〜ものだ・～ものです: Things do be like that sometimes

Introduction

Okay, so there's bad news and good news. Bad news is that you just learned about how ～ことだ can be used to give advice a few lessons ago, and today, you'll be learning all about ～ものだ... which can also be used to give advice. But here's where the good news comes in: these two aren't nearly as similar as you may think! Let's grammar!

〜ものだ: Not stereo

構成こうせい

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  Casual form verb/い-adjective/auxiliary adjectiveもの(だ・です)

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  な-adjective(な)もの(だ・です)

  Example:
  → 子供こどもは親おやに従したがうものだ。
  ”Kids should obey their parents.”

Like こと, もの is a generic noun that means something like "thing" (more on もの vs こと in the following lesson), but when combined with other grammar, or placed at the end of a sentence, it takes on specific meanings.