113909_Darou_J2

だろう。だろう？
Using だろう・でしょう
• Probably…
– Intonation goes down
– Often used with きっと、たぶん、おそらく etc
• Aren’t you? Isn’t it? Isn’t he?
– Intonation goes up
– Seeking confirmation
– Am I right or am I right? Right?
• Wondering
– Intonation stays nuetral (methinks)
– Often used with の～か, question words
– Similar to かしら、かな
Making だろう・でしょう
• Verb: Plain +だろう
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食べるだろう
食べただろう
食べないだろう
食べたいだろう
• Adjective/Noun: Plain +だろう
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早いだろう
早くないだろう
学生だろう
学生じゃないだろう
• Not uncommon, especially in rhetorical questions,
to put a の before だろう
Playing with だろう・でしょう
Probably
• It’s probably going to rain sharks tomorrow.
• My mom is probably at home, making cookies.
(You’re jealous, aren’t you?)
• Vember’s new Ukalele must’ve been really
expensive. I wonder where he got it?
• Miracle probably got that doll in Japan.
• Maggie’s probably going to become a sushi
doctor. She looks like a doctor, and she likes
sushi.
Playing with だろう・でしょう
Isn’t it?
• Robert said he was going to the moon, didn’t he?
That’s why he’s not here!
• Aren’t you tired? You just did 100 push ups!
• Aren’t you cold? It’s 1 degree and you’re not wearing a
coat!
• That’s a hamburger, right? Why does it look like a
basketball?
• I’m sorry guys. The warm-up is kinda over-small, isn’t
it?
• “Clarisse, you’re coming on the Japan trip too, right?”
• You got it, right? This is it, right? Isn’t that right? That’s
a lie, right?
Playing with だろう・でしょう
I Wonder
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I wonder who that lady is. She’s too pretty!
I wonder where Jessica is. She isn’t here with us.
“I wonder what’s inside this present?” said Barry.
“I wonder why the sky is blue…maybe it’s
because we are living inside a blue-eyed giant…”
thought Collin
• “I wonder how they put the cream inside
donuts?” said Jaden, starting to eat said donut.

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