Maybe or Perhaps, Maybe or May, Must or I'm sure that....(^^;;;;

[Mac]

I got confused of these. Especially must or I'm sure that ﾂ〜 .
I didn't have no confidence about them though.....

I'm sure she knows about it. 窶敕楪鞘?披?堙坂?堋ｻ窶堙ｪ窶堙俄?堙や?堋｢窶堙??冦窶堙≫?堙??堋｢窶堙ｩ窶堙架?｡窶堋｢窶堙遺?堋｢ﾂ。
She must know about it.窶敕樞?堙坂?堋ｻ窶堙ｪ窶堙俄?堙や?堋｢窶堙??冦窶堙ｧ窶堙遺?堋ｯ窶堙ｪ窶堙寂?堙遺?堙ｧ窶堙遺?堋｢ﾂ。
ﾂ（窶冦窶堙≫?堙??堋｢窶堙ｩ窶堙架?｡窶堋｢窶堙遺?堋｢ is incorrect? Doesn't it have two meanings?ﾂ）
She must have lived there. 窶敕楪鞘?披?堙坂?堋ｻ窶堋ｱ窶堙可住窶堙ｱ窶堙??堋｢窶堋ｽ窶堙架?｡窶堋｢窶堙遺?堋｢ﾂ。
ﾂ（ﾂ住窶堙懌?堙遺?堋ｯ窶堙ｪ窶堙寂?堙遺?堙ｧ窶堙遺?堋ｩ窶堙≫?堋ｽ窶堙架?｡窶堋｢窶堙遺?堋｢ is incorrect?ﾂ）
She must be a dog. 窶敕楪鞘?披?堙最陳｢窶堙架?｡窶堋｢窶堙遺?堋｢

She may be a dog. 窶敕楪鞘?披?堙最陳｢窶堋ｩ窶堙?窶堋ｵ窶堙ｪ窶堙遺?堋｢ﾂ。
Maybe She is a dog. 窶敕楪鞘?披?堙最陳｢窶堋ｩ窶堙?窶堋ｵ窶堙ｪ窶堙遺?堋｢ﾂ。
She may know about it. 窶敕楪鞘?披?堙坂?堋ｻ窶堙ｪ窶堙俄?堙や?堋｢窶堙??冦窶堙≫?堙??堙?窶堙ｦ窶堋｢ﾂ。
ﾂ（窶冦窶堙≫?堙??堋｢窶堙ｩ窶堋ｩ窶堙?窶堋ｵ窶堙ｪ窶堙遺?堋｢ is incorrect? Doesn't it have two meanings?ﾂ）
Maybe she knows about it.窶敕楪鞘?披?堙坂?堋ｻ窶堙ｪ窶堙俄?堙や?堋｢窶堙??冦窶堙≫?堙??堋｢窶堙ｩ窶堋ｩ窶堙?窶堋ｵ窶堙ｪ窶堙遺?堋｢ﾂ。
She may have lived there. 窶敕楪鞘?披?堙坂?堋ｻ窶堋ｱ窶堙可住窶堙ｱ窶堙??堋｢窶堋ｽ窶堋ｩ窶堙?窶堋ｵ窶堙ｪ窶堙遺?堋｢ﾂ。

I would like to know proper English.
Please someone tell me.

 

[Glenn]

She must know about it.窶敕樞?堙坂?堋ｻ窶堙ｪ窶堙俄?堙や?堋｢窶堙??冦窶堙ｧ窶堙遺?堋ｯ窶堙ｪ窶堙寂?堙遺?堙ｧ窶堙遺?堋｢ﾂ。
ﾂ（窶冦窶堙≫?堙??堋｢窶堙ｩ窶堙架?｡窶堋｢窶堙遺?堋｢ is incorrect? Doesn't it have two meanings?ﾂ）

Shouldn't that be 窶敕楪鞘?? I'm a little confused by this, because I don't understand why they would use a different interpretation for one or two of the sentences than they do for the rest. If this means "I expect that she know about it," then 窶冦窶堙≫?堙??堋｢窶堙ｩ窶堙架?｡窶堋｢窶堙遺?堋｢ would be the correct interpretation. If it means "she has an obligation to know about it," then it should be 窶冦窶堙ｧ窶堙遺?堋ｯ窶堙ｪ窶堙寂?堙遺?堙ｧ窶堙遺?堋｢.

