Lesson 14
Base 1 + nai deshou
Base 1 + nai deshou
Here's an easy one. Adding deshou after nai
means that somebody is probably not going to do something, or that something
is not likely to happen:
- John wa kasa o kawanai deshou. (John probably isn't going to buy an umbrella.)
- Jim wa manga o yomanai deshou. (Jim probably doesn't read comic books.)
- Yuki wa furanai deshou. (It probably won't snow.)
Actually, deshou is a handy add-on that
works with other endings, like plain positive (Base 3) verbs and the Base 2
polite masu/masen:
- Ojii-san wa sugu kaeru deshou. (Grandpa will probably return soon.)
- Sachiko wa kuru deshou. (Sachiko will probably come.)
- Bill wa ika o tabemasen deshou. (Bill probably won't/doesn't eat squid.)
kasa: umbrella
kau: to buy
manga: comic book
yomu: to read
yuki: snow
furu: to fall (from the sky: rain, snow, hail, etc.)
ojii-san: grandfather
sugu: soon
kaeru: to return
kuru: to come
ika: squid
taberu: to eat
(Verbs are shown in their plain form.)
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