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was strict, wasn’t she? _____________________She’s probably not strict. _____________________She’s strict, isn’t she? _____________________6.ureshiiShe must be happy. _____________________She’s probably not happy. _____________________She must have been happy. _____________________7.sabishiiHe must be lonely. _____________________He must have been lonely. _____________________He probably wasn’t lonely. _____________________8.shiroiIt’s white, isn’t it? _____________________It wasn’t white, was it? _____________________It must have been white. _____________________

      Read these situations. Select an appropriate adjective and add either deshoo or deshoo? Again, be careful of the tense you use. Refer to the Other Adjectives list if you need help.

      1. You heard that Taroo has a new girlfriend. You’re with him when he gets a perfumed letter from her. He is all smiles. You say to him:

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      2. The organic chemistry course at your university has a reputation for being tough. When you are asked by a freshman about the rigor of the professors, you say:

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      3. You and your friend are monster movie aficionados. After seeing the latest box office hit in this genre, you say to her:

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      4. You bump into a friend on his way to get a flu shot. You allay his fears about the pain of the injection by saying:

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      5. Although you’ve never visited Alaska in mid-January, what comment could you reasonably make about the weather at that time of year?

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      6. Your friends are discussing Hanako’s new 2-carat engagement ring. What comment could you make about its price?

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      7. Toshio tells you that earlier that day, he played 5 sets of tennis when the temperature was 95 degrees in the shade. What would be an appropriate verbal reaction on your part?

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      8. What comment could be made about the volume of business in June at a store specializing in skiing equipment?

      8. Straddling the Fence

      Very often you will hear the particle wa inserted between the -ku form and any negative form. Look at this brief exchange:

      Q: Kono terebi wa takakatta desu ka?

      A: Iie. Takaku wa nakatta desu.

      In response to the question, Was this TV expensive? the speaker answers, No. It wasn’t what one would call expensive. The speaker’s answer does not mean, however, that the TV was inexpensive. The wa particle in this case is used to “straddle the fence” as the speaker wants to say that although the item in question was not expensive, he does not want to go so far as to say that it was cheap.

      Other ways to think of this pattern in English would be:

      It’s not exactly what you’d call expensive.

      I wouldn’t say that it was expensive.

      This construction may be used with any negative form:

      atsuku wa arimasen

      atsuku wa nai desu

      atsuku wa nai

      atsuku wa arimasen deshita

      atsuku wa nakatta desu

      atsuku wa nakatta

      Answer these questions using the wa particle to “qualify” the negative. It is not necessary to repeat the subject if it is understood. Give the English equivalent of your answer.

      1. Kono terebi wa ii desu ne. Takakatta desu ka?

      Iie.______________________________________

      (Eng.)___________________________________

      2. Sono suupu wa oishii desu ka?

      Iie.______________________________________

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      3. Nihongo wa muzukashii desu ka?

      Iie.______________________________________

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      4. Sono shoosetsu wa omoshiroi desu ka?

      Iie.______________________________________

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      5. Kyoo wa isogashikatta desu ka?

      Iie.______________________________________

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      6. Natsu wa atsukatta desu ka?

      Iie.______________________________________

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      7. Anata no uchi wa hiroi desu ka?

      Iie.______________________________________

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      8. Mizu wa tsumetai deshoo?

      Iie.______________________________________

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      9. Yama wa tooi deshoo?

      Iie.______________________________________

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      10. Sono sensei wa warui desu ka?

      Iie.______________________________________

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      11. Kono suupaa no yasai wa atarashii deshoo?

      Iie.______________________________________

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      12. Sono depaato wa yasui desu ka?

      Iie.______________________________________

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      13. Sono eiga wa omoshirokatta deshoo?

      Iie.______________________________________

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      14. Kono jisho wa furui desu ka?

      Iie.______________________________________

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      15. Sono basu wa hayakatta deshoo?

      Iie.______________________________________

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      9. Soo Desu

      The use of soo desu following the plain form of an adjective differs from the soo desu meaning it’s true, that’s correct, etc. The soo desu we are going to look at here is used to report hearsay as in, I understand that it ..., I hear that ..., I heard that....

      This construction is made by adding soo desu to a plain form of the adjective in both the past, non-past, affirmative, and negative depending on what you want your sentence to mean.

Example:Samui soo desu.=I understand it is cold.
Samuku nai soo desu.=I understand it isn’t cold.
Samukatta soo desu.=I understand it was cold.
Samuku nakatta soo desu.=I understand it wasn’t cold.

      Notice that desu is not changed to the past or negative. Those issues have already been taken care