15.6.2 推量: …はずです [should…]

わあ、すてきな家具ですね。

Wow, what lovely furniture.

哇，真是漂亮的傢俱呢。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
わあ	waa	-	wow
すてきな	suteki-na	modifiers	lovely
家具ですね	kagu-desu-ne	predicate	It’s furniture, right?

It should be wonderful, you know. Because it was made by a famous designer.

應該很棒的哦。畢竟是由有名設計師創作的。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
すてきな	suteki-na	modifiers	lovely
はずですよ	hazu-desu-yo	predicate	should be
有名な	yu-mei-na	modifiers	famous
デザイナーが	dezaina—ga	subject	designer (subject marker)
作ったんですから	tsuku-t-ta-n-desu-kara	verb conjugations	because made

It should be cold. It has started snowing.

應該很冷。下雪了。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
寒いはずです	samui-hazu-desu	predicate	It should be cold
雪がふってきました	yuki-ga-fu-t-te-ki-mashi-ta	predicate	Snow is falling

Mr. Tan is good at Japanese, isn’t he?

譚先生的日語很好呢。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
タンさんは	tan-san-wa	subject	Tan-san (topic marker)
日本語が	nihongo-ga	subject	Japanese (subject marker)
じょうずですね。	jo-zu-desu-ne-。	predicate	is good, right?

He has been living in Japan for 10 years, so I should be skilled.

他已經在日本已經住了10年了，所以應該很擅長的。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
日本に	nihhon-ni	modifiers	in Japan
10年も	juunen mo	modifiers	for 10 years
住んでいるんですから	sun-de-iru-n-desu-kara	predicate	because (he has) been living
じょうずな	jo-zu-na	modifiers	skillful
はずですよ	hazu-desu-yo	predicate	should be

My parents worry because I come home late every day.

由於我的回家時間每天都很晚，所以父母很擔心。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
わたしの	watashi-no	modifiers	my
帰りが	kaeri-ga	subject	return (subject marker)
毎日遅いので	mainichi-osoi-node	modifiers	because it is late every day
親が	oya-ga	subject	parents (subject marker)
心配するんですよ	shinpai-suru-n-desu-yo	predicate	worry (polite)

They should be worried. After all, you are their precious only daughter.

應該會擔心的哦。畢竟你是他們重要的獨生女兒。

Part	Romaji	Role	Meaning
心配するはずですよ。	shinpai-suru-hazu-desu-yo-。	predicate	should worry (emphasis)
あなたは	anata-wa	subject	you (topic marker)
大切な	taisetsu-na	modifiers	important
1人娘なんだから	hitorimusume nan dakara	modifiers	only daughter, because