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82 lines
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# Possibility and obligation
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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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## 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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## 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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## はずだ・はずがない
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<div class="usage">
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<div class="left">
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<p><span class="box">V</span></p>
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<p><span class="box">い-Adj</span></p>
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<p><span class="box">な-Adj + な</span></p>
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<p><span class="box">N + の</span></p>
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</div>
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<p class="right">+ はずだ ・ はずがない</p>
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</div>
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はずだ means "it must/should be", while はずがない means "it cannot be".
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> [!info] Examples
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> {彼|かれ}は今日来る==はずだ==。
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> He should be coming today.
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> そんあ==はずがありません==。
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> This cannot be true.
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## ぜひ
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Means certainly, definitely. Expresses a wish.
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> [!info] Example
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> この{映画|えい|が}==ぜひ==見ます。
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> I'll watch this movie for sure.
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## きっと
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Means surely, almost certainly. Express an expectation.
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> [!info] Example
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> ==きっと==雨でしょう。
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> It will surely rain.
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## 必ず
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{必|かなら}ず means certainly, definitely. Expresses an obligation.
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> [!info] Example
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> 明日の{授業|じゅ|ぎょう}==必ず==来てください。
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> Please be sure to attend tomorrow's class.
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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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