How to Say ‘I might go back to America next year.’ in Japanese
来年アメリカに帰るかもしれません。
rainen amerika ni kaeru ka mo shire mase n
[RYE-nen ah-MEH-ree-kah ni kah-EH-roo kah moh shee-REH mah-seh n]
💬 Usage Tip: Add かもしれません after a plain verb to say "might": 行くかもしれません "I might go".
Phrase Breakdown
来年
rainen
[RYE-nen]
next year
Noun for the year after this one.
来年、日本に行きます。
I'll go to Japan next year.
アメリカに帰る
amerika ni kaeru
go back to America
アメリカ (Amerika) plus に (ni) for the destination, and 帰る (kaeru) means 'return home'.
彼はアメリカに帰ることにした。
He decided to go back to America.
Words in this phrase
アメリカ
amerika
[ah-MEH-ree-kah]
America; USA
Katakana loanword for the United States.
アメリカに行きます。
I'm going to America.
に
ni
[ni]
to
Used to indicate direction or point of action.
学校に行きます。
I go to school.
帰る
kaeru
[kah-EH-roo]
to return home
Verb meaning to go back to one's home or home country.
毎日六時に家に帰る。
I go home at six every day.
かもしれません。
ka mo shire mase n
might / may
かもしれません (kamo shiremasen) is a polite way to say 'might' or 'maybe'. It goes after the verb.
明日は雨かもしれません。
It might rain tomorrow.
Words in this phrase
か
ka
[kah]
(part of かもしれない 'might')
First part of the expression かもしれません, meaning 'maybe; might'.
明日は雨かもしれません。
It might rain tomorrow.
も
mo
[moh]
(part of かもしれない 'might')
Second part of かもしれません, expressing possibility.
彼は来ないかもしれない。
He might not come.
しれ
shire
[shee-REH]
know (part of かもしれない)
Stem of 知れる; in かもしれない it forms 'might, maybe'.
雨が降るかもしれない。
It might rain.
ませ
mase
[mah-seh]
polite negative (part of ません)
「ませ」 is part of 「ません」, the polite negative form.
はいていません。
I haven’t vomited.
ん
n
[n]
(negative ending)
Contracted form of the polite negative ending, as in ありません.
今日は時間がありません。
I don't have time today.
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