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Grammar list

ではまい

(Deha mai ka)

I wonder if / isn't it possibly.

Connection rules

  • Noun / na-adj + ではあるまいか; V plain + のではあるまいか.
  • Literary tentative doubt — 'I wonder if it isn't X'.
  • Very formal / literary — modern equivalent is 〜のではないだろうか.

Examples

1.
これ間違まちがあるまい

Kore wa machigai de wa aru mai ka.

I wonder if this isn't a mistake.

I wonder if / isn't it possibly

2.
かれいるあるまい

Kare ga shi te iru no de wa aru mai ka.

I wonder if he might know.

I wonder if / isn't it possibly

Practice

Is this not the path we should really be aiming for?

これこそが我々の歩むべき___。

Romaji also accepted