～はず・～はずがない

Introduction

This is bound to be a really good lesson. No I mean, it should be a really good lesson... It's probably going to be a really good lesson?

What on earth am I talking about? Stick around to find out.

I can はず cheeseburger?

Structure

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  Nounのはず

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  な-adjectiveなはず

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  い-adjective/verbはず
  Example:
  → まだ暑あついはずだ。
  ”It should still be hot.”

For better or for worse, there are many ways to say "maybe" or "should" in Japanese. We already looked at a couple in the form of 「かもしれない」 and 「でしょう・だろう」, but today we'll tackle the "maybe/should" head-honcho: はず.

First, let's look at its structure!

はず has a structure!

はず, is a noun, which means we'll have to adhere to all the usual noun-specific rules in order to attach it to different parts of speech: