https://jp.learnoutlive.com/deshou-as-interjection-making-a-statement/ 日本と共に Fri, 24 Aug 2018 23:18:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 https://jp.learnoutlive.com/deshou-as-interjection-making-a-statement/comment-page-1/#comment-1427 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:36:10 +0000 https://jp.learnoutlive.com/?p=1333#comment-1427 I forgot to add this in the initial post but… the “desu” in “sou desu” is a copula, which functions much like the “is” in “that is correct” or “it is so”. When used like “sou deshou”, the “deshou” is also a copula. The thrust of this blog post is to show another use of the word. It’s colloquial of course, but it’s so common that it’s important to know. The usual textbooks probably don’t account for it.

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