Loading ...How to Express Assumption and Using the -ba form in Japanese
In order to bring your Japanese to the next level, there are a couple more forms to learn. Let’s get started.
How do you express assumption? By adding the でしょう or だろう
たべる でしょう - You will eat it, right?
たべた でしょう - You ate it, right?
たべない でしょう - You won’t/don’t eat it, right?
たべなかった でしょう - You didn’t eat it, right?
Pretty simple right? Just simply adding the でしょう after the tense in any verb, you will express an assumption. Take note that でしょう is the polite way, while だろう is the plain form, usually use among guys. But でしょう is the most common way. Use by male or females.
For adjectives, the same rule can be applied.
あつい でしょう - its warm right?
かんたん でしょう Its simple right?
How to use “if” in Japanese? Now we shall learn this useful form. -ば forms are use in situations where its acceptable in the current situation but subject to change. Also known as provisional forms. Let’s look at some Japanese sentence examples.
たべる becomes たべれば - If (you) can eat
のめる becomes のめば - If (you) can drink
いく becomes いけば - If (you) can go
くる becomes こられば - If (you) can come
まつ becomes まてば - If (you) can wait
およぐ becomes およげば - If (you) can swim
When you want to express “if” in your sentence もし needs to be added before a verb. So the sentence will look like this -> もし いけば If (you) can go
So here is any example of using もし with -ば form.
もし およげば、みず が こわくない でしょう？moshi oyogeba, mizu ga kowakunai deshyou?
もし 泳げば、水が 怖くない でしょう?
“If you can swim, you are not afraid of the water right?”
およぐ、泳ぐ oyogu - to swim
みず、水 mizu - water
こわい、怖い kowai - afraid
Thats all for today’s guide to learn Japanese. We shall finish up with most of the intermediate Japanese forms in the coming post. So stay tune!
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