She must have lived there. 窶敕楪鞘?披?堙坂?堋ｻ窶堋ｱ窶堙可住窶堙ｱ窶堙??堋｢窶堋ｽ窶堙架?｡窶堋｢窶堙遺?堋｢ﾂ。
ﾂ（ﾂ住窶堙懌?堙遺?堋ｯ窶堙ｪ窶堙寂?堙遺?堙ｧ窶堙遺?堋ｩ窶堙≫?堋ｽ窶堙架?｡窶堋｢窶堙遺?堋｢ is incorrect?)

This is the same as the above. "She must have lived there" can mean either, and I'm not sure why they changed horses midstream, so to speak. If it means "I expect that she lived there," then ﾂ住窶堙ｱ窶堙??堋｢窶堋ｽ窶堙架?｡窶堋｢窶堙遺?堋｢ would be the correct interpretation. If it means "she was obligated to live there," then ﾂ住窶堙懌?堙遺?堋ｯ窶堙ｪ窶堙寂?堙遺?堙ｧ窶堙遺?堋ｩ窶堙≫?堋ｽ would be correct.

She may know about it. 窶敕楪鞘?披?堙坂?堋ｻ窶堙ｪ窶堙俄?堙や?堋｢窶堙??冦窶堙≫?堙??堙?窶堙ｦ窶堋｢ﾂ。
ﾂ（窶冦窶堙≫?堙??堋｢窶堙ｩ窶堋ｩ窶堙?窶堋ｵ窶堙ｪ窶堙遺?堋｢ is incorrect? Doesn't it have two meanings?)

Once again they changed horses midstream. If "she may know about it" means "she is allowed to know about it," then it should be 窶冦窶堙≫?堙??堙?窶堙ｦ窶堋｢. If it means "she may or may not know about it" (i.e. it is uncertain whether she knows about it, and the possibility of her knowing is not very high), then 窶冦窶堙≫?堙??堋｢窶堙ｩ窶堋ｩ窶堙?窶堋ｵ窶堙ｪ窶堙遺?堋｢ would be correct.

 

[Mac]

Oh Thank you so much for your explanations, Glenn.

She = 窶敕樞?堙 was a typo. (^^; I'm sorry.

[Conjecture] hmm(^^;;;;
"I expect that she knows about it." 窶敕楪鞘?披?堋ｪ窶堋ｻ窶堙ｪ窶堙ｰ窶冦窶堙≫?堙??堋｢窶堙ｩ窶堙娯?堙坂?懌?凪?漏窶堙固ｽ窶凪?堙?ｽv窶堋､ﾂ。
"She must know about it." 窶敕楪鞘?披?堙坂?堋ｻ窶堙ｪ窶堙俄?堙や?堋｢窶堙??冦窶堙≫?堙??堋｢窶堙ｩ窶堙架?｡窶堋｢窶堙遺?堋｢ﾂ。
"She must have lived there." 窶敕楪鞘?披?堙坂?堋ｻ窶堋ｱ窶堙可住窶堙ｱ窶堙??堋｢窶堋ｽ窶堙架?｡窶堋｢窶堙遺?堋｢ﾂ。
"She may know about it." 窶敕楪鞘?披?堙坂?堋ｻ窶堙ｪ窶堙俄?堙や?堋｢窶堙??冦窶堙≫?堙??堋｢窶堙ｩ窶堋ｩ窶堙?窶堋ｵ窶堙ｪ窶堙遺?堋｢ﾂ。

[Obligation]
"She has obligation to know about it." 窶敕楪鞘?披?堙坂?堋ｻ窶堙ｪ窶堙俄?堙や?堋｢窶堙??冦窶堙ｩ窶ｹ`窶督ｱ窶堋ｪ窶堋?窶堙ｩﾂ。
"She must know about it." 窶敕楪鞘?披?堙坂?堋ｻ窶堙ｪ窶堙俄?堙や?堋｢窶堙??冦窶堙ｧ窶堙遺?堋ｯ窶堙ｪ窶堙寂?堙遺?堙ｧ窶堙遺?堋｢ﾂ。
"She must have lived there." 窶敕楪鞘?披?堙坂?堋ｻ窶堋ｱ窶堙可住窶堙懌?堙遺?堋ｯ窶堙ｪ窶堙寂?堙遺?堙ｧ窶堙遺?堋ｩ窶堙≫?堋ｽﾂ。
"She may know about it" 窶敕楪鞘?披?堙坂?堋ｻ窶堙ｪ窶堙俄?堙や?堋｢窶堙??冦窶堙≫?堙??堙?窶堙ｦ窶堋｢ﾂ。

wow! "must" has two meanings or more. I totally understood about it! (^^; hmm...

