Coffeesan
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- 6 Jul 2011
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Sooo I use the following fairly often.. I'm including what they roughly mean if they were English too but chill out I know its context based..
Da / Desu -- Non-past positive -- Is/Are/Am
Dewa Nai desu / Dewa arimasen -- Present negative -- Isnt/Arent/Not
Datta / Deshita -- Past positive -- Was/Were
Dewa Arimasen Deshita --Past negative -- Wasnt/Was not/Werent
But what I'm wondering is does the Copula have any other forms? When I see the presumptive form of a verb like for example:
Taberu daro / Taberu desho
It looks like the desho/daro was some kind of conjugation of desu/da but I wasnt ever sure because if it conveys the rough meaning of "lets", "shall", "about to", "trying to" then in isolation would it make sense stuck on the end of a simple noun-copula end sentence?
I thought it could mean things like "I shall BE a father", "I'm about TO BE a teacher" and doesnt really make sense without adding a BE so figured iru would simply fill the need for that.
Sooo basically what I'm asking is: Is daro/desho a copula conjugation that can be used on its own in a simple noun-copula sentence and if so could I see an example. Also how many forms would it have? It surely must have a lot less than a real verb would I thought it only had the non-past and past which is all I've ever used but I have a teacher now and she said there was just as many forms for the copula as normal verbs. Only see her once a week, no I cant email so posting here.
P.s. Yes I know its not a verb I'm just calling it the special/fake one for ease of reading. I dont have kana input on this computer.
Da / Desu -- Non-past positive -- Is/Are/Am
Dewa Nai desu / Dewa arimasen -- Present negative -- Isnt/Arent/Not
Datta / Deshita -- Past positive -- Was/Were
Dewa Arimasen Deshita --Past negative -- Wasnt/Was not/Werent
But what I'm wondering is does the Copula have any other forms? When I see the presumptive form of a verb like for example:
Taberu daro / Taberu desho
It looks like the desho/daro was some kind of conjugation of desu/da but I wasnt ever sure because if it conveys the rough meaning of "lets", "shall", "about to", "trying to" then in isolation would it make sense stuck on the end of a simple noun-copula end sentence?
I thought it could mean things like "I shall BE a father", "I'm about TO BE a teacher" and doesnt really make sense without adding a BE so figured iru would simply fill the need for that.
Sooo basically what I'm asking is: Is daro/desho a copula conjugation that can be used on its own in a simple noun-copula sentence and if so could I see an example. Also how many forms would it have? It surely must have a lot less than a real verb would I thought it only had the non-past and past which is all I've ever used but I have a teacher now and she said there was just as many forms for the copula as normal verbs. Only see her once a week, no I cant email so posting here.
P.s. Yes I know its not a verb I'm just calling it the special/fake one for ease of reading. I dont have kana input on this computer.