2020/04/02

Question 1

んです・のです

Answer 1

asking for explanation, explanatory, explaining, emphasis

☞ん is casual variant that evolved from の due to being easier to pronounce. Therefore some consider の to be “stiff” when used in casual (and even in polite) conversations.

Question 2

がある

☞Formal/Polite: があります

Answer 2

to be・there is

☞Formal/Polite: があります

Structure
Noun + が・ある

[non-living things・inanimate objects]

Question 3

だろう

Answer 3

probably, isn’t it?・right?

☞だろ - Contracted Form

Structure
Verb + だろう
Adjective + だろう
Noun + だろう

[casual assertive・masculine・conjecture/guess・low confidence・can be based on some information, but doesn’t have to]

Question 4

そこ

Answer 4

there, that place

Structure
Demonstrative

Place near the listener
Previously mentioned place

[near listener・previously mentioned place]

Question 5

がいる

Answer 5

to be・there is

Structure
Noun + が・いる

[living things・animate objects]

Question 6

それ

Answer 6

that

Structure
Demonstrative noun

[near the listener・previously mentioned noun]

Question 7

あれ

Answer 7

that, [over there]

Structure
Demonstrative
Noun located away from both the speaker and the listener

[far from both speaker and listener]