55.[✐3]〜かもしれません may/might not

Do you know if Prime Minister Suga drinks alcohol or not? 

“It may be fake news.”

☆ ｢〜kamo shiremasen｣ is quasi “I think 〜 (but not sure).“ , and lesser degree of certainty in comparison with ｢ 〜deshou (e.g “I’ll bet…“)｣.

[00: 08]

Hello everyone.  How are you doing? Today(‘s topic) is “it may/might be.…”.

[00:15]

There is a party tomorrow. Please answer followings with maybe or maybe not.

[00:21]

For example；Are you going to tomorrow’s party? / maybe → I may go.

Ready?

[00:30]

1.  Is Erika san coming? / maybe

→ She may come.

2.  Is Richard san also coming? / maybe

→ He may come.

3.  Is Stephan san also coming? / maybe not

→ He may not come.

4.  How about Alexander san?  Are you going? / maybe 

→ I may go.

5.  How about Daniela san? Are you going? /maybe not 

→ I may not go.

6.  Are you, Yang san, also going? / well, may be 

→ Well, I may go.

[01:40]

Repeat after me

1.  I may eat lunch later.

2.  I may take a day offor holiday) next month.

3.  I may quit Karate.

4.  I may not in time.

5.  Suga san may not drink alcohol.

[02:57]

Apparently, Prime Minister Suga doesn’t drink alcohol, by the way.

[03:06]

When you’d like to say somebody may have done something, たta-form will be used.

[03:13]

For example,

The baby may have already gone to sleep;

→Aka chan wa, mou neta kamo shiremasen.

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