N5 · Lesson 17
I think, she said
〜と 思います ・ 〜と 言います ・ 〜でしょう／だろう ・ たぶん
In this lesson, you will learn to say what you think, to pass on what someone else said, to say what will probably happen the way a weather forecast does, and to soften a guess with たぶん, while a typhoon heads toward the class trip to Hokkaido.
By the end you will be able to say
北海道は 寒いと 思います。I think Hokkaido is cold.
先生は『旅行は 来週です』と 言いました。The teacher said, "The trip is next week."
今晩は 雪でしょう。It will probably snow tonight.
たぶん 大丈夫だと 思う。I think it'll probably be fine.
『typhoon』は 日本語で 台風と 言います。"Typhoon" is 台風 in Japanese.
The grammar in this lesson
- 〜と 思います: I think — Plain form + と 思います says what you think.
- 〜と 言います: say, quote, call — と marks what someone said; 〜と 言います also gives the name of a thing.
- 〜でしょう / 〜だろう: probably — Plain form + でしょう says something will probably happen or is probably so.
- たぶん: probably — たぶん early in the sentence, with でしょう or と 思います at the end, makes a guess.