Hiya,
1. The speaker has been asked whether, when she was a little girl, she wanted to be 食べ物屋さん when she grew up. She replies:
食べ物屋さん？食べるのは好きだったけどね。
Here I'm not sure about けどね. Does this mean "I liked eating, but (I didn't want to own a restaurant)", with an expectation that the other person will agree with this sentiment?
2. Mr Tanaka has offered to help Kim, but Kim has initially politely declined his offer. Then:
田中： 遠慮しないでください。ええと、このイスを並 べるんですね。
キム： ええ。どうもすみません。助かります。
a) From context I'm assuming that Mr Tanaka is offering to help set out chairs, but I don't actually recognise "verb + んですね" as constituting an offer to do something. Is this a set form of words in this circumstance?
b) Who is the subject of 助かります? I'm confused because 助かる seems to have meanings that fit both Kim and Mr Tanaka being the subject.
3. Ms Kimura is busy, so Lee has just done her the favour of going out to get her something for lunch. Then:
木村： すみませんでした。リーさんがいてくれてよかったです。
I'm trying to understand the second sentence as:
よかったです = It was good
リーさんが = (of) you [Lee] (to)
くれて = do me the favour of
いて = ??
At this point I am stuck knowing in what sense いて is being used. Maybe I have other things wrong. Unless it's a typo for いって?
4. The woman is ill and has asked the man if he can get her some fruit. Then:
男： いいよ。困った時はお互い様だよ。
女: 本当に悪いわね。
Does 困った時はお互い様 literally mean something like "in difficult times we are all equal", by which he is sympathising with her condition? Maybe it's a set expression?
1. The speaker has been asked whether, when she was a little girl, she wanted to be 食べ物屋さん when she grew up. She replies:
食べ物屋さん？食べるのは好きだったけどね。
Here I'm not sure about けどね. Does this mean "I liked eating, but (I didn't want to own a restaurant)", with an expectation that the other person will agree with this sentiment?
2. Mr Tanaka has offered to help Kim, but Kim has initially politely declined his offer. Then:
田中： 遠慮しないでください。ええと、このイスを並 べるんですね。
キム： ええ。どうもすみません。助かります。
a) From context I'm assuming that Mr Tanaka is offering to help set out chairs, but I don't actually recognise "verb + んですね" as constituting an offer to do something. Is this a set form of words in this circumstance?
b) Who is the subject of 助かります? I'm confused because 助かる seems to have meanings that fit both Kim and Mr Tanaka being the subject.
3. Ms Kimura is busy, so Lee has just done her the favour of going out to get her something for lunch. Then:
木村： すみませんでした。リーさんがいてくれてよかったです。
I'm trying to understand the second sentence as:
よかったです = It was good
リーさんが = (of) you [Lee] (to)
くれて = do me the favour of
いて = ??
At this point I am stuck knowing in what sense いて is being used. Maybe I have other things wrong. Unless it's a typo for いって?
4. The woman is ill and has asked the man if he can get her some fruit. Then:
男： いいよ。困った時はお互い様だよ。
女: 本当に悪いわね。
Does 困った時はお互い様 literally mean something like "in difficult times we are all equal", by which he is sympathising with her condition? Maybe it's a set expression?
