JLPT Grammar
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Lesson 13: 〜だろう・でしょう
Usage:
Verb + （の/ん） + だろう・でしょう
i-Adjective + （ん）だろう・でしょう
na-Adjective + （ん）だろう・でしょう
Noun + だろう・でしょう
Meaning:
| 「〜だろう・でしょう」means “must…”, “should…”, “very likely…”. 〜でしょう is a polite way to say 〜だろう. If you want to say something but you are not 100% sure，you can use 〜（ん）だろう・でしょう. Note: んだろう・んでしょう in often used in spoken Japanese. |
Examples:
| 冗談だろう！ You must be kidding! 彼は来るだろう。 It’s very likely he’ll come. 彼はいないだろう。 He must be out. どうしたらいいんだろう？ What should I do? ジョーはどこへ行ったんだろう？ I wonder where Joe went? 今日にやるんでしょう？ You’ll do it today right? トムが優勝したんでしょう。 Tom got first prize, didn’t he? やり方がわからないんでしょう？ You don’t know how to do it, do you? 私に対して怒ってるんでしょう。 You’re angry with me, aren’t you? 雪が好きでしょう？ You like snow, don’t you? |
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Was it a coincidence or were the Nezuko and Zenitsu’s examples really a Kimetsu no Yaiba reference =))))
Why is the second example 「彼は来るだろう。」doesnt have の or ん after the Verb?
の or ん is optional.
Do の and ん have a meaning? I have understood that they’re optional, but do they convey some kind of meaning?
の/ん here are used to emphasize the whole sentence.
Hi! One more thing: do we always use the verb in plain form? Or can we use だろう and でしょう also with the polite form?
yes, plain form only
どうしたらいいんだろう <- could you explain this sentence piece by piece please? Is it どうしたら + いい + ん+だろう?
Also, is ~だろう similar to ～かな? Meaning and formality wise.
どうしたら What to do
いい good
どうしたらいい to do what is good → what should I do?
んだろう → ん is used to emphasize the sentence, you can drop it.