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My course book states that plain form + なあ can be used to express feelings,
eg. うらやましいなあ I envy you. My question is how to use a ~な adjective with -なあ.
eg. would it be 上手なあ or 上手だなあ?
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how to use ~なあ with 〜な adjective
According to _A Dictionary of Intermediate Japanese,_ ～なあis constructed one of
three ways

  * Sentence with informal ending ～なあ (includes questions ～かなあ)
  * Sentence that ends with an informal negative verb ending ～かなあ
  * Sentence that ends with informal past verb ～なあ

Examples:

> 高いなあ。
>
> 高いかなあ。
>
> 山田さんは来ないかなあ。
>
> あのけちの吉田がよく金を出したなあ。
>
> 車があったらいいなあ。

Informal ending for ～な adjectives is だ、so to answer your question, we use the
informal sentence ending for the sentence and attach ～なあ

> 彼は日本語上手だなあ。

Hope it helps.
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