Thank you again.

 

[Glenn]

Hello, Mac. If I may, I would like to correct your English.

I got confused of these.

"I am confused by these" is better English. "Get confused" is used colloquially to mean "become confused" ("get" is used to mean "become" very frequently by native English speakers), and as far as I know it would only be used for a conditional. For example, "I got confused when I tried to do two things at once." Also, the verb "confuse" doesn't take "of," so it is not the right preposition in this circumstance. "I am confused by these" means that "these" made you confused, and you are still confused.

Especially must or I'm sure that ﾂ〜 .

This confused me at first, because I didn't realize that "must" and "I'm sure that ~" were parts of a text that you were quoting. This can be made clear simply by using quotation marks ("").

I didn't have no confidence about them though.....

This sentence is technically wrong, but it has its uses. It sounds like a dialect, particularly one spoken by lower class people. The reason is that you used a double negative: "didn't" and "no." This sentence would be OK if you wanted to sound highly informal, but if you want to use proper English then it should correctly be either "I didn't have any confidence ~" or "I had no confidence ~."

 

[Mac]

Yes, you can. Please. (^^; There are a lot of things in English that I have to learn.
I would like you to tell me English. (or I want you to tell me English.)(^^;

Thank you! but I'm going to translate your sentences and learn later.
I can't understand immediately.

 

[TwistedMac]

This sentence is technically wrong, but it has its uses. It sounds like a dialect, particularly one spoken by lower class people. The reason is that you used a double negative: "didn't" and "no." This sentence would be OK if you wanted to sound highly informal, but if you want to use proper English then it should correctly be either "I didn't have any confidence ~" or "I had no confidence ~."

it's called a double negation ^^

that means you use two no's to take eachother out...

and like glenn says, that's incorrect and commonly only used by the ignorant lower classes

does that sound complicated? it's not really.. it's like when you do maths with negative numbers.. the two negatives will take eachother out and make it a plus...

( 10 - -10= 20 )

right, if what i said confused you further, just ignore me, Mac >_<

 

[Mac]

"I am confused by these" is better English. "Get confused" is used colloquially to mean "become confused" ("get" is used to mean "become" very frequently by native English speakers), and as far as I know it would only be used for a conditional. For example, "I got confused when I tried to do two things at once." Also, the verb "confuse" doesn't take "of," so it is not the right preposition in this circumstance. "I am confused by these" means that "these" made you confused, and you are still confused.

"I am confused by these"窶堋ｪ窶堙ｦ窶堙ｨ窶堙ｦ窶堙ｨ窶ｰpﾅ津ｪ窶堙??堋ｷﾂ。"Get confused"窶堙最津ｻﾅ津ｪ窶堙可（ﾂ？ﾂ）"become confused"窶堙ｰﾋ?凪?督｡窶堋ｷ窶堙ｩﾅｽ窶凪?堙嫁ｽg窶堙ｭ窶堙ｪﾂ（"get"窶堙?become"窶堙戸?凪?督｡窶堙?、ﾅｽﾂｩ窶漏窶堙俄?ｰpﾅ津ｪ窶堙ｰﾋ彙窶堋ｷﾂ人窶堋ｽ窶堋ｿ窶堙俄?堙ｦ窶堙≫?堙?、窶堙??堙??堙?窶堙ｦ窶堋ｭﾅｽg窶堙ｭ窶堙ｪ窶堙懌?堋ｷﾂ。ﾂ）ﾂ、ﾅｽ窶樞?堋ｪ窶冦窶堙≫?堙??堋｢窶堙ｩﾅ津?窶堙ｨ窶堙??堙債、窶堋ｻ窶堙ｪ窶堙債湘ｰﾅ陳鞘?堙ｰ窶｢\窶堋ｷﾂ（ﾂ？ﾂ）窶堋ｽ窶堙溪?堋ｾ窶堋ｯ窶堙嫁ｽg窶堙ｭ窶堙ｪ窶堙懌?堋ｷﾂ。窶堋ｽ窶堙??堋ｦ窶堙篠、"I got confused when I tired to got two things at once."ﾂ。窶堙懌?堋ｽﾂ、窶慊ｮﾅｽﾅ停?堙?confused"窶堙?of"窶堙ｰ窶｢K窶牌窶堙??堋ｵ窶堙遺?堋｢ﾂ（= takeﾂ？ﾂ）窶堙娯?堙?、窶堋ｱ窶堙個湘ｳ窶ｹﾂｵ窶堙??堙坂?堋ｽ窶堋ｾ窶堋ｵ窶堋｢窶楼窶冰ﾅｽﾅ停?堙遺?堋｢ﾂ。"I am confused by these"窶堙?these窶堋ｪ窶堋?窶堙遺?堋ｽ窶堙ｰﾂ債ｬ窶板絶?堋ｳ窶堋ｹﾂ、窶堋?窶堙遺?堋ｽ窶堋ｪ窶堙懌?堋ｾﾂ債ｬ窶板絶?堋ｵ窶堙??堋｢窶堙ｩ窶堙??堋｢窶堋､ﾋ?凪?督｡窶堙俄?堙遺?堙ｨ窶堙懌?堋ｷﾂ。

