来る - Grammar Discussion

[Jake]

to come

Structure

• くる・きます

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[Johnathan-Weir]

Why do we use dictionary form here? でしょう is formal so shouldn’t the conjugation match?

[mrnoone]

Hey

I think this post might help you understand why でしょう follows plain form

がいる and がいます

Welcome on forums Going to the question, でしょう・でしょ・だろう are generally followed by short form, it is kind of rule. (Younger generation of Japanese will consider ますでしょう being unnatural, but for people 50+ it will sound natural and elegant.) https://bunpro.jp/grammar_points/9 https://bunpro.jp/grammar_points/18 Some guidance on politeness: usually です・ます(the polite forms) appear on the very end of the sentence, and grammar points that follow something demand short forms. So for examp…

[Johnathan-Weir]

Okay, I see. We let the でしょう make it formal.

[mrnoone]

Btw, I love your avatar

[Johnathan-Weir]

ありがとうございます😊

[stupidguy]

I got this wrong for using the particle に.

right:

明日きます。

wrong:

明日にきます。

Is it actually wrong?

[JamesBunpro]

Generally words which talk about time from a relative position (today, tomorrow, etc) do not use に. They can be considered as being used adverbially, not as nouns, in such cases. So, 明日に来ます would normally be considered unnatural.

From the perspective of what is being tested in the grammar reviews for this point, you don’t need to worry about adding a particle anyway!