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【テーマ】推量・仮想の表わし方 　「君は疲れている」のYou are tired.を例に取ってみると、このareの部分を変えることによって、いろいろな意味を添加することができます。 You are tired. You were tired. You feel (感じ) tired. You felt tired. You look (顔つき) tired. You looked tired. You sound (声音) tired. You sounded tired. You may be (かもしれない) tired. You may have been tired. You must be (に違いない) tired. You must have been tired. You cannot be (はずがない) tired. You cannot have been tired. 　「推量」を表わす言い方としては、may, must, canを用いずにその意味を表わすこともできます。例えば、He may be ill.はI think he is ill, but I am not sure.とかPerhaps (あるいはProbably) he is ill.でもいいですし、He must be ill.なら、I feel sure (あるいはI am convinced) that he is ill.とかHe is surely ill.などともできますし、He cannot be ill.の場合はI am sure he is not ill.でもいいわけ