JP2000 Lecture 22
TE - Form + MO:
- Conditional: 'even if'
Ame ga futte mo iku tsumori desu.
Takakute mo kaimasu.
Anata ga ikanakute mo watashi wa ikimasu.
[N.B.] *Ame ga futte mo ikimashita.
- --- TE MO, ... TE MO: 'whether --- or ...'
Suto ga atte mo nakute mo kurasu o shimasu.
Wakatte mo wakaranakute mo yonde mite kudasai.
- --- TE MO II/YOROShiI/KAMAWANAI: permission 'may', 'it is OK if'
Moo kaette mo ii desu ka.
Ashita wa konakute mo kamaimasen yo.
Denwa o okari-shite mo yoroshii deshoo ka.
[N.B.] -nakute mo ii 'do not have to'
Response to a request for permission:
Haitte mo ii desu ka.
Ee, doozo/ii desu yo/kamaimasen yo.
A, chotto matte kudasai/mada hairanai de kudasai.
Ashita ikanakute mo ii desu ka.
Ee, ii desu yo.
Iya, yahari itte kudasai/kuremasen ka.
Negative Request:
Yasumanaide | . [F]
| ne. [F]
| yo. [M]
| kure yo. [M]
| kurenai. [N]
| kurenai ka. [M]
| kudasai. [N]
| kudasaranai. [F]
| kudasaimasen ka. [N]
Sentence + Abstract Noun
S + HAZU: speaker's expectation or conjecture based on his/her knowledge
- Spres + HAZU desu: 'be supposed to', 'ought to'; 'I do not expect otherwise'
Kare wa kono kaigi ni deru hazu desu.
Ano gakusee wa Nihongo ga hanasenai hazu desu.
Kono gurai no Kanji wa wakaru hazu desu.
[N.B.] *Watashi wa ikanai hazu desu.
Watashi wa ikanai daroo to omoimasu.
- Spres + HAZU deshita: 'was (not) supposed to..., but...'
Tomodachi wa kuru hazu deshita ga, yuki de koraremasen deshita.
Hanasanai hazu deshita ga, hanashite shimaimashita.
[N.B.] Watashi wa ikanai hazu deshita ga, tomodachi no kawari ni ikimashita.
- Spast + HAZU desu: 'must have', 'I should expect'
Haha wa kaimono ni itta hazu desu.
Chichi wa Yooroppa e wa ikanakatta hazu desu.
[N.B.] Motto yoku dekita hazu desu. "You could have done much better."
- Spres + HAZU de wa nai/nakatta: 'it is not that ...be supposed to'
Kodomo wa mada kaette kuru hazu de wa nai n desu ga, doo shita no
deshoo.
Nihongo ga hanaseru hazu de wa nai n desu ga, Nihonjin to hanashite
imasu nee.
Kyoo wa ame ga furu hazu de wa nakatta n desu ga, furi-hajimemashita nee.
Konna hazu de wa nakatta.
- S + HAZU ga/wa nai: 'no reason to expect'
Kuru to itta kara konai hazu wa nai.
Kare wa itsumo okureru kara, maniau hazu ga nai.
Mada ichi-nen da kara, konna Kanji o shitte iru hazu ga arimasen.
S + SOO: Hearsay 'it is said', 'they say', 'I have heard'
Ano hito wa isha da soo desu.
Nihongo wa omoshiroi soo desu.
Shigoto o sagashite iru soo desu.
Rainen Kanada ni kaeru soo desu.
Kyonen daigaku o sotsugyoo-shita soo desu.
Shiranakatta soo desu.
[N.B.] SOO: 'it seems', 'it appears'
Ame ga furi-soo desu.
Kanji wa muzukashi-soo desu.
'according to': --- ni yoru to/ --- no hanashi de wa
Terebi no nyuusu ni yoru to, sensee ga suto o suru soo desu.
Tomodachi no hanashi de wa Detoroito wa totemo abunai soo desu.
Counters: weight
gm : -guramu
kgm : -kiro(-guramu)
ton : -ton
lb : -pondo
oz : -onsu
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