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[flyingkiwi]

How do you use the word 'will' in Japanese?

I want to say, 'My parents will be very angry'. How do I write it?

Watashi no ryoushin wa totemo okoru ni narimashou ???

[TK4Lakers]

'My parents will be very angry'.

"Watashi no ryoushin wa hijouni okorimasu."

[Apsara]

The "present" form of the verb in Japanese is also used for the future- there is no separate future tense. Present or future can usually be understood from context. Usually if someone is angry in the present you would say "okotteimasu", so "okorimasu" is the future.

[flyingkiwi]

'ow bout:

Okoru deshou - but isn't deshou supposed to mean 'let's do something together?' tabemashou, ikimashou

[Wasabi Bomb]

[southofreality]

deshou is just the polite form of darou. It means 'will probably'. 'Ikimashou' or 'nomimashou', for example, are suggestive while deshou is presumptive. Of course, this is with respect to verbs that occur at the end of a sentence.

[flyingkiwi]

Sorry for this, but are these sentences correct?

1. shasshin o toru ga hoshigatan deshou (He/she probably wanted to take some photos).

2. musuko no tanjyoubi dattan deshou (It was probably his/her son's birthday).

3. rykou ni ikun deshou (He/she will probably go travelling).

4. kurashikku ongaku ga sukin deshou (He/she probably likes classical music).

5. Daigaku ni kurasu ga attan deshou (He/she probably had class at University).

I always get confused when an ん　is used at the end of words to express the reason why something or someone does something. 　When this is put into past tense, it confuses me even more.

[JaredW]

watashi no ryoushin wa kitto okoru darou.

watashi no ryoushin wa kitto okoru ni chigainai.

watashi no ryoushin wa sugoku okoru darou.

[JaredW]

[quote="flyingkiwi"]

1. shasshin o toru ga hoshigatan deshou (He/she probably wanted to take some photos).
A: shasshin wo toritakatta no deshou (But, in conversation, delete the particle /no/ and verbalize it with a /n/ sound at the end of toritakatta.


2. musuko no tanjyoubi dattan deshou (It was probably his/her son's birthday).
A. Good.


3. rykou ni ikun deshou (He/she will probably go travelling).
A. ryokou ni iku ni kimatte iru no deshou. (In conversation: irun deshou)


4. kurashikku ongaku ga sukin deshou (He/she probably likes classical music).
A. kurashikku ongaku ga suki na no deshou (In conversation: suki nan deshou)


5. Daigaku ni kurasu ga attan deshou (He/she probably had class at University).
A. daigaku no jugyou ga atta no deshou

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[flyingkiwi]

Thanks for the replies and help guys.

Oh, and what does 'Giri giri' mean? I hear in my office from time to time, but I can't find it in my dictionary. Does it mean a state of confusion?

[thermal]

giri giri translates to "in the nick of time" or "just made it"

So say you run for a train and jump through the doors as they are closing, this is giri giri. It could also be just barely passing a test or something similar.

[flyingkiwi]

[southofreality]

ndesu is just short for no desu. It does have the 'because' meaning, but mostly it implies that there's a shared knowledge of something between those having the conversation. For example, if you see your co-worker shivering, you might say 'Samuin desu ka?' In that case, it's just the same as asking the obvious question 'Are you cold?' in English even though 'samuin desu ka?' translates to something like 'Is it that you're cold (that you're shivering)?'

[flyingkiwi]

Having a bit of trouble with the の　indefinite pronoun this week. Meaning, how to change sentences into sentences using the indefinite pronoun の

For example: 山口さんは、わたしのみぎにいます。
Is changed to: 私の右いるのは山口さんです

How would you change this sentence?

この本はたいへん有名です。

I changed it to: たいへん有名のはこの本です。

Mistake?