15.6.1 推量: …はずです [should…]

原田さんはもう会社を出たはずですよ。

Mr. Harada should have already left the company.

原田先生應該已經離開公司了。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
原田さんは	harada-san-wa	subject	Mr. Harada (topic marker)
もう	mo	modifiers	already
会社を	kaisha-wo	subject	company (object marker)
出た	de-ta	verb conjugation	left
はずですよ	hazu-desu-yo	predicate	should be (emphatic)

I said I will take the 5 o’clock Shinkansen.

說過要坐5點的新幹線。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
5時の	goji no	modifiers	of 5 o’clock
新幹線に	shinkansen-ni	modifiers	to the Shinkansen
乗ると	noru-to	verb conjugations	if ride
言っていたから	i-t-te-i-ta-kara	predicate	because (past tense of say)

Let’s ask Yamanaka-kun for the party photos.

請把派對的照片交給山中君。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
パーティーの	pa-ti—no	modifiers	of the party
写真は	shashin-wa	subject	the photo (topic marker)
山中くんに	yamanaka-kun ni	particles	to Yamanaka-kun
たのみましょう。	tanomi-masho-u-。	verb conjugations	let’s ask.

I should be good at it because I am a student at a photography school.

因為是攝影學校的學生，所以應該很擅長。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
写真学校の	shashin-gakko—no	modifiers	of photography school
学生だから	gakusei-da-kara	predicate	because (conjugation)
じょうずな	jo-zu-na	modifiers	skillful
はずです。	hazu-desu-。	predicate	should be.

This is a famous hotel, so the food must be delicious.

這裡是有名的酒店，所以料理肯定很美味的。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
ここは	koko-wa	subject	here (topic marker)
有名な	yu-mei-na	modifiers	famous
ホテルだから	hoteru-da-kara	modifiers	because it’s a hotel
きっと	kitto	modifiers	surely
料理も	ryo-ri-mo	subject	cuisine also
おいしい	oishii	modifiers	delicious
はずですよ。	hazu-desu-yo-。	predicate	should be.

It will be fun, won’t it?

很期待呢。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
楽しみですね。	tanoshimi-desu-ne-。	predicate	It’s enjoyable, isn’t it?

Mr. Smith is not supposed to be in Japan right now.

史密斯先生現在應該不在日本。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
スミスさんは	sumisu-san-wa	subject	Mr. Smith (topic marker)
今	ima	modifiers	now
日本にいない	nihhon-ni-i-nai	predicate	is not in Japan
はずだよ	hazu-da-yo	verb conjugations	should be

I went back to my home country last week.

上週我回國了。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
先週	senshu	modifiers	last week
国へ	kuni-e	modifiers	to the country
帰ったんだよ	kae-t-ta-n-da-yo	predicate	returned (casual)

It is expected that Director Morita and Section Chief Yamakawa will attend today’s meeting.

今天的會議應該是由森田部長和山川科長出席的。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
今日の	kyo—no	modifiers	today’s
会議に	kaigi ni	particles	to the meeting
出席するのは	shusseki-suru-no-wa	verb conjugations	will attend
森田部長と	morita-bucho—to	modifiers	with Director Morita
山川課長の	yamakawa-kacho—no	modifiers	and Chief Yamakawa
はずですよ。	hazu desu yo.	predicate	is supposed to.

Yesterday, I said that.

昨天，他說過這樣的話。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
きのう	kino	modifiers	yesterday
そう言っていましたよ	so—i-t-te-i-mashi-ta-yo	predicate	said so