Role of くださいます in sentence

[eeky]

Hi everyone. I'm new here, and a complete beginner. Could anyone help me with this?

このおさらなら、きっと相手の方も、気にいってくださ いますよ。

This is said by a shop assistant to a customer, and the translation given is "If (you give) this plate, I am certain the person you give it to will be pleased with it as well". I think I understand all of this except for the role of くださいます. Who is the subject of this verb? Is it related to the giving of the plate as a gift, or is it oriented towards the speaker?

 

[Toritoribe]

気に入って下さいます is an honorific of 気に入る, thus, the speaker/shop assistant expresses a respect toward the subject of 気に入る or the person the customer gives the plate to.

 

[eeky]

Thanks Toritoribe. I didn't realise it could be used in such an abstract way.

 

[Elizabeth]

Thanks Toritoribe. I didn't realise it could be used in such an abstract way.

I would have said "kudasaru deshou." :?

 

[Glenn]

I guess it isn't necessary because of the きっと.

 

[Elizabeth]

きっと can be used in the weaker sense of "most likely" though, also. (I'll bet....surely....bound to...) etc.


I mean, if the clerk were predicting a happy reaction, I would definitely say "ureshii deshou."

 

[masaegu]

I mean, if the clerk were predicting a happy reaction, I would definitely say "ureshii deshou."

That wouldn't express the clerk's respect either for the customer or the recipient of the plate.

Native speakers don't use でしょう nearly as often as Japanese-learners seem to have been taught.

 

[Elizabeth]

That wouldn't express the clerk's respect either for the customer or the recipient of the plate.
Native speakers don't use でしょう nearly as often as Japanese-learners seem to have been taught.

Haha. That is normally what friends use when I give them stuff for their spouses.

Even in English it's difficult to hear a store clerk saying about an unknown third--party : "They will be happy. I'm telling you, they will be happy !" It just sounds off-putting. Can I return the item if you don't know them as well as you thought ???

 

[Toritoribe]

I would have said "kudasaru deshou." :?

That's because that's a shop assistant's words. S/He must sell the dish (so said with certainty). :roflmao:
e.g.
こちらお似合いですよ～。
こちらお似合いでしょう。？？？

 

[Glenn]

But they would say that directly to you and not about someone you'd be buying it for, right? If you were buying it for someone (who isn't there) I don't think they could say こちらお似合いですよ～。

 

[Toritoribe]

Ah, exactly. お似合いだと思いますよ～ would be more natural for the case.

Oh, wait. きっとお似合いになりますよ～ is good, too. Then きっと acts a roll.