Guías de N4
L10: Can I Do It That Way, I Wonder?
Can I Do It That Way, I Wonder?
In this Topic, we’re going to learn one final way よう is used and about the sentence ending particle かしら, which is used to express uncertainty. As we are starting Lesson 10, we have met many ways of using よう by this point. As such, in the Details section, we will comprehensively compare the uses of よう we have learned so far, and also compare かしら to other ways of expressing uncertainty.
Gramática en esta Guía
ように
De manera que, Para que, Con el fin de
Cuando ように, forma adverbial del verbo auxiliar ようだ, se asocia con verbos, se quiere dar a entender que el hablante no tiene control directo sobre el resultado y, por lo tanto, está 'tratando de hacer (B) a la manera de (A)', pero no puede garantizar el desenlace. Este punto gramatical se suele traducir como 'hacer (A) de manera que permita (B)' o 'hacer (A) para permitir (B)' cuando la oración es positiva, y 'hacer (A) de manera que evite (B)' o 'hacer (A) para evitar (B)' cuando la oración es negativa.
Para usar ように de esta manera, solo tienes que agregarlo a la conjugación de no pasado de cualquier verbo en su forma negativa, potencial o de diccionario.
Como se ve en la lección 8 sobre la forma potencial, する carece de forma potencial, y se usa できる en su lugar.
かしら
Me pregunto
En su origen, かしら era una abreviación de か知らぬ o かしらん, dos formas de expresar 'si es (A), no lo sé'. En la actualidad, かしら es en sí misma una partícula finalizadora de oración que funciona de forma similar a かも, expresando la incertidumbre del hablante sobre la oración anterior.
かしら se puede agregar al final de casi cualquier oración sobre la que el hablante quiere expresar dudas.
¡Ojo!
Aunque antiguamente todo el mundo usaba las formas originales か知らぬ y かしらん, hoy en día かしら se asocia con el habla femenina, por lo que rara vez se usa fuera de ese registro.
Detalles
In a previous Topic, we have learned how many grammar points are nouns behaving in special ways. よう is another example of this. As we have seen it used in many different contexts, let’s thoroughly examine its meaning . As we study, let’s keep in mind that the most basic meaning of よう is a ‘state’, ‘appearance’ or ‘manner (of doing/being)’.
Appearances Can Be Deceiving
First, let’s look at when よう has the nuance of ‘appearance’. We have seen this used for observations with ようだ, to say something seems (appears) a certain way. But, as an extension of this, we have seen how よう can be used to describe things metaphorically, rather than how they literally appear.
This same logic also applies to patterns like 毎〜のように. Furthermore, the words こんな, そんな and あんな are just contractions of このような, そのような, and あのような.
Let’s look at a full list of examples which capture this use of よう.
Mind Your Manners
When used with verbs, よう is used like an adverb, becoming ように. We have seen how this describes the ‘manner’ in which something is done. It can also point towards the target state of how we want to do something.
This usage is what we see with potential verbs (showing ability), and when naturally or actively reaching a target state with なる or する.
Your Wish Is My Command
ように is not just used for setting targets for yourself, but can also be used for telling others what the target is. This is how it is used with 言う, 祈る, and 〜てほしい. We are telling someone the ‘manner’ in which we want them to do something.
Wonderful
That is more than enough よう for now! Before we finish this Topic, let’s very quickly check the differences between different ‘I wonder…’ phrases. Specifically, かな, かしら, and のだろうか. Let’s compare the examples below, paying attention to the nuance notes beneath the translations!