Lesson 070: Born From Coincidence

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2 responses to “Lesson 070: Born From Coincidence”

  1. sabaideeka Avatar
    sabaideeka

    Interesting article! Thanks!

    A few comments:
    – Just a heads up: the repetition practice is for the previous article ごめんな祭.
    – When I listened, I thought 厚すぎる was 熱すぎる. Do you have any tips for telling the difference?
    – The definition for ご存知でしょうか says “you probably know.” I thought I learned that でしょうか is just a polite version of ですか–did I learn that incorrectly?

    1. Sakura Avatar
      Sakura

      Thanks for the heads-up! It has been a crazy week for me so I need all the help I can get. I just got back from Brazil. As for 熱い and 厚い, they are homophones, so the only way to know is by context. As for ご存知でしょう, probably simply “Did you know…” is a closer translation, and you are correct about it being a polite version. But at the same time there is a slight nuance of uncertainty. I think it is the fact that it makes the statement sound less assuming that makes it politer. Thanks again!