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eeky

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Hiya,

1. 学生とそのホストファミリーのためのパーティーもあった。

My translation: "There were also parties for the exchange students and their host families."

The positioning of その in this sentence struck me as odd. The usual "those"/"the" didn't seem quite right; does it have the sense of "their", as in my translation?


2. まゆみはただ泣いているばかりだった。

My translation: "All Mayumi did was cry."

Does ただ just combine with ばかり to reinforce the "all she did was..." sense?
 
1. 学生とそのホストファミリーのためのパーティーもあった。
My translation: "There were also parties for the exchange students and their host families."
The positioning of その in this sentence struck me as odd. The usual "those"/"the" didn't seem quite right; does it have the sense of "their", as in my translation?
Yes. その means 学生の or "their" here.

3 現在、話に出ている、または、話に出たばかりの事柄をさす。「―日はとても暑かった」「―話はもうやめよう」
其の(その)の意味 - goo国語辞書

2. まゆみはただ泣いているばかりだった。
My translation: "All Mayumi did was cry."
Does ただ just combine with ばかり to reinforce the "all she did was..." sense?
Yes, something like "all she did was just..."
 
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