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Talking about the way things are supposed to be

In this lesson, we'll learn how to express the way things are supposed depending on what we mean by "supposed".

While the first two grammar points 「はず」 and 「べき」 come up often and are quite useful, you'll rarely ever encounter 「べく」 or 「べからず」. You can safely skip those lessons unless you are studying for the １級日本語検定.

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Using 「はず」 to describe an expectation

The first grammar we will learn is 「はず」, which is used to express something that was or is supposed to be. You can treat 「はず」 just like a regular noun as it is usually attached to the adjective or verb that is supposed to be or supposed to happen.

The only thing to be careful about here is expressing an expectation of something not happening. To do this, you must use the negative existence verb 「ない」 to say that such an expectation does not exist. This might be in the form of 「～はずがない」 or 「～はずはない」 depending on which particle you want to use.

The negative conjugation 「はずじゃない」 is really only used when you want to confirm in a positive sense such as

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