任せあれ / しよう / に / 考えてもみて

[eeky]

Hi,


1. 「私にお任せあれ！」

What is 任せあれ? I mean, the ending あれ? I would guess an imperative, but I don't see the verb.


2. すると、不思議なことに — 説明のしようがないのだが — ヘビは、まるで庭の水撒き用の太いホースのように・・・

Is this しよう the noun meaning "way of doing something"?


3. 「それがどうかしたの？ここにはそんなことできる人、 掃いて捨てるほどいるだろうに」

What is the function of に at the end?


4. 「みんな、どうかしたんじゃないか！考えてもみてよ。 もし僕が、ジャスティンを襲うなってヘビに言わなけり ゃ 」

Does 考えてもみてよ mean 考えてみてよ, i.e. literally "Try thinking!", with も inserted for emphasis?

 

[Toritoribe]

1)
imperative of あり(= ある)

2)
It's originally from "し(the -masu stem of する) + よう(a suffix, meaning a way/apperance)", but yes, it's treated as a noun.

3)
adversative conjunction

4)
Exactly.

 

[eeky]

Thanks,

1) I did consider that possiblity actually, but I don't understand what it means to put that あれ after お任せ. I'm assuming that 任せ is the stem of 任せる. If it's a pattern I've seen before then I must have forgotten it.

3) Would you say that に is comparable to "when" in English "What's the matter with that ... when there must be lots of people here who can do the same?" (The speaker has a special ability that he thinks is no big deal but other people find scary. He thinks lots of people have the same ability, but actually they do not.)

 

[Toritoribe]

1)
It's an honorific, i.e., 窶堋ｨ窶戮窶堋ｹ窶堋?窶堙ｪ is a bit classical way of saying 窶戮窶堋ｹ窶堙??堋ｭ窶堋ｾ窶堋ｳ窶堋｢.

窶堋?窶堙ｩ ﾂ【窶猫窶堙ｩﾂ／ﾂ催昶?堙ｩﾂ】
ﾂ（窶｢ﾃ｢ﾂ鞘?｢窶慊ｮﾅｽﾅ陳）
窶啜 窶慊ｮﾅｽﾅ停?堙戸廣窶廃ﾅ蛋窶堙｢窶慊ｮﾂ催ｬﾂ青ｫ窶堙固?ﾂｿﾅ津ｪ窶督ｼﾅｽﾅ停?堙遺?堙??堙俄?｢t窶堋｢窶堙?、窶伉ｽ窶堋ｭﾂ「窶堋ｨﾂ…窶堋?窶堙ｩﾂ」ﾂ「ﾅ津､(窶堋ｲ)ﾂ…窶堋?窶堙ｩﾂ」窶堙固蛋窶堙?、窶堋ｻ窶堙娯?慊ｮﾂ催ｬ窶堙ｰ窶堋ｷ窶堙ｩﾂ人窶堙俄?佚寂?堋ｷ窶堙ｩ窶伉ｸﾅ檀窶堙ｰ窶｢\窶堋ｷﾂ。ﾂ「窶堋ｨ窶堋｢窶堙?―ﾂ・窶堙ｪﾂ」ﾂ「ﾅ津､ﾂ湘寂?披?板―ﾂ・窶堙ｪﾂ」

ある【有る／在る】の意味 - 国語辞書 - goo辞書

3)
You can think it's an inversion; Even though there must be lots of people here who can do the same, why is it(= having a special ability) a problem?

 

[eeky]

OK, I see now, thank you.

(Purely FYI, in case it is of interest, "Even though there must be lots of people here who can do the same, why is it a problem?" is not quite correct in English. Replacing "Even though" with "Given that" or "When" fixes it.)

 

[Toritoribe]

Oh, I see. Good to know. Your answer is correct, then. Sorry for that.

 

[eeky]

Oh, by the way, I forgot to ask... is this essentially the same に as occurs in のに (when used in the sense of "although" etc.)?

 

[Toritoribe]

Yes, they are the same. に can be used instead of のに in classical Japanese (e.g. 掃いて捨てるほどいるに＝掃いて捨てるほどいるのに). ～（よ）うに or ～まいに would be a remnant of it.

 

[eeky]

Yes, they are the same.

That's good!!!