15.2.1 推量: …だろう [probably…]

あしたは雪がふるだろう。

It will snow tomorrow.

明天可能會下雪。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
あしたは	ashita-wa	modifiers	tomorrow (topic marker)
雪が	yuki-ga	subject	snow (subject marker)
ふるだろう	furu-daro-u	predicate	will fall.

I wonder if there is bus.

不知道還有沒有公車。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
バスは	basu-wa	subject	bus (topic marker)
だいじょうぶかな	daijo-bu-ka-na	predicate	is it okay?

Mr. Tanaka probably won’t come to today’s meeting.

田中先生今天可能不會來參加會議。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
田中さんは	tanaka-san-wa	subject	Mr. Tanaka (topic marker)
今日の	kyo—no	modifiers	today’s
会には	kai ni wa	particles	to the meeting
来ないだろう。	ko-nai-daro-u-。	predicate	will not come.

Because he/she said he/she was busy.

因為他說他很忙。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
いそがしいと	isogashii-to	modifiers	busy and
言っていたから	i-t-te-i-ta-kara	predicate	because (past tense of “say”)

Father, where are we going for the family trip during the consecutive holidays?

爸爸，連假家庭旅行要去哪裡？

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
お父さん	oto-san	subject	father
連休の	renkyu—no	modifiers	of the consecutive holidays
家族旅行	kazoku-ryoko	modifiers	family trip
どこへ	doko e	particles	to where
行く	iku	verb conjugation	go

It’s probably impossible to take a consecutive holiday trip this year.

今年連續假期旅行是不可能的吧。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
今年は	kotoshi-wa	subject	this year (topic marker)
連休の	renkyu—no	modifiers	consecutive holidays
旅行は	ryoko—wa	subject	travel (topic marker)
無理だろう。	muri-daro-u-。	predicate	impossible.

I have a business trip for 3 weeks.

我有一個為期3週的出差。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
3週間の	san shuukan no	modifiers	of 3 weeks
出張が	shuccho—ga	subject	business trip (subject marker)
あるんだ。	aru-n-da-。	predicate	there is.