JP2000 Lecture 22


TE - Form + MO:

  1. 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.
  2. --- TE MO, ... TE MO: 'whether --- or ...' Suto ga atte mo nakute mo kurasu o shimasu. Wakatte mo wakaranakute mo yonde mite kudasai.
  3. --- 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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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."
  4. 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.
  5. 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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