どんなに(こと)か
How very ~!
Romaji: donnani koto ka
Meaning & usage
How ~ (!) | A structure that indicates an exclamation about the degree to which an action or state takes/took place.
Example sentences 9
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一郎は親のもとを離れた時、親がどんなに寂しがったか分からなかった。
Ichiro didn't realise how lonely his parents must have felt when he left them.
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兄は病気が治ってどんなに嬉しかったことか。
How glad my elder brother was when he recovered from his illness!
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勉強が嫌いだった 良夫には大学に入るのがどんなに難しかったか。
For Yoshio, who didn't like to study, how hard it was to enter college!
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圭子はどんなにフランスに留学したかったことか!
How strongly Keiko wanted to study abroad in France!
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学生達はその厳しい先生をどんなに強く 憎んだことか!
How strongly the students hated their strict teacher!
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日本へ行くまで日本がどんなに狭いか分からなかった。
I didn't realise how small Japan was until I got to Japan.
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父は母をどんなに愛していたことか。
How dearly my father loved my mother!
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英夫は 由美子に結婚を 断られた時にどんなに残念に思ったことか。
How disappointed Hideo must have felt when Yumiko refused to marry him.
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駅前のアパートはどんなに便利だったことか!
How convenient my apartment right in front of the station was!