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Originally Posted by pacerier
is it true that deshou has 2 meanings?
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It isn't all that simple but I would say yes to the beginning learner.
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1) to signify "probably"
2) to act as question like the "ka" particle > Can't quite say yes because we can say でしょうか. Let us just say that でしょう can be a question ender.[
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if that's the case am i right to say this:
それで いい でしょう? means is it ok with that?
それで いい でしょう means with that its probably ok
それで いい でしょう でしょう? means is it probably ok with that?
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First, please use no spacings.
What you stated about the first two sentences isn't incorrect. However, it's not the question mark that makes the first sentence a question. It's the
intonation. Note that many Japanese people don't use a question mark. In formal writing, no one does.
Read the first sentence with a rising intonation at its end.
Read the second sentence with a falling intonation at its end.
The third sentence is incorrect. Correct form is: それでいいでしょうか。