Hey everyone!
Today we going to learn kamoshiremasen.
This is a Japanese language way of stating that some event or state will possibly occur.
Let’s think about these statements in English:
“It may be humid tomorrow”
“I may go to an Italian restaurant”
“I may go and watch a movie”
“It may be difficult”
You can use kamoshiremasen with verbs, adjectives and nouns (but the rules vary!)
Verbs: plain form kamoshiremasen (. Eg iku kamoshiremasen)
i Adjectives: adjective kamoshiermasen (. eg atarashii kamoshiremasen)
na Adjectives: adjective kamoshiremasen (. eg benri kamoshiremasen)
Nouns: noun kamoshiremasen (. Eg zasshi kamoshiremasen)
So let’s translate those English sentences from above:
“It may be humid tomorrow”
ashita wa mushi atsui kamoshiremasen
“I may go to an Italian restaurant”
itaria no resutoran ni iku kamoshiremasen
“I may go and watch a movie”
eiga o mi ni iku kamoshiremasen
“It may be difficult”
muzukashii kamoshiremasen
Let’s break down the words:
ashita tomorrow
wa topic marker particle (as for)
mushi atsui hot and humid
kamoshiremasen may do/possibly do
itaria no resutoran Italian restaurant
ni direction particle (to)
iku go (dictionary form of ikimasu)
eiga movie
o verb modify particle
mi stem of verb mimasu (to see)
muzukashii difficult
See you with a new lesson soon. David