[Perumanta]

Hi everyone.

I'm new to this forum, so I'm very sorry if this question has already been asked before. I tried to look around first.

I wanted to know how normal it is for women to use 'da', 'nda', 'da yo', etc. and any other variations you can think of at the end of sentences. Textbooks will always teach you somewhat restricted uses for these based upon whether you are a man or a woman, so I wanted to know what the reality was for this particular grammatical point based upon gender in Japan.

I heard there are some implications, like a woman would appear more manly. I guess this would go along with 'wa' with the implication of appearing more girly? I've only been to Japan once and only interacted with my host parents, so I'm very sorry if I'm getting this completely wrong. I've been studying Japanese for a couple years but I'm interested in learning more grammatical nuances (as well as kanji, of course), and if anyone here could help, it would be appreciated.

Also, if anyone is willing to communicate and practice Japanese, I would also be up for that.

Rosario