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Listening to Japanese music I stumbled upon [this
song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nK75Viqu0xI) called 僕たちの失敗 by 森田童子. I
liked it so I went to look up for the
[lyrics](https://lyricstranslate.com/en/%E3%81%BC%E3%81%8F%E3%81%9F%E3%81%A1%E3%81%AE%E5%A4%B1%E6%95%97-boku-
tachi-no-shippai-our-failure.html) and its meaning, and there is a part of
those in which something is used that I would like to have explained.

The thing is, at some points in these lyrics katakana is used at the end of
okurigana. What's the meaning? What's the usage? Why are those sentences
written like that?

> 弱虫だったんだヨネ
>
> チャーリー・パーカー見つけたヨ
>
> ぼくを忘れたカナ
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> 昔の話だネ
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katakana song-lyrics
Meaning of katakana at the end of okurigana in this song lyrics
Those aren't okurigana. They're just normal sentence-final particles. They're
normally written in hiragana. Sometimes Japanese people will use katakana to
add special emphasis on a word, but in this case it's just an affectation,
like a girl writing a heart instead of the dot on an i.
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