Talk:The Mission of Backwardsness/@comment-5294711-20130113052757/@comment-5294711-20130304112135

"Desu" (です） is a full stop for POLITE sentences in Japanese. If you're talking with your friends really casually, you don't need to use it, also:

"Desu ka"（ですか） is a stop for a normal polite question, that's correct. The "ka" is used for questions.

"Desu ne"（ですね） works exactly the same as "desu", but adds more emphasis. The "ne" here is equivalent to something like "right" in English (as in "This page is lame, right?")

"Desu yo"(ですよ） is the same as above, but the "yo" here is equivalent to something like "isn't it" instead.

You can use "Desu yo ne"(ですよね) too. >_>" (as in "This page is lame, right? Isn't it?)

Note that all "ka", "ne" and "yo" do NOT have anything to do with "desu" itself. They're just common sentence-enders, much like "desu" itself. Btw the more masculine, less common version of "ne" is "na" (な)

But... in some situations, such as this one and some animes, "Desu" can be used (by mostly female characters) to give a sense of cuteness and shyness (and sometimes randomness too XP). ^^