2024-06-01 16:54:52 +00:00
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# Possibility
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## でも
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Used to list one or more possible options.
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> [!info] Example
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> ジュース==でも==お茶==でも==飲もうか。
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> Shall we drink something like a juice or tea?
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2024-06-07 10:37:49 +00:00
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⚠ Do not confuse with [[TeF (4) - even if#Even if ても・でも]].
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2024-06-06 22:07:05 +00:00
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## か何か
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か{何|なに}か means "or something".
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Used with nouns.
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> [!info] Example
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> ジュース==か何か=={飲|の}もうか。
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> Shall we drink something like a juice?
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2024-06-01 16:54:52 +00:00
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## かもしれない
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Express a possibility, like "perhaps".
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By order of politeness: かもしれません > かもしれない > かも.
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> [!info] Example
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> 今日も来る==かもしれない==。
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> He might come today too.
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## もしかしたら
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Means "perhaps", "maybe". Usually completed by [[#かもしれない]].
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Can be used as もしかしたら, もしかすると and もしかして.
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> [!info] Example
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> ==もしかして=={今日|きょう}も{郵便局員|ゆうびんきょくいん}が来ません==かもしれない==。
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> Perhaps the postman will not come today either.
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## ことができる
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Means "can", "able to".
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It has the same meaning as the potential form (see Conjugation [[Basics]]).
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食べる => 食べられる = 食べることができる.
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> [!info] Example
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> {英語|えいご}を{話|はな}す==ことが出来ない==。
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> I cannot speak English.
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## かどうか
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Means "whether or not".
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> [!info] Example
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> 行きたい==かどうか=={分|わ}からない。
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> I'm not sure if I want to go or not.
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## ないことはない
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<div class="usage">
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<div class="left">
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<p><span class="box">V (ない)</span></p>
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<p><span class="box">い-Adj <stroke>い</stroke> くない</span></p>
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<p><span class="box">な-Adj + ではない</span></p>
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<p><span class="box">N + ではない</span></p>
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</div>
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<p class="right">+ ことはない</p>
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</div>
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Means "not impossible to", "it is not that". Used with negative forms.
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> [!info] Example
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> 本を{読|よ}ま==ないことはない==ですが、{最近|さいきん}は{暇|ひま}がない。
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> It's not that I don't read books, it's just that I don't have free time these days.
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## か
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Means "or". Can be used when there is uncertainty between two or more choices.
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See [[Question#か]].
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## 又は
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{又|また}は can be used for two things:
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* choosing between two options ("or")
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* listing two options ("both")
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> [!info] Example
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> 日本語==又は==英語でしゃべれます。
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> I can speak both Japanese and English.
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## それとも
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This is used to give a choice between a limited set of two options. It is casual.
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> [!info] Example
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> 何が食べたい。ラーメン==それとも==カレーか。
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> What do you want to eat? Ramen or curry?
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