Questions about the phrase 「きっとおなががすいているだろう」?


I'm attempting to translate the story 「花咲かじいさん」.

I want to understand this sentence better:

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    きっとおなががすいているだろう
    
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I believe it is:

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    きっと -> certainly
    おなががすいて -> from お腹が空く, having an empty stomach
    いるだろう -> (you) are probably
    
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So, "Certainly, you probably have an empty stomach" or maybe "I'm sure you're
likely very hungry".

How common is the か -> が in おなががすいて? That really threw me off.

Am I correctly translating きっと? It seems to be in contrast to いるだろう.




**きっと〜だろう**

If you were to say （きっと）お腹が空いている alone, it would sound as if you're talking
about someone other than the person you're talking to (or that you're accusing
the person you're talking to of not understanding their own senses -- "You are
(definitely) hungry." has more or less the same connotations in English, I
think.) Basically, it's weird to talk about your addressee's mental states
with such certainty, because they know it better than you.

So, in Japanese you add だろう to introduce the possibility of your statement not
being true (although you think it is likely true). A similar thing in English
would be like saying "You must be hungry.".

Then, the きっと further strengthens your belief in your statements chance of
being true, but without going as far as a straight declaration would. I guess
"You are almost certainly hungry." or something like that would be an example
of a stronger version of the earlier English sentence. (I personally wouldn't
bother trying to keep that nuance of the Japanese when translating, since the
example I gave also has a change in register and other side effects.)

**おなが**

I'm consideribly sure this is just a typo.

**Translating word by word...**

...is generally a poor idea. The proper analysis of the Japanese sentence is

> きっと［［［お腹が］空いている］だろう］

or even more broken down,

> kitto [[[onaka=GA] sui-te-i-ru] darou]

but trying to translate each part just leads to confusion.




**きっと〜だろう**

If you were to say （きっと）お腹が空いている alone, it would sound as if you're talking
about someone other than the person you're talking to (or that you're accusing
the person you're talking to of not understanding their own senses -- "You are
(definitely) hungry." has more or less the same connotations in English, I
think.) Basically, it's weird to talk about your addressee's mental states
with such certainty, because they know it better than you.

So, in Japanese you add だろう to introduce the possibility of your statement not
being true (although you think it is likely true). A similar thing in English
would be like saying "You must be hungry.".

Then, the きっと further strengthens your belief in your statements chance of
being true, but without going as far as a straight declaration would. I guess
"You are almost certainly hungry." or something like that would be an example
of a stronger version of the earlier English sentence. (I personally wouldn't
bother trying to keep that nuance of the Japanese when translating, since the
example I gave also has a change in register and other side effects.)

**おなが**

I'm consideribly sure this is just a typo.

**Translating word by word...**

...is generally a poor idea. The proper analysis of the Japanese sentence is

> きっと［［［お腹が］空いている］だろう］

or even more broken down,

> kitto [[[onaka=GA] sui-te-i-ru] darou]

but trying to translate each part just leads to confusion.

