I was reading the lyrics for a song and came across the following sentence:
“もう地図**か**教科書**か**マニュアルちょうだいよ！”
I’m a little confused as to how the “**か**” is used in this sentence if you read it as
“地図**とか**教科書**とか**マニュアルちょうだいよ！”
then it makes grammatical sense. My guess here is that か here is basically an abbreviation of とか, is that correct?
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か in this case is kind of like “Or.”
The alternative provided would be like saying, “Give me, like, a 地図, like, a 教科書, or like, a マニュアル.” So “something like,” or “such as,” etc.
か – “or,” as in “A or B”
とか – “something (like)”
A: 美香さん、趣味は何ですか。そポーツとかしますか。What are your hobbies, Mika? Do you play sports or something?
B: テニスかバスケすることしますが、たいていうちでごろごろしたりテレビを見たりします。I do play sports, but I usually do something laze about the house or watch TV.
A: 映画か本が好きですか。Do you like movies or books?
B: 映画が好きです。I like books.