Essentialj apanese grammar

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Among cities Kyoto will be the most interesting to visit.

あなたが一番好きです。 Anata ga ichi ban suki desu. I like you the best.

beki da べきだ

[PREDICATIVE PHRASE]

should, ought to (do)

The unsubstantial noun beki and the linking verb da can be placed at the end of a sentence directly following a verb in the dictionary form to mean ‘it should be the case that. . . .’ To mean ‘it should not be the case that . . .,’ keep the verb before beki in the dictionary form, but change da into negative. Suru beki da ‘should do’ tends to become subeki da. The phrase with beki can also be placed before a noun and functions as an adjective phrase. (→ See also nakereba ikenai/nakereba naranai.) 1. At the end of a sentence

一生けん命はたらくべきです。 Isshōkenmei hatarak u beki desu. You should work hard.

あなたはもっと勉強す(る)べきです。 Anata wa motto benkyō su(ru) beki desu. You should study more.

もっと早く来るべきでした。 Motto hayaku ku ru beki deshita. I should have come much earlier.

そんなものを買うべきではない。 Sonna mono o ka u beki dewa nai. You shouldn’t buy such a thing.

飲酒運転はすべきじゃありません。 Inshu unten wa su beki ja arimasen. You should not drink and drive.

2. Placed before a noun

するべきことはちゃんとしなさい。 Su ru beki koto wa chanto shinasiai. Do properly the things that you should do.

それは避けるべきことです。 Sore wa sake ru beki koto desu. That is what we should avoid.

それは注目す(る)べき点だ。 Sore wa chūmoku su(ru) beki ten da. That’s the point we should pay attention to.

bun 分

[NOUN]

quantity/amount, part, portion, degree


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