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  • October 12, 2015 at 3:13 am #48406

    Black Hole
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    Hello there!

    I want to ask about how to build this kind of sentences in Japanese:
    You must be the teacher.
    You must be the king.
    As for this place, this must be our workplace.

    I don’t know if TextFugu covers this kind of grammar (if it does, I haven’t found it yet).
    Maybe this use of must is not present on Japanese, but I need to learn how to use an equivalent one, then.

    Do you know an approximate translation to the sentences above, or at least do you know a website where it is more or less explained?

    Thank you!

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    October 13, 2015 at 12:32 pm #48412

    Joel
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    Must be = ~にちがいない = something like “there is no doubt that ~” or “I am not mistaken that ~”

    あなたは先生にちがいない
    あなたは王様にちがいない
    ここは私たちの職場にちがいない

    I don’t think I’d use あなた with kings or teachers, though. =P

    October 13, 2015 at 1:51 pm #48414

    Black Hole
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    Thanks a lot, using that particle you told me I searched some more webs about it and I understood it.

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