Example sentences
Formation
(i) Noun | だけ {が/を} | |
先生だけ{が/を} | The teacher alone {subject/direct object} | |
(ii) N {Prt だけ/Prt だけ} | (where Prt=particles other than が, を and は) | |
先生 {だけに/にだけ} | Only to the teacher/to the teacher alone | |
(iii) {V/Adjective い} informal | だけ {だ/です} | |
{話す/話した} だけ {だ/です} | Someone talks/talked, that's all | |
{高い/ 高かった} だけ {だ/です} | Something is/was expensive, that's all | |
(iv) Adjective な stem | {な/だった} だけ {だ/です} | |
{静かな/静かだった} だけ {だ/です} | Something is/was quiet, that's all |