Everyday Japanese ㉜
Everyday Japanese ㉜
(Particles じょし jyoshi 助詞）
Sending Ending Particle
よ(yo)
Unlike the above uses, at no time will you have to use the sentence ending particle よ. On the other hand, Japanese people customarily add this in some situations. Thus, your Japanese will sound much more natural if you use this particle. Let’s go over the usages.
- When You Make Listeners Become Aware
e.g., 今日(きょう)は雨(あめ)（だ / です）よ。 It will rain today.
インドのカレーは辛(から)い（です）よ。Indian curry is spicy.
The first function is to make someone become aware of something. This is used on the assumption that speakers know something that listeners don’t know.
- When You Try to Change the Listeners’ Thoughts or Understanding
e.g., インドのカレーは辛(から)くない（です）よ。 Indian curry is not spicy.
The second function is to change the listeners’ thoughts or understanding. Be careful. This implies that you will try to persuade someone, which sometimes upsets people higher than you in status.
- When You Express Your Acceptance or Permission
e.g., いい（です）よ。Okay.
The third function is to express your acceptance or permission. Again, this can imply that you are the authorized person and so people higher than you in status may be displeased if you use this directly. For reference, you can express your acceptance by just saying “はい: yes.”
Cited from
https://www.wasabi-jpn.com/japanese-grammar/sentence-ending-particles/
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