I am confused by long English sentences. (note)

colloquially = ﾅ津ｻﾅ津ｪﾂ（窶佚個）窶堙
frequently = 窶堋ｵ窶堙寂?堋ｵ窶堙篠（窶堙ｦ窶堋ｭﾂ）
conditional = ﾂ湘ｰﾅ陳鞘?堙ｰ窶｢\窶堋ｷ
preposition = 窶楼窶冰ﾅｽﾅ
circumstance = ﾅｽ窶督湘ｮ, ﾂ湘ｮ窶ｹﾂｵ; ﾅｽ窶毒ｽﾃ?

Especially must or I'm sure that ﾂ〜
This confused me at first, because I didn't realize that "must" and "I'm sure that ﾂ〜" were parts of a text that you were quoting. This can be made clear simply by using quotation marks ("").

窶堋ｱ窶堙ｪ窶堙坂?堙坂?堋ｶ窶堙淒ｽ窶樞?堙ｰﾂ債ｬ窶板絶?堋ｳ窶堋ｹ窶堙懌?堋ｵ窶堋ｽﾂ。窶堙遺?堋ｺ窶堙遺?堙ｧﾅｽ窶樞?堙?must"窶堙?I'm sure that ﾂ〜"窶堋?窶堙遺?堋ｽ窶堋ｪﾋ?ｸ窶廃窶堋ｵ窶堙??堋｢窶堋ｽ窶｢ﾂｶﾅｽﾅ｡窶氾ｱﾂ（= text?ﾂ）窶堙戸?ｪ窶｢窶昶?堋ｾ窶堙??堋｢窶堋､窶堋ｱ窶堙??堋ｪ窶堋ｪ窶堙坂?堙≫?堋ｫ窶堙ｨ窶堙??板昶?ｰﾃｰ窶堙??堋ｫ窶堙遺?堋ｩ窶堙≫?堋ｽﾂ。窶堋ｱ窶堙ｪ窶堙才?ｸ窶廃窶｢{窶堙ｰﾅｽg窶堋､ﾅｽ窶凪?堙俄?堙ｦ窶堙≫?堙??堙ｭ窶堋ｩ窶堙ｨ窶堙｢窶堋ｷ窶堋ｭ(= simple)窶督ｾﾅ?m窶堙俄?堋ｳ窶堙ｪ窶堙ｩ窶堙??堋?窶堙ｫ窶堋､ﾂ。

I'm sorry. I should have used quotation marks to that sentence.

quotation = ﾋ?ｸ窶廃, ﾋ?ｸ窶廃ﾅ津ｪﾂ［窶ｹﾃ･ﾂ，窶｢ﾂｶﾂ］(quotation marks = ﾋ?ｸ窶廃窶｢窶?
realize = ﾅ陳ｻ窶堋ｷ窶堙ｩ; ﾅｽﾃ看ｽﾃ?窶廬窶堙俄?｢\窶堋ｷ; ﾅ陳ｻﾅｽﾃ?窶堙ｧ窶堋ｵ窶堋ｭﾅ陳ｩ窶堋ｹ窶堙ｩ; ﾅｽﾃ?ﾅ?'窶堋ｷ窶堙ｩ,

I didn't have no confidence about them though.....

