本(ほん)気(き) honkiだ daよ yo。 I'm serious. Literal Serious [is-だ]-[insistence-よ]. A plain-form affirmation of seriousness, with sentence-final よ to insist on the information. Minimal and direct — the standard response to 本気? or 本気ですか. Subject omitted. affirmationsentence-final よ (assertion)subject omission
本(ほん)気(き) honkiだ daよ yo。 I'm serious. Literal Serious [is-だ]-[insistence-よ]. A plain-form affirmation of seriousness, with sentence-final よ to insist on the information. Minimal and direct — the standard response to 本気? or 本気ですか. Subject omitted. affirmationsentence-final よ (assertion)subject omission