元気が出て / アシスタントの田中さん / から / もう

[eeky]

Hello again,

1. The speaker is moving to another town, and her friend has just asked her to keep in touch.

ええ、そうします。お話をしたら、少し、元気が出てき ました。どうもありがとうございました。

I don't understand the middle sentence. As a stab in the dark, I wondered if it meant something like "I feel a little better when we talk"?


2. はじめは、日本語がわからなくて、みんなに、めいわく をかけた。 とくに、アシスタントの田中さんには、アパートをさがしてまらったり、いっしょに、買い物に行って まらったりした。

My translation: "At first I didn't know Japanese, so I was a nuisance to everyone - especially to Mr Tanaka's assistant who found an apartment for me and went shopping with me."

Is this correct? I am not very confident about the second sentence.

アシスタントの田中さん seems the "wrong way round". If わたしの家, for example, means "my house", then why wouldn't アシスタントの田中さん mean "(the) assistant's Mr Tanaka" (which seems nonsensical)? I seem to have got in a muddle about this simple grammar.


3. Two people are arranging to meet at a restaurant.

ああ、場所をわからないんですか。じゃあ、地図をかき ますからね。

My translation: "Oh, you don't know the place? OK, I'll draw a map."

What is the meaning of から here? Is it just a semi-meaningless filler to round off the sentence?



4. あしたは、朝早くおきなきゃならないから、今晩は、も うねます。

My translation: "I have to get up early tomorrow morning, so ..."

... then something about sleeping tonight, but what does もう mean here?

 

[Toritoribe]

1. The speaker is moving to another town, and her friend has just asked her to keep in touch.
ええ、そうします。お話をしたら、少し、元気が出てきました。どうもありがとうございました。
I don't understand the middle sentence. As a stab in the dark, I wondered if it meant something like "I feel a little better when we talk"?

That's more likely "I feel a little better after talked with you."

2. はじめは、日本語がわからなくて、みんなに、めいわくをかけた。 とくに、アシスタントの田中さんには、アパートをさがしてまらったり、いっしょに、買い物に行ってまらったりした。
My translation: "At first I didn't know Japanese, so I was a nuisance to everyone - especially to Mr Tanaka's assistant who found an apartment for me and went shopping with me."
Is this correct? I am not very confident about the second sentence.
アシスタントの田中さん seems the "wrong way round". If わたしの家, for example, means "my house", then why wouldn't アシスタントの田中さん mean "(the) assistant's Mr Tanaka" (which seems nonsensical)? I seem to have got in a muddle about this simple grammar.

アシスタントの田中さん: (my) assistant Mr. Tanaka

This の is not for "possession" but for "apposition." "Mr Tanaka's assistant" should be 田中さんのアシスタント, as you said.

3. Two people are arranging to meet at a restaurant.
ああ、場所をわからないんですか。じゃあ、地図をかきますからね。
My translation: "Oh, you don't know the place? OK, I'll draw a map."
What is the meaning of から here? Is it just a semi-meaningless filler to round off the sentence?

Hmmm, it seems to connote something like 地図を描きますから（ちょっと待ってて下さい）ね or "(wait a socond,) I'll draw a map" to me.

4. あしたは、朝早くおきなきゃならないから、今晩は、もうねます。
My translation: "I have to get up early tomorrow morning, so ..."
... then something about sleeping tonight, but what does もう mean here?

so tonight I'm going to go to bed now.

［２］【間もなく】soon, presently（※後の方が堅い語）;（ほどなく）before long;（じきに）shortly;（今は）now.

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[Glenn]

Glad I refreshed and saw Toritoribe's response before I started typing.

I did want to say that の in the アシスタントの田中さん is like な in きれいなきもの or simply である, like 日本の首都である東京, all of which are basically forms of だ, so they're all relative clauses. You can say アシスタントである田中さん instead, and translate it as "Mr. Tanaka, who is my assistant," and the meaning is the same. But as you can see, in both cases they're less than natural.

 

[Toritoribe]

Actually, I often do the same thing(refreshing) before I write the response, when I see your name in "Currently Active Users", Glenn-san.

 

[eeky]

アシスタントの田中さん: (my) assistant Mr. Tanaka
This の is not for "possession" but for "apposition." "Mr Tanaka's assistant" should be 田中さんのアシスタント, as you said.

Aha. So, to determine which meaning is intended (possession or apposition), do we just have to look at the context and see what makes sense?

(Apart from that correction, was the rest of my translation of question 2 OK?)

 

[Glenn]

Yeah, it was pretty dead on. (←twice I've used this guy in this thread now)

 

[Half-n-Half]

Sorry if I'm being nit-picky, but shouldn't it be さがして/行ってもらったり instead of まらったり ?

 

[Glenn]

Yes, it should. Minor typo there.

 

[eeky]

Sorry if I'm being nit-picky, but shouldn't it be さがして/行ってもらったり instead of まらったり ?

Yes, you are correct. My finger-trouble again I'm afraid.

 

[Toritoribe]

So, to determine which meaning is intended (possession or apposition), do we just have to look at the context and see what makes sense?

The apposition "AのB" often has a structure that A is an attribute of B and B is a specific name, as in アシスタント(= an attribute of 田中さん)の田中さん, 首都(= an attribute of 東京)の東京.