This sentence is technically wrong, but it has its uses. It sounds like a dialect, particularly one spoken by lower class people. The reason is that you used a double negative: "didn't" and "no." This sentence would be OK if you wanted to sound highly informal, but if you want to use proper English then it should correctly be either "I didn't have any confidence ﾂ〜" or "I had no confidence ﾂ〜."

窶堋ｱ窶堙娯?｢ﾂｶ窶堙坂?ｹZﾂ術窶廬窶堙嫁?ﾃ藩?｡窶堙≫?堙??堋｢窶堙懌?堋ｷﾂ。窶堋ｵ窶堋ｩ窶堋ｵ窶堋ｻ窶堙ｪ窶堙坂?堋ｻ窶堙娯?廃窶徨窶堙ｰﾂ行窶堙≫?堙??堋｢窶堙懌?堋ｷﾂ。(?)窶堋ｻ窶堙ｪ窶堙坂?｢ﾃｻﾅ陳ｾ窶堙娯?堙ｦ窶堋､窶堙俄?｢ﾂｷ窶堋ｱ窶堋ｦ窶堙懌?堋ｷﾂ。窶愿≫?堙
窶愿≫?堙俄?ｰﾂｺ窶?ﾅ?K窶ｹ窶ｰﾂ人ﾂ々窶堙俄?堙ｦ窶堙≫?堙?彙窶堋ｳ窶堙ｪ窶堙懌?堋ｷﾂ。窶堋ｻ窶堙娯?板昶?燃窶堙坂?堋?窶堙遺?堋ｽ窶堋ｪ窶啣ﾂ重窶堙娯?敕帚?凖ｨ窶堙ｰﾅｽg窶堙≫?堋ｽ窶堋ｩ窶堙ｧ窶堙??堋ｷﾂ。ﾂ"didn't" and "no"窶堋ｱ窶堙娯?｢ﾂｶ窶堙坂?堋?窶堙遺?堋ｽ窶堋ｪ窶伉ｽ窶堋｢窶堙俄?敕ｱﾅ津ｶﾅｽﾂｮ窶堙娯?ｰﾂｹ窶堙ｰ窶転窶堙樞?堙娯?堙遺?堙ｧOK窶堙??堋?窶堙ｩ窶堙??堋ｵ窶堙･窶堋､ﾂ。窶堋ｵ窶堋ｩ窶堋ｵﾂ、窶堙?窶堋ｵ窶堋?窶堙遺?堋ｽ窶堋ｪﾂ青ｳ窶堋ｵ窶堋｢窶ｰpﾅ津ｪ窶堙ｰﾅｽg窶堋｢窶堋ｽ窶堋｢窶堙娯?堙遺?堙ｧﾂ、ﾂ青ｳ窶堋ｵ窶堋ｭ"I didn't have any confidence ﾂ〜."窶堙懌?堋ｽ窶堙?I had no confidence ﾂ〜."窶堙娯?堙??堋ｿ窶堙ｧ窶堋ｩ窶堙??堋?窶堙ｩ窶堙冷?堋ｫ窶堙??堋ｷﾂ。

dialect = 窶｢ﾃｻﾅ陳ｾ
particularly = 窶愿≫?堙? 窶堙??堙ｨ窶堙ｭ窶堋ｯ; 窶堋｢窶堙や?堙俄?堙遺?堋ｭ; ﾂ湘堋催冷?堙? 窶佚･窶堋｢窶堙
negative = 窶敕帚?凖ｨ窶堙? 窶ｹ窶伉静｢窶堙? 窶敖ｽ窶佚寂?堙? ﾂ好ﾋ?凪?廬窶堙??堙遺?堋｢; ﾂ湘≫?ｹﾃ俄?廬窶堙? 窶督ｳ窶ｹC窶氾坂?堙? 窶ｰA窶彭窶ｹC窶堙

I have never made the past tense sentence before.
So I had no confidence in this sentence "I didn't have no confidence about them though...".

Thank you for your explanations, Glenn.
I will need to continue reading this thread again and again. (^^;;;

(^^;hmm I just understood that I made a double negation sentence, and I think so too, Mac.(^^;;;
I don't ignore you.

further = 窶堋ｳ窶堙ｧ窶堙