Certainty Signal
Epistemic modality
Evidential adverb
Stance marker
How sure is the speaker?
extended
intermediate
Speaker stance
معنا
A signal of certainty, probability, doubt, assumption, hearsay, inference, or confidence.
چطور آن را تشخیص دهید
Look for words like certainly, probably, maybe, apparently.
نمونهها
واژهها
certainly|probably|maybe|apparently|surely
عبارتها
probably true|maybe later|apparently finished
جمله
She is probably at home.
Visual guide
Basic shape
claim: She is at home.
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certainty layer:
how sure is speaker?
maybe -> probably -> certainly
low mid high
Compare shape
Where can E07 live? adverb: probably particle: maybe modal verb: MOD + verb verb/mood: CERT-form same job: confidence
نمای زبان
در زبان شما
Persian (Farsi, standard Iranian)
میزان حضور
strong
اهمیت
Certainty is usually lexical: حتماً, شاید, احتمالاً, فکر میکنم.
حتماً میآید.
certainly comes.
در زبان در حال یادگیری
Japanese
میزان حضور
strong
دشواری
Certainty is marked by adverbs and sentence-final forms such as だろう.
彼女はたぶん家にいる。
She is probably at home.
چالش رایج زبانآموزان
Learners may miss the strength difference between たぶん, きっと and でしょう.
Good transfer potential
This block behaves relatively similarly, so you can transfer intuition more safely between the two languages.