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What would a good equivalent for saying "I think, ..." be in 日本語?

Like, if you wanted to say "I think (it's) not from here" and started with...

```

    ここからじゃないですな。
    
```

What could you do to this, or similar sentences, to add a aura of admitted
uncertainty to it?
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Equivalent of saying "I think, ..." for when you're not 100% sure of what you say?
You could use:

> 「～～ような気{き}がする/します」
>
> 「～～ではないか（な）と思{おも}う/思います」
>
> 「～～では（or じゃ）ないでしょうか」

Very informally, quite a few people have been using the following patterns for
the last couple of decades:

> 「～～、みたいな？」
>
> 「～～かな、みたいな？」

Your sentence:

> 「ここからじゃない **ですな** 。」

is _**not**_ incorrect, unnatural or anything. It is a good one. With the 「です
**な** 」- ending, however, practically all native speakers would think that
that would be said by _**older**_ people (and quite possibly by a fictional
character).
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