「〜ますし」の文法と意味は何ですか。


「〜ますし」の文法と意味は何ですか。

> 例）「しかしわたしたちは、雪の下で何が起きているか **わかりますし** 、起きていることを想像することもできます。」

この「し」の使い方と意味を説明していただけませんか。




I'll answer in English since I think it might be better for the readers of
this forum who are more comfortable reading explanations in English.

The word "し" in this case is used after a verb or i-adjective in order to give
a feeling of "and", but in a more disconnected sense than using the して (分かりまして
in this case) form. Perhaps you could think of it a little like ending the
sentence there, and then adding a ”そして” before the next part.

The word is used in both written and spoken language (perhaps more in the
latter), and when spoken the intonation on the し drops slightly, and is
generally followed by a pause.

Here it is used after the -masu form, so わかります + し => わかりますし. Essentially, it
means here "We understand X and...(can also imagine...)"

[Here](http://selftaughtjapanese.com/2014/05/04/japanese-phrase-
ender-%E3%81%97-shi/) is a page I wrote on this sometime back if you want more
examples.

