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To start it off. When an animate object (iru) dies, is it considered inanimate(aru)?

>>135
yes, I posted that after reading the preceding posts. I thought it was clear I meant "does it mean something else when posted on imageboards"

>>137
http://japanese.about.com/library/weekly/aa102101a.htm

(from WWWJDIC) な (prt) (1) (sentence end, mainly masc.) indicates emotion or emphasis; (2) (from なさい) (abbr) (used with masu stem verb) command; (3) (used with dictionary form verb) prohibition; (P)