Hi,
1. 旅行会社のミスで、予約してあったはずの飛行機が予約されていなかった。
My translation: "Because of the travel agency's mistake, the flight reservation that should have been made was not."
Is あった = 在った, adding a sense a bit like the English perfect tense?
2. いくら言ってもわからないやつだ。今度という今度は、本当に （ ）。
The gap ( ... ) is to be completed with a suitable expression describing some emotion.
I believe the first part means "However many times I say it, he/she doesn't understand." I don't understand 今度という今度 though. What does this mean?
3. 偏光板の時は、まず偏光板をつけ上に保護板（透明アクリル板）をつけセットします。
Translation given: "When attaching a polarizing plate (PL), set it first and then attach a protective plate (a clear acrylic plate)."
a) Does 上に describe the physical position of 保護板 relative to 偏光板?
b) Is まず偏光板をつけ（る） one clause, 保護板（透明アクリル板）をつけ（る） another, and セットします a third? Or is つけセットしますa compound verb? In the latter case, does セットします apply to both つけs, or only the second?
4. ここに出て来た表現も含めて、怒っていることを表すのにどのような言葉があるか、考えて、リストを作ってみましょう。
My translation: "Think about what kind of words express anger, including the expressions shown here [in the previous section], and make a list".
a) Does ここに出て来た表現も含めて mean "(also) including the expressions shown here", i.e. the student should include those expressions in his or her list?
b) Does も imply that the ここに出て来た表現 are in addition to other words that the student may find?
c) I am not very confident I understand the purpose of のに. Is の a pronoun? What is the purpose of に? Does it have the sense that the 言葉 in question "belong to" 怒っていることを表すの?
5. 桜井 calls on his friend 足立, who (as far as I can tell) invites him in with ま、あがれよ。 Later, his friend is asking him what's happened, and says 言えよ.
Are あがれよ and 言えよ strong imperatives followed by よ for emphasis? I guess they would be OK then to use between close friends (I mean, not rude)?
1. 旅行会社のミスで、予約してあったはずの飛行機が予約されていなかった。
My translation: "Because of the travel agency's mistake, the flight reservation that should have been made was not."
Is あった = 在った, adding a sense a bit like the English perfect tense?
2. いくら言ってもわからないやつだ。今度という今度は、本当に （ ）。
The gap ( ... ) is to be completed with a suitable expression describing some emotion.
I believe the first part means "However many times I say it, he/she doesn't understand." I don't understand 今度という今度 though. What does this mean?
3. 偏光板の時は、まず偏光板をつけ上に保護板（透明アクリル板）をつけセットします。
Translation given: "When attaching a polarizing plate (PL), set it first and then attach a protective plate (a clear acrylic plate)."
a) Does 上に describe the physical position of 保護板 relative to 偏光板?
b) Is まず偏光板をつけ（る） one clause, 保護板（透明アクリル板）をつけ（る） another, and セットします a third? Or is つけセットしますa compound verb? In the latter case, does セットします apply to both つけs, or only the second?
4. ここに出て来た表現も含めて、怒っていることを表すのにどのような言葉があるか、考えて、リストを作ってみましょう。
My translation: "Think about what kind of words express anger, including the expressions shown here [in the previous section], and make a list".
a) Does ここに出て来た表現も含めて mean "(also) including the expressions shown here", i.e. the student should include those expressions in his or her list?
b) Does も imply that the ここに出て来た表現 are in addition to other words that the student may find?
c) I am not very confident I understand the purpose of のに. Is の a pronoun? What is the purpose of に? Does it have the sense that the 言葉 in question "belong to" 怒っていることを表すの?
5. 桜井 calls on his friend 足立, who (as far as I can tell) invites him in with ま、あがれよ。 Later, his friend is asking him what's happened, and says 言えよ.
Are あがれよ and 言えよ strong imperatives followed by よ for emphasis? I guess they would be OK then to use between close friends (I mean, not rude)?
