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「Learn Japanese」 How-to say “suppose to be/should be ____” with ～はずです (～はず Grammar Patterns Pt. 1)

～はずです as “should be～, suppose to～, reason to believe～, etc.”

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The grammar pattern ～はずです is used to express that the speaker expects something to be or occur a certain way. (The word はず (筈) originally means nock, as in the nock of a bow. Historically, it was used as a metaphor to denote where on a bow the bowstring “should be;” the phrase evolved to have the idiomatic, grammatical purpose it does today.) Common translations of ～はずです include “suppose to be～, should be～, expect to be～, reason to believe～, thought that～, should work out as～, ought to be～, sure that～, must be~, etc.”
This grammar pattern cannot be used to refer to something that the speaker performs themselves unless that something did not turn out as the speaker had expected or intended (and thus was actually “out of their control”).

While not consistently the best choice for the translation for ～はずです、 the wording of “reason to believe～” may serve as a good mnemonic interpretation as it expresses the speaker’s expectations for something to be true in an objective sense and not so much in the sense of anticipating or looking forward to something. This wording also corresponds with the grammar pattern’s restriction of usage when referring to something that the speaker performs themselves, as saying something like “I have reason to believe I will eat out for lunch” comes off as unnatural.

Construction:
Plain-Form-VERB + はずです
い-ADJECTIVE + はずです
な-ADJECTIVE + (な/である/だった/であった/でなかった) + はずです
NOUN + (な/である/だった/であった/でなかった) + はずです

NOUN Example(s):
Present:
明日の集会は午後三時のはずです。
Ashita no shuukai wa gogo sanji no hazu desu.
Tommorow’s meeting should be at 3 P.M.
Negative:
彼の言葉は嘘ではないはずです。
Kare no kotoba wa uso de wa nai hazu desu.
I have every reason to believe that his words are not lies.
Past:
昨日の集会は午後三時だったはずです。
Kinou no shuukai wa gogo sanji datta hazu desu.
Yesterday’s meeting should’ve been at 3 P.M.

い-ADJECTIVE Example(s):
Present:
彼女の作ったものは美味しいはずです。
Kanojo no tsukutta mono wa oishii hazu desu.
Anything she makes has got to be delicious.
Negative:
彼女の作ったものは美味しくないはずです。
Kanojo no tsukutta mono wa oishikunai hazu desu.
Anything she makes has got to be not delicious.
Past:
彼女の作ったものは美味しかったはずです。
Kanojo no tsukutta mono wa oishikatta hazu desu.
I’m sure whatever she made was delicious.

な-ADJECTIVE Example(s):
Present:
雨が降っていましたから、みちは危険なはずです。
Ame ga futte imashita kara, michi wa kiken na hazu desu.
It was pouring, so the road should be dangerous.
Negative:
あの場所は静かではないはずです。
Ano basho wa shizuka de wa nai hazu desu.
That place should be not quiet.
Past:
僕はいなかったから、静かだったはずです。
Boku wa inakatta kara, shizuka datta hazu desu.
I wasn’t there so I’m sure it was peaceful.

VERB Example(s):
先生は今オフィスにいらっしゃるはずだ。
Sensei wa ima office ni irassharu hazu da.
The teacher should be in her office right now.
彼女は明日アメリカからつくはずです。
Kanojo wa ashita America kara tsuku hazu desu.
She is suppose to be arriving from America tomorrow.
学生たちは毎日8時までに教室にいるはずなのに。。。
Gakuseitachi wa mainichi hachiji made ni kyoushitsu ni iru hazu na no ni…
The students are suppose to be in the classroom by 8 o’clock everyday, and yet…
小学生はそんなに複雑話題を理解できないはずです。
Shougakusei wa sonnnani fukuzatsu wadai o rikai dekinai hazu desu.
I don’t expect elementary school students to understand such a complex topic.

*As is the case with many other grammar patterns, ～はず can be used in a clause that modifies a noun. (Ex. いるはず人はどこですか？ – “Where is the person who is suppose to be here?”)

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