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This is the first time I have seen this and I don't know its meaning or what
does in the sentence

> 素質はなんとなく **あったかもね**

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What's the meaning of あったかもね?
あった is just the past tense of the common verb ある, to exist. In this case, it's
part of the expression 素質がある, meaning to "have the potential" for something.
(eg. 彼は科学者の素質がある "He has the makings of a scientist!")

かも is a short form of かもしれない, the common way of expressing possibility. It can
usually be translated as "maybe", "perhaps", "might have" etc.

And ね is the common sentence-ending particle indicating a "tag question" or an
expectation of agreement. It can be often be translated as something like
"right?" or "you know" (if it needs translating at all). When used together
with かも, it often indicates the speaker is tentatively agreeing with a point
someone else has made.

So to put it all together, the sentence means something like "Maybe he did
sort of have the potential." (What exactly he had the potential for - and
indeed whether the subject is actually a "he" at all - is a mystery without
more context.)
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