皆さん、こんにちは！ Do you agree with Sato-san and Yamada-san's theories on the case?

マークさん

コメントありがとうございます😄

*隣人に聞こえないように犯人は夜中に来たはずだ。

あとの２つは完璧です👍

Please let us know if you have any questions :)

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りょうま（Ryoma）

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新築の家は地震に強いはずだ。

隣人が聞こえないように犯人は夜中に来たはずだ。

今日は数学のテストだから彼は来るはずだ。

こんにちは！丹さん,

コメントありがとうございます！おっしゃるとおり、犯人とトリックは推理小説の中でのキーポイントですね。確かに結末が気になります。丹さんの推理はいかがですか？😄

** 推理小説の書くことは簡単だと言うことが聞きました。>> 推理小説を書くことは簡単だと聞きました。

** 犯人とトリックが決めて、逆に書いますだけ。>> 犯人とトリックを決めて、逆に書くだけ。

Let us know if you have any questions.

Cheers,

Yoshimi

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推理小説の書くことは簡単だと言うことが聞きました。

犯人とトリックが決めて、逆に書いますだけ。

この二つは一番大切なはずです。

だから、この物語の結末をお教えてください！

推理小説の書くことは簡単だと言うことが聞きました。

犯人とトリックが決めて、逆に書いますだけ。

この二つは一番大切なはずです。

だから、この物語の結末を教えてください！

Patrick Malahom さん

Thank you for the question😄

That か is to form "Embedded "Wh-" Questions".

An embedded question is a question that is inside another statement or question, such as 駅がどこか分からない, which means "I don't know where the station is." To make embedded questions, we take a question, put it in the informal form, put the particle 「～か」 after it, and follow it with a verb.

Other examples:

どこにあるか分かる

"know where it is"

誰が壊したか知っている

"know who broke it"

誰が一番強いか決める

"decide who is the strongest"

https://www.japanesepod101.com/learningcenter/reference/grammar/54?

Thank you for studying with us!

Sincerely,

Erica

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"犯人がどこで売るか" why is か use in this sentence?

Sunni さん

コメントありがとうございます！

たしかに、鷹なら錦鯉をくわえられそうですね😄

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Sincerely,

Erica

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実は　鷹が錦鯉をくわえられるかもしれません。私の隣人は鷹のために錦鯉の池の上に網が必要だと言います。

Konnichiwa Francis

Thank you for asking.

>>Would these sentences be same/correct?

この本が難しいはずがない。

この本は（Not が）難しくないはずだ。

Both two sentences mean This book should not be difficult.But there are different nuance.

First sentence has the higher degree of certainty such as "There is no way that this book is difficult"

Please check this lesson: https://www.japanesepod101.com/lesson/beginner-s6-21-new-lesson/

Sono

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Would these sentences be same/correct?

この本が難しいはずがない。

この本が難しくないはずだ。

HI Marcus,

Thanks for the comment!

Sorry to hear you were disappointed with how the story ended. 😞 I wish they revealed the true culprit...

Thanks for studying with us! Keep up the good work!

Sincerely,

Miki H

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えー、超失望中だよ。真犯人は誰か分って期待のはずだ。

「人間が犯人のはずだよ」ってそれは無理だ。キミさんが「犯人は、人間ではありません」って言ってたよ。

キミさんが探偵Xに嘘を吐かないと思う。この結論全く信じられない。

Benさん、

こんにちは。

I'm sorry for the late reply.

Good question!

Actually, Japanese works differently.

You need to consider 'who' is the topic in the sentence.

In this case of dialogue, it's 犯人 and the sentence is about what this 犯人 would do.

If this was about the carp's owner, then it becomes 盗まれた錦鯉 because for the owner it's 'stolen'

but for the 犯人, it's what s/he 'stole'.

See the sentences below to compare:

犯人は、（自分が／犯人が）盗んだ錦鯉を売ります。

= The culprit will sell coloured carp that s/he stole.

錦鯉を飼っていた人は、盗まれた錦鯉の写真を見ています。

= The person who owned the coloured carp is looking at the stolen carp.

Hope this helps!

Natsuko (奈津子),

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I have a question about the phrase 盗んだ錦鯉。

I am wondering why it isn't 盗まれた錦鯉?

My understanding is that when you have a verb acting on a noun, it means the noun performed that action.

Eg: お茶を飲む錦鯉　＝The coloured carp who drinks Green tea.

Shouldn't 盗んだ錦鯉 then translate to The coloured carp who stole? As in, the carp was doing the stealing?

In a previous lesson, we learned about passive verbs acting on nouns.

Wouldn't 盗まれた錦鯉 translate as 'The stolen coloured carp'? .... Therefore, wouldn't that be better to use?

Hi Sam,

Thank you for your comment!

I'd like to answer your questions below.

1.

A colloquial particle "って" has a several meanings, but in this case it is used to explain a word/phrase which is followed by "って".

topic: "錦鯉" // explanation:"本当に高いし"(very expensive)

topic: "徳川キミ" // explanation: "おばさん"(a mid-aged woman)

2

"～すればよい” is one of common expressions and it would be translated "it's just necessary to~". So I think the English translation in the dialogue is fine. If you want to break it into "if" clause, it would be "犯人がどこで売るかを探して、逮捕すれば"+"いい" and it would be literally translated "It will work well/be good" "if they find out where this criminal is planning to sell them and arrest him".

3.

”そんな(に)” in this case is used to emphasize a situation which is talked or which speakers face. It is translated "that" in the English translation "But the culprit couldn’t sell them that easily.".

I'll show you some examples:

そんな簡単にあきらめるな！=Don't give up so easily!

毎日そんなにたくさんジュースを飲むの？=Do you drink that much juice everyday?

Hope this helps you.

Keep studying with JapanesePod101.com

Cheers,

Miki(美希)

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Great lesson and a lot of unfamiliar constructions in there, amazing for learning but here are a few points that I would appreciate a little further elaboration on:

1:

って　was used twice in the dialogue:

錦鯉って本当に高いし

徳川キミっておばさん

Why って? I am not sure I understand its purpose, why was a different particle not used and how I would use it myself?

2:

This sentence: だから、犯人がどこで売るかを探して、逮捕すればいいと思う。

For a start, unless I have really misunderstood something, the English translation seems to be way off mark here and complicates things rather than making them easier to understand.

Then the -ba form has been used on 逮捕すれば

From my understanding this would be "if they arrest"?

I'm wondering why "if"? And why you would not say "if they found where he was selling them" - "探せば" - then he would be arrested. This "if" statement comes at the end of the sentence and doesn't match the English translation so I am finding it very hard to understand.

3:

This sentence:

でも、犯人は、そんな簡単に売らないはずよね

Is そんな簡単に and expression? Please can you help me underdstand how it is structured and how I would use it?

Like many many Japanese sentences I can understand each word and translate it but when I do I have zero understanding of what it means - I'm just left with a string of words ? "but, criminal, that simple in sell cannot should yo ne!" ?

Thanks in advance fir any help you can offer :)

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Andy` さん、

こんにちは。

そうですか。分かりました。:smile:

Yuki 由紀

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はい僕は彼らに同意します。

Yes I agree with them.

ハカシさん,

こんにちは。

そうですか。

鶏は残念でしたね。:disappointed:

Yuki 　由紀

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