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The meaning of "ぢゃ"

LewiiG

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I will have to use kana here.

I read "ぢゃ" being used exactly where "だ" would be. Even things like "ぢゃった" (だった)。Didn't seem like the では じゃ。

A couple of questions about this.

1. Is it the same as "だ"?

2. If it is, why is it used, does it have any extra meaning?

3. I don't think I have ever seen "ぢ" being used for the standard "じ". Is there some rule for use like the ones where you use "づ" instead of "ず"

4. How do you even type "ぢ" I have been copying and pasting the whole time and can't seem to find information for "ぢ" anywhere lol.

Thanks. (これからローマ字ではなくてかなで書きますべきですと思います)。

Which reminds me of another question, if I were to write a sentence in Japanese, do I have to keep the politness levels consistant the whole way through? Like I have done up there (I think). And is that sentence right? It could all be wrong for what I know. ではなくて is giving me strange looks.
 
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1)
Yes.

2)
じゃ is often used as a symbol of old people's words. ぢゃ is just the writer's preference.

3)
Yes, there are some rules.
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4)
ぢ: di
づ: du
ぢゃ: dya
ぢゅ: dyu
ぢょ: dyo


ではなくて is no problem, but it should be 書くべきだと思います. There are some words that can't be attached to polite forms (like べき in your sentence).
 
I see, that makes sense. Both users were "old" now that I think of it...
And thanks. I would never have known not to use べき with the polite form, if I were to use it.
 
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