だし / とも / つぎ / から / どうだ / 今おっしゃった

[eeky]

Hiya,

1. それに、家の子は三人ともテレビが好きだし。

My translation: "Besides, our three children also like watching TV."

a) Apologies if I've asked a similar question before, but can I check again that だし here is だ (copula) + し ("and besides")?

b) What is the meaning of とも here? Does it break down as 三人と + も?


2. そしてお茶をつぎ始めたがエイミーは一人になりたかった。

I understand this to more or less mean "Then she started to make tea, but Amy wanted to be alone."

However, what exactly is つぎ? Is it anything to do with つぎ as in 次?


3. 寒くなってから焼きいもはエイミーの大好物になっていた。

In this case, does から mean "because (it was getting cold)" or does it mean more like "(starting) from (the time that it had started to get cold)"?


4. お母さんはこの頃の子供はどうだと思っていますか。

My translation: "What does the mother think of today's children?"

I am unsure how どうだ fits into the sentence grammatically. Is この頃の子供はどうだ a unit meaning "how are today's children", and the sentence asking what the mother thinks about that question?


5. 先生、今おっしゃった、そこのところをもっと詳しく説 明してください。

Translation given: "Sir, please explain that in more detail."

What does 今おっしゃった mean? Does it qualify そこのところ and mean something like "(the point) that you were just speaking about"?

 

[Toritoribe]

1. それに、家の子は三人ともテレビが好きだし。
My translation: "Besides, our three children also like watching TV."
a) Apologies if I've asked a similar question before, but can I check again that だし here is だ (copula) + し ("and besides")?

Yes.

b) What is the meaning of とも here? Does it break down as 三人と + も?

That's 共.

③複数を表す名詞に付いて、それが全部同じ状態であることを表す。「二人―学生だった」「男女―若かった」

共（とも）の意味 - goo国語辞書

our three children all like watching TV

2. そしてお茶をつぎ始めたがエイミーは一人になりたかった。
I understand this to more or less mean "Then she started to make tea, but Amy wanted to be alone."
However, what exactly is つぎ? Is it anything to do with つぎ as in 次?

That's from 注ぐ or "to pour".
注ぐ（つぐ）の意味 - goo国語辞書

3. 寒くなってから焼きいもはエイミーの大好物になっていた。
In this case, does から mean "because (it was getting cold)" or does it mean more like "(starting) from (the time that it had started to get cold)"?

The latter. If it's 寒くなったから, から means "because".

4. お母さんはこの頃の子供はどうだと思っていますか。
My translation: "What does the mother think of today's children?"
I am unsure how どうだ fits into the sentence grammatically. Is この頃の子供はどうだ a unit meaning "how are today's children", and the sentence asking what the mother thinks about that question?

Yes, that interpretation would be correct. The example sentence could be interpreted as an interrogative form of the following sentence.

お母さんはこの頃の子供はこうだと思っています
The mother thinks that today's children is like this.

Incidentally, この頃 can mean two different meanings depending on the context and/or pronunciation; "この頃[ごろ]; today" and "この頃[ころ]; in/at that time".

5. 先生、今おっしゃった、そこのところをもっと詳しく説明してください。
Translation given: "Sir, please explain that in more detail."
What does 今おっしゃった mean? Does it qualify そこのところ and mean something like "(the point) that you were just speaking about"?

Yes.

 

[eeky]

Thanks Toritoribe.

That's from 注ぐ or "to pour".

Duh... I even looked up つぐ, but then somehow failed to spot the obviously applicable meaning "pour" amongst all the other irrelevant possibilities!

 

[Glenn]

Hahaha. Well, it happens. We can't pay full attention to everything all the time, you know. I certainly know I can't.