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chap12 pt 2 genki
Question | Answer |
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ほうがいいです it is better for you to do. is a | sentence final expression which you can use to give advice. |
When you suggest an activity with ほうがいいです, you are giving a very specific piece of advice | namely, that it is advisable to do it. and it one does not follow the advice, there is a danger or a problem. |
When the advice is in the affirmative, ほうがいいです | generally follows the past tense short form of a verb. |
もっとやさいを食べたほうがいいですよ。 じゅぎょうを休まないほうがいいですよ。 | you'd better eat more vegetables. it is better not to skip classes. |
You can use ので to give the reason for the situation described in the balance of the sentence. | Semantically, ので is just like から. Stylistically, ので sounds slightly more formal than から。 |
いつも日本語で話すので、日本語が上手になりました。 しゅくだいがたくさんあったので、きのうのよる、ねませんでした。 | My Japanese has improved. because I always speak Japanese. I did not sleep last night. because I had a lot of homework. |
The reason part of a sentence ends in a short form predicate as above | when ので follows a な adjective or a nounな, comes in between. as it did with the explanatory predicate んです |
We use なければいかません and なきゃいけません to say | that it is necessary to do something |
しけんがあるから、勉強しなければいけません。 | I have to study, because there will be an exam. |
そのひとはいじわるなので、きらいです。 | I do not like that person, because he is mean. |
今日は日曜日なので、ぎんこうは休みです。 | Banks are closed, because today is a Sunday. |
you can change いけません to | いけませんでした to say you had to, and to なきゃいけない |
けさは、六時に起きなきゃいけませんでした。 毎日れんしゅうしなきゃいけないんです。 | I had to get up at six this morning. (the truth is) I must practice everyday. |
we use the sentence final expression でしょう (probably) when we are making | a guess or prediction |
あしたは雨がふるでしょう。 ふらないでしょう。 | It will probably rain tomorrow. It will probably not rain tomorrow. |
ほっかいどうはさむいでしょう (いadjective) さむくないでしょおう。 | It is probably cold in Hokkaido |
(な adjective) 山下先生はさかなが好きでしょう 好きじゃないでしょう。 | Professor Yamashita probably likes fish |
(noun) あの人はオーストラリア人でしょう。 人じゃないでしょう | that person is probably an Australian |
でしょう sentences can be turned into questions | でしょうか which can be used to invite another person's opinion. |
日本語とかん国語と、どっちのほうがむずかしいでしょうか。 | which would you say is more difficult, Japanese or Korean |
the short form of でしょうis だろう you can use it to cautiously | phrase a prediction or an analysis |
たけしさんはきょうみがあるだろうと思います。 | I think Takeshi would be interested in it. |
ジョン、中国語がわかるでしょう?これ読んで | John, you understand Chinese, right? Can you read this for me? |