"I hope" Grammar Point
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undrentide
Japa'n vagyok
- 18 Jan 2006
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"I hope ~" can be expressed in many ways.
When you say it to someone, you can say
~ to iidesu ne (or more casually, "~ to ii ne")
When you say it as a general statement
~ to ii to omou
When you say it to someone, you can say
~ to iidesu ne (or more casually, "~ to ii ne")
When you say it as a general statement
~ to ii to omou
- 16 Feb 2008
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To wish good will onto someone else you use the verb in its short form plus といいです。
So for example いい しごと を みつける と いい です。 - ii shigoto wo mitsukeru to
ii desu - I hope you find a good job.
When hoping for something good to happen to you you use といいんですが。
いい しごと を みつける と いいん ですが。- I hope I find a good job.
So for example いい しごと を みつける と いい です。 - ii shigoto wo mitsukeru to
ii desu - I hope you find a good job.
When hoping for something good to happen to you you use といいんですが。
いい しごと を みつける と いいん ですが。- I hope I find a good job.
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undrentide
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To make it sound a bit more natural, you can say
いいしごとがみつかるといいですね。
いいしごとがみつかるといいのですが。
epigene
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Just to add to information of the other posters, the sentences given mean "I hope you find a good job."
If the OP's sentence "I hope your job is good" is used to mean that the person in question found a job and will start working shortly and you want to wish the person well, you'd say:
いいしごとだと、いいですね。
Ii shigoto da to ii desune.
Another alternative:
いいしごとだと、いいのですが。
Ii shigoto da to ii no desuga.
(This one suggests anxiety on the part of the speaker concerning the promise of the new job the person is taking.)
HTH!
If the OP's sentence "I hope your job is good" is used to mean that the person in question found a job and will start working shortly and you want to wish the person well, you'd say:
いいしごとだと、いいですね。
Ii shigoto da to ii desune.
Another alternative:
いいしごとだと、いいのですが。
Ii shigoto da to ii no desuga.
(This one suggests anxiety on the part of the speaker concerning the promise of the new job the person is taking.)
HTH!
Tomii515
やった～！
- 16 Feb 2006
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I've been watching this thread cause I too didn't know how to say "I hope" and I just wanted to make sure I understood it correctly.
uhmmm... sorry about the weird sentences. i couldnt think of anythign xD lmao
たくさん食べ物を食べるといいですね。
I hope you eat a lot of food.
たくさん食べ物を食べるといいんですが。
I hope I eat a lot of food.
isn't the の instead of ん more feminine? so would i use ん instead? hm.
Thanks!
uhmmm... sorry about the weird sentences. i couldnt think of anythign xD lmao
たくさん食べ物を食べるといいですね。
I hope you eat a lot of food.
たくさん食べ物を食べるといいんですが。
I hope I eat a lot of food.
isn't the の instead of ん more feminine? so would i use ん instead? hm.
Thanks!
epigene
相変わらず不束者です
- 10 Nov 2004
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～いいのですが is standard/polite form.
～いいんですが is standard/informal form.
Both are neutral and can be used by both men and women.
Regarding ん being feminine, it's not necessarily so. The most common usage is informal speech.
Maybe you have something else in mind??
Also, たくさん食べ物を食べるといいですね doesn't mean "I hope you eat a lot of food." This is used to refer to a third party (a person or animal that is not present during the conversation).
If you mean "I hope you will be able to eat a lot of food," the sentence should be:
たくさん食べ（ら）れるといいですね。
("Tabemono" is removed from the sentence because it is repetitive. I have also put "ra" in parentheses because it is very often omitted by young people. FYI, I don't.
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