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こんな・そんな・あんな・どんな
konna / sonna / anna / donna
These words are derived from これ、それ、あれ、どれ, respectively:
こんな this kind of
そんな that kind of
あんな that kind of
どんな what kind of
こんな仕事は嫌です。
Konna shigoto wa iya desu.
This sort of work is unpleasant.
どんな家具を買いましたか。
Donna kagu o kaimashita ka.
What kind of furniture did you buy?
そんな本はあまり読みません。
Sonna hon wa amari yomimasen.
I don’t read many books of that kind.
日本政府もあんな国に借金してはダメです。
Nihon seifu mo anna kuni ni shakkin shite wa dame desu.
It would be bad for the Japanese government to lend money to that sort of country.
Source: wanderer.exblog.jp/10944589/