Sunday, June 5, 2011

Deshou(Japanese language help)?

Question:


Deshou is use for Politeness in speech right?

So why do we use deshou in a casual talk.I really don't understand how deshou works very much.

Example sentence:

Q:KLCC e iku deshou?
A:Hai ikimasu

If we are talking in Casual form why do we reply in Formal?

Lastly what does Deshou really means,some say it means "Probably",some say it means "Isn't it",i'm confused.

Answer:


If you really want to say it in a polite way (eg. when talking to your boss), you would NOT use "deshou" or more commonly just "desho".

Instead, you say "KLCC e iki masu yone?" or something like that. There are actually more than one way of saying it in a polite way.

But, you don't really have to worry about it, because we actually love talking informally, and it would be kind of cute you used "deshou" in asking your questions and I guess many people would agree.

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