」 (You are a student, right?).

In N5 Grammar Mondai 1 (choose the right form), ね appears as a choice for a blank at the end of a line in a short dialogue, next to よ, か and other particles. Read the other person's line: if the two speakers share the same feeling or the same information, choose ね. In Listening (quick response), remember that そうですね shows agreement, while そうですか shows that you heard something new.

• 1. Two friends are walking outside together. Choose the word for the blank: A「今日は寒いです＿＿。」B「ええ、寒いですね。」

  A「きょうはさむいです＿＿。」B「ええ、さむいですね。」

  AをBねCにDで

• 2. What is the speaker doing in 「パーティーは土曜日ですね。」?

  パーティーはどようびですね。

  ATelling the listener news that the listener does not knowBAsking a question with no idea of the answerCChecking something the speaker thinks is trueDGiving an order to the listener

• 3. You and your friend are looking at the same flowers in the park. You want your friend to agree with your feeling. Which sentence do you say?

  Aこの花、きれいですか。Bこの花、きれいですよ。Cこの花、きれいだですね。Dこの花、きれいですね。