Grammar Info

N2 Lesson 1: 11/24

(たし)かにSurely, Certainly

Structure

(たし)かに + Phrase

Details

  • Standard

About 確かに

(たし)かに is the adverbial use of the な-Adjective (たし)か, meaning 'to be certain', or 'to be assured'. It may be used in the same way as 'certainly' or 'surely' in English, especially when the speaker wants to highlight (A) is definitely the case.

Caution

When translated as 'certainly', (たし)かに is only used agreeing, and cannot be used for giving permission like 'certainly' in English.

Caution

When the に is removed, (たし)か is often used in a similar way to 'if I remember correctly', 'if I'm not mistaken', or 'now that you mention it'.

Examples

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  • (たし)かに(かれ)信頼(しんらい)できます。

    He certainly is reliable.

  • (たし)かに(かれ)信頼(しんらい)できます。

    You can certainly rely on him.

    • (たし)かにその(ふく)はあなたに似合(にあ)う。

      Those clothes certainly look good on you.

    • みんな(あせ)っているようだ。(たし)かに期限(きげん)(せま)っている。

      It appears that everyone is in a hurry. The deadline is certainly approaching.

    • 学校(がっこう)規則(きそく)(じょう)(たし)かに生徒(せいと)先生(せんせい)(したが)うべきだ。

      From the standpoint of the school's rules, students should certainly obey their teacher.

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        確かに – Grammar Discussion

        Most Recent Replies (5 in total)

        • simias

          simias

          Can’t 必ず be used with the same sense? I’m surprised to see that typing かならず as an answer is a straight fail instead of a soft “warn” type of answer.

        • Pablunpro

          Pablunpro

          Hi!

          I think that 確かに has to do confirmation of evidence (indeed, for sure, so true…) whilst 必ず has to do with the inevitability of something (necessarily, for sure, without fail). I guess that the confusion lies in the fact that both can be translated into English as “for sure”, though they are two different “for sures”.

          確かに, I agree that a soft warning would be good to clarify this.

          HTH!

        • Ambo100

          Ambo100

          Surprised to find this as high as a level N2 level grammar, considering how simple and often it comes up I would have thought it was N5/N4 vocab

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