かしら - Grammar Discussion

Grammar Points
#1

I wonder

Structure

  • Phrase + かしら

:warning: Casual feminine speech

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#2

Quick question: how does かしら work with -ます form, if it’s compatible? I didn’t see any example sentences showing that?

#3

In theory, it can be used with -ます or です in the same way as かな, just put it at the end. But both かしら and かな aren’t really used with people one needs to be polite with. In polite speech, it would be でしょうか instead.

In the forum post there’s still a “casual feminine speech” tag, somehow the “casual” part was lost when the grammar point got its new explanation.

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#4

Thanks! I didn’t see the word “casual” in the OP either; my bad!