Hiya,
1. それに、家の子は三人ともテレビが好きだし。
My translation: "Besides, our three children also like watching TV."
a) Apologies if I've asked a similar question before, but can I check again that だし here is だ (copula) + し ("and besides")?
b) What is the meaning of とも here? Does it break down as 三人と + も?
2. そしてお茶をつぎ始めたがエイミーは一人になりたかった。
I understand this to more or less mean "Then she started to make tea, but Amy wanted to be alone."
However, what exactly is つぎ? Is it anything to do with つぎ as in 次?
3. 寒くなってから焼きいもはエイミーの大好物になっていた。
In this case, does から mean "because (it was getting cold)" or does it mean more like "(starting) from (the time that it had started to get cold)"?
4. お母さんはこの頃の子供はどうだと思っていますか。
My translation: "What does the mother think of today's children?"
I am unsure how どうだ fits into the sentence grammatically. Is この頃の子供はどうだ a unit meaning "how are today's children", and the sentence asking what the mother thinks about that question?
5. 先生、今おっしゃった、そこのところをもっと詳しく説 明してください。
Translation given: "Sir, please explain that in more detail."
What does 今おっしゃった mean? Does it qualify そこのところ and mean something like "(the point) that you were just speaking about"?
1. それに、家の子は三人ともテレビが好きだし。
My translation: "Besides, our three children also like watching TV."
a) Apologies if I've asked a similar question before, but can I check again that だし here is だ (copula) + し ("and besides")?
b) What is the meaning of とも here? Does it break down as 三人と + も?
2. そしてお茶をつぎ始めたがエイミーは一人になりたかった。
I understand this to more or less mean "Then she started to make tea, but Amy wanted to be alone."
However, what exactly is つぎ? Is it anything to do with つぎ as in 次?
3. 寒くなってから焼きいもはエイミーの大好物になっていた。
In this case, does から mean "because (it was getting cold)" or does it mean more like "(starting) from (the time that it had started to get cold)"?
4. お母さんはこの頃の子供はどうだと思っていますか。
My translation: "What does the mother think of today's children?"
I am unsure how どうだ fits into the sentence grammatically. Is この頃の子供はどうだ a unit meaning "how are today's children", and the sentence asking what the mother thinks about that question?
5. 先生、今おっしゃった、そこのところをもっと詳しく説 明してください。
Translation given: "Sir, please explain that in more detail."
What does 今おっしゃった mean? Does it qualify そこのところ and mean something like "(the point) that you were just speaking about"?