Sunday, September 2, 2018

grammar - When can AはBです mean 'A has B'



国土交通省は、港がある県や市などと一緒にクルーズ船のための岸壁をつくる計画です
The ministry, together with cities and prefectures that have ports, has a plan to build wharfs for cruise ships.



If I strip the example sentence to the important parts I have




国土交通省は計画です
The ministry is a plan



I keep seeing sentences of the form AはBです which seem to mean 'A has B' rather than 'A is B'.


When and why is this possible? Is it incorrect to say:



国土交通省は計画があります



What is the difference?



Answer




You can say/write (a bit less colloquially):



~~はXXする計画です。
~~はXXする予定です。
~~はXXする考えです。



to mean



~~はXXすることを計画しています。 ~~ is planning to do XX 
~~はXXすることを予定しています。 ~~ is planning/scheduled to do XX

~~はXXしようと考えています。/ するつもりです。 ~~ is thinking of doing XX / intend to do XX



respectively.


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