Timeline for Why does と思います point to "you"?
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| Aug 28, 2019 at 14:24 | comment | added | Angelos | @Nexen Using だ right at the end of a sentence sounds assertive and rude. With と思う you have to use だ after a noun or na-adjective. (Also だね, だよ, and the like don't quite sound as aggressive as だ) Also, while you generally use 思っている for other people, because this is a question, it's perfectly to use 思う. | |
| Aug 28, 2019 at 14:18 | comment | added | Nexen |
The main confusion I had with this was だ which is assertive and it's rude to say others thought with certainity. It was also pointed in related question - japanese.stackexchange.com/a/56908/9205 . Is なぜ (and maybe others: who/what/which) a special word and therefore it's okay to use だ?
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| Aug 28, 2019 at 13:51 | comment | added | Angelos | @Nexen Context would generally make it clear, but I believe most unspecified questions would indeed be second person. | |
| Aug 28, 2019 at 13:28 | comment | added | Nexen |
And here I thought there is some greater magic happens : ) Is it safe to assume that whenever sentence is a question, it always points to you, if subject isn't clearly specified?
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| Aug 28, 2019 at 13:28 | vote | accept | Nexen | ||
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| Aug 28, 2019 at 5:25 | history | answered | Angelos | CC BY-SA 4.0 |