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If you say お前…なぁ(Omae… nā: you...) what is it that you're trying to say?

Context: A girl cuts ties with her best friend, telling her it's because she's
selfish.

My doubt: なぁ could indicate a strong sentiment because they split apart or
maybe she's saying the real reason is that it's for her own good (and not
being selfish as she had explained).

So it could be:

> You, I wonder...

OR

> You, (strong sentiment because they're not friends anymore).

I don't even know if it's actually true that it's because she's selfish.
Unless that particle somehow denies its credibility it would mean that she's
simply selfish.
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What does お前…なぁ indicate?
お前 and なぁ (said own its own) are both regarded as masculine words, although
there can be exceptions. [かなぁ can mean "I
wonder"](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/32343/5010), but here なぁ is said
by itself, separated by the ellipsis. So it doesn't mean "I wonder".

なぁ like this is usually somewhere between "you know what", "oh please", and
"come on". The speaker is somehow dissatisfied about something, and expecting
the listener to understand his/her feeling. Since the context is not enough I
don't know what this sentence actually refers to. For example, if this was
said by a male person who heard the girl's story, it probably means he was
disappointed by what the girl did.
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