がち / 浴びる / ことがある / ～て

[eeky]

Hiya,

1. 花嫁は伏目がちに、満座の注目を浴びながら入場した。

Translation given: "The bride came into the room with lowered eyes and with everyone staring at her."

a) Is がち used in the sense of "apt to do, tend to do"?

b) I have a slight doubt about the "direction" of the verb 浴びる. I guess 花嫁 has to be the subject of 浴びながら, right?


2. 金沢では吹雪くことがある。

Translation given: "There are sometimes blizzards in Kanazawa."

I understand this fine, but I wondered if ～ことがある could ever also mean that there is a blizzard happening now (irrespective of whether blizzards have happened in the past or are likely to happen again). I'm thinking probably not, but not 100% sure...


3. ケーキがおいしくて有名な店に行った。

Does this have the sense "I went to the well-known shop because their cake is delicious"?

 

[Toritoribe]

1) a)
Yes.

b)
Right. 花嫁が満座の注目を浴びた or "The bride got everyone's attention."

2)
No, it doesn't. ことがある can't express the present state.

3)
That usage of おいしくて reminds me of a discussion in this thread.

 

[eeky]

So maybe #3 means "I went to the shop famous for its delicious cakes"?

 

[Toritoribe]

Right. ケーキがおいしくて modifies 有名.

 

[eeky]

Is this construction possible only when the modified word (here 有名) is an adjective?

For suitable N, V and Adj, is it possible to have NがV-てAdj, where NがV-て modifies Adj?

 

[Toritoribe]

No. The -te form can modify both verbs and adjectives, i.e., verbs also can be the modified word.

NがAdj-てV
料理がまずくてつぶれた店

NがV-てAdj
雪が降って寒い朝

NがV1-てV2
雨が降って濡れた道

 

[eeky]

Thanks Toritoribe.