Can sentence-ending particles be used at the end of an independent clause?


With the sentence:

> 「僕は今度遠い所へ行くから **ね** 、その前一寸お前に遭いに来たよ。」

"I am leaving now to go to a far away place, so before that I came to meet you
for a short time."

Assuming I read that right, then it seems like the **ね** is a sentence-ending
particle sitting at the end of the 1st clause in this compound sentence ("I am
leaving now to go to a far away place").

So that leads me to two questions:

  1. **Can sentence-ending particles (よ, ね, な, etc) be used at the end of independent clauses in a compound sentence?**
  2. **If this ね isn't the "seek agreement" particle, then what is it? An interjection?**




> Can sentence-ending particles (よ, ね, な, etc) be used at the end of
> independent clauses in a compound sentence?

ね is different from other sentence particles in that it has no restrictions on
the forms it can follow. See page 4 of [Japanese the Spoken Language Part
2](https://yalebooks.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/Media/9780300041880_Jorden_Japanese%20Spoken%20Language%20Part%202/9780300041880_Lesson%2013.pdf).

> If this ね isn't the "seek agreement" particle, then what is it? An
> interjection?

As mentioned in chapter 10 of Japanese: The Spoken Language Part 1, a sentence
is frequently broken up into shorter spans, with ね (often ね？or ね！ or even ねぇ)
added to the nonfinal sentences. These uses of ね are meant to indicate the
speaker's request for
[あいづち](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%9B%B8%E6%A7%8C), i.e. a confirmation
from the listener that they are paying attention and are involved in the
conversation, in the form of at least a firm nod, but often a verbalization
like はい or ええ or even a form of そう.

