Beginning Japanese for Professionals: Book 2

9 gozaimasu ございます exist, have, be (polite) a polite equivalent of arimasu , typically used by clerks and service personnel. mou もう more mou sukoshi もうすこし もう少し a little more saki さき 先 ahead ~ do 〜ど 度 classifier for times ichi-do いちど 一度 one time yukkuri ゆっくり slowly ＋ infomeeshon インフォメーション information (desk) ＋ otearai おてあらい お手洗い rest room ＋ chizu ちず 地図 map ＋ eriamappu エリアマップ area map ＋ erebeetaa エレベーター elevator ＋ esukareetaa エスカレーター escalator ＋ tonari となり 隣 next door ＋ yoko よこ 横 side, at the side of ＋ mukou むこう 向こう opposite side, other side ＋ soba そば vicinity, near ＋ c hikaku ちかく 近く neighborhood, near ＋ ~ kai 〜かい 回 classifier for times, occasions Grammar Notes 5-3-1 Deshou ‘Probably’ Deshou is a tentative form of desu and indicates probability or likelihood. It can occur after an adjective or a noun: Takai deshou . It’s probably expensive. Sensei deshou . She’s probably a teacher. When the particle ka is added to deshou sentences, it becomes even less sure. For this reason, deshou ka sounds more polite than desu ka in asking questions. Note the falling intonation on ka . Takai deshou ka . Do you suppose it’s expensive? Doko deshou ka . Where might it be? When it is used alone with question intonation, deshou? is a response to something that the speaker feels to be self-evident: ‘Didn’t I tell you?’ or ‘I know you would agree.’ Aa, oishii desu! Oh, it’s delicious! - Deshou? Isn’t it? (Didn’t I tell you?)