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Do you believe such about our customers with 〜でしょう

Grammar Explanation: Presuming with 〜だろう and 〜でしょう

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Cocoa points out the plainness of the cups at the Rabbit House café.

ココア:
「もっと色(いろ)んなのがあったらきっとみんな楽(たの)しいよ！」
“I'm sure everyone would have fun if we had more kinds!”
チノ:
「そうでしょうか？」
“Do you think that's so?”
Literal: “Is that so, I wonder?”

Key Points

1そうでしょうか questions Cocoa’s assumption
  • Chino uses でしょうか to ask whether Cocoa’s claim about happier customers is sound.
2でしょうか is more reserved than ですか
  • The conjectural form leaves room for doubt, which fits Chino’s skeptical response.
3そう refers to the idea just stated
  • そう means “so” or “that way” here, pointing back to Cocoa’s prediction rather than describing a visible object.
4もっと色(いろ)んなのがあったら sets a hypothetical condition
  • 〜たら means “if there were more kinds”. きっと and final よ make Cocoa sound confident about the result.

Vocabulary

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もっと means more or to a greater degree.

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