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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! “It might be true,” “It might get cold” and “I might go” are all common statements that express possibility. You might not even realize it, but you make statements all the time that use the word “might” to express possibility.

In this lower intermediate Japanese lesson, learn all about expressing possibility using Kamo shirenai. This Japanese phrase is used to talk about something that might happen. As you can imagine, this is a Japanese phrase that you’ll use constantly. Don’t miss this awesome Japanese lesson!

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This entry was posted on Wednesday, May 6th, 2009 at 6:30 pm and is filed under Lower Intermediate Season 4 . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

31 Responses to “Lower Intermediate Lesson S4 #9 - A Slight Possibility”

JapanesePod101.com says:

皆さん、こんにちは!
Can you tell us about some possibility using かもしれない?

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Austin says:

僕はi phoneを買うかもしれない。

。。。でも、多分僕はi phoneを買うって言う方がいい。

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maxiewawa says:

今日雨降るかもしれない。 :sad:

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William says:

今日仕事が忙しいかもしれない、ですから、お昼は食べないかもしれない。

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Naomi says:

Austin-san
いいですね。 :wink:
maxiewawa -san
今、東京は雨が降っています。
William-san
大変ですね~。

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chin says:

豚インフルエンザのせいで、海外旅行ができないかもしれません。

皆さん、お元気で。

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Bob1 says:

マカビティだったかもれない。
http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/t__s__eliot/poems/15127

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Nigel says:

宿題をしないと困るかもしれませんね :roll:

これは本当にいいレッスンだと思います :razz:  面白い表現がいっぱいありましたから!

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MaiXuan says:

あたしは これから 「かも しれない」 が 使えるカも しれませんよ。

もっと練習したいんです。「かも しれない」と 「かも しれません」とか ちょっと長いですからね。 ときどきまた間違いかもしれません :grin:
 

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giovanni says:

JPOD101 は皆に英語を教えるかも!

JPOD: “You might not even realize it, but you make statements all the time that use the word “might” to express possibility.”

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メー says:

こんにちは直美先生 :kokoro::razz: 皆さん。

私は今年の10月に日本へ行く予定があるかもしれません。
楽しみです。  :nihon:

先週、「Getting Started with Japanese Package」をもう購入した。
:dogeza:

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Naomi says:

Mina-san
「-かもしれない」の文章をありがとうございます。 :dogeza:
Thank you for writing Japanese sentences using ~kamoshirenai.
Chin-san
豚インフルエンザは怖いですよね。Yeah, pig flu is scary.
Bob1-san
なるほど! 犯罪王マカビティーですね!! :lol:
Nigel -san
ありがとうございます! :dogeza:
MaiXuan-san
もし長ければ、「~かも」 でもいいかもしれませんよ
giovanni -san
気付きませんでした。 :wink:
メーーsan
10月はとてもいい季節ですよ!どこに行きますか? :grin:

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メー says:

直美先生、 :dogeza:

10月名古屋に行きます。
そのうちに  :smile:  東京に観光したいと思います。土日かもしれません。

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giovanni says:

Surely you could have chosen a more “feminine” walk sound effect… It sounds like a flat-shoed heavy man’s walk. Not what you expect in a classic detective story? Where is the glamor?

I don’t know, you could have used some kimono constrained geta short steps, or something… On the other hand, I suppose it’s politically correct!

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Eve Kushner says:

Nice lesson! :smile:

Just wanted to point out one thing about the discussions of 探 and a few other kanji. There were references to the “left-hand radical,” “the upper right radical,” and the “lower right radical” in 探. The character 探 actually has three components but just one radical–the one on the left meaning “hand”. In each kanji, there can only be one radical at a time. All radicals are components, but not all components are radicals. Although 木 serves as the radical in many other kanji (e.g., 机 and 板, currently featured in the video on classroom vocab.), it’s “off-duty” in 探. That is, 木 isn’t serving as a radical here.

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Jessi says:

メーさん>楽しんでくださいね!

giovanniさん> :lol: Not sure where they got the sound effect from!

Eve Kushnerさん> Thank you very much for pointing that out! :dogeza: You are indeed right. They should have been referred to as components! I’ll make sure that this is clear when we discuss kanji again.

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Spidey says:

私は天才かも知れない。

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Mayumi says:

Spidey-san,
お~すごいですね!
Thank you for a perfect sample sentence!

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一 (ハジメ) says:

Spidey-san,

「天オ」何ですか?

眠いですよ。寝るかもしれません。  :smile:

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giovanni says:

Just wanted to point out that it seems that the beginner’s lessons are now arguably more difficult than the so called “lower intermediate”. Kamoshirenai can hardly be described as a grammar structure.

It must the consequence of some distorting measure of success. Say you look only at downloads or responses in the comments, then of course the majority of beginners will be pleased with easier lessons and the level will be driven down. Though I understand the business arguments, I think you should uphold some minimum standards. Of course, I still enjoy the lessons, but the grammar seems to repeat itself….

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Felix says:

焼き錦鯉はうまいかもしれません、ね。犯人は羨ましいです、よ。お腹がいっぱいかもしれません。 :mrgreen:

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lara says:

Hi Everyone. I’m kinda new here.
はじめました、ララと申します。よろしくお願いします。 :smile:

最近、日本は暑くなったね。 :sad: 梅雨にもう入ったようですね。
天気予報によると、明日は雨がまた降るかもしれない :neutral:

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Jessi says:

一さん>
「天才」 means “genius” :wink:

giovanniさん>
Thanks for the feedback :smile:

Felixさん> 面白い! :lol:

laraさん> JPOD101へようこそ :grin: laraさんは日本のどこに住んでいますか? :nihon:

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lara says:

ありがとうございます。私は横浜市に住んでいます。jessiさんは?

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Nick says:

今日は私の弟の誕生日です。家族とパーティーがあるかもしれません

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Nick says:

I love how this series has so much discussion in between the lesson. It really helps to hear explanations of the words in Japanese and allows me to introduce other words into the conversation.

その会話はすごく便利でした。

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Anthony says:

Thanks to a suggestion by Naomi-san :smile: to try starting at season 4, I am really starting to catch on to the lower intermediate lessons! I also wanted to say that I like when some lessons are a kind of revisit to older lessons or previously covered words and grammar points. It really helps me to memorize the words and phrases when they are repeated every now and again.

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Wai Huan says:

私は、来年家族と一緒に日本へ行くかもしれません。 :mrgreen:

では、また!

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Naomi says:

Wai Huan-san
お仕事ですか? :razz:

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dystopia says:

宇宙人は存在かもしれないとおもいます。

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Mao says:

Thank you again for this wonderful lesson, JP101 team. I learn so much from each lesson. Keep up the good work. And I love how the team finds time to reply to the comments here.

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