Expecting the residence to be around here with はず
Grammar Explanation: Expectation with はず
Cocoa gets lost looking for the residence she’ll be staying at. She stops by at a café to rest, and there she asks the barista about it.
- ココア:
- 「香風さんちってこの近くのはずなんだけど知ってる？」
- “The Kafuu residence should be around here, but do you know of it?”
Note the presence of なんだけど.
Vocabulary
- 近く
- nearby
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- Noun form of 近い (near/close)
- Often used with この to mean "this area" or "around here"
- 知る
- to know
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- 知る
- 知って (te-form)
- 知ってる (te-form + いる, colloquial)
Grammar
- 〜って
- Colloquial topic marker (contracted form of という or というのは)
- 〜のはず
- Expresses expectation that something should be the case
- 〜なんだけど
- Explanatory form with contrasting nuance ("it's that..., but...")
- 〜てる
- Colloquial contraction of 〜ている (here in the question form)