Hi,
1. 寒いところだとは思っていたけれど、まさかこんなに寒 いとは思わなかった。
My translation: "I thought it was a cold place, but I didn't think it would be this cold."
Hopefully I have the meaning correct, but I don't understand why it's とは思って and とは思わなかった, rather than just と思って and と思わなかった. What's the difference?
2. かれの実力は本物だと思っていたけれど、まさにそのと おりだった。
あそこは危険なところだから一人で行くはやめたほうが いいと思っていたのだが、まさに心配していたとおりに なった。
My translations:
"I thought his ability was genuine, and that's exactly how it proved."
"I thought that one should avoid going there alone as it was a dangerous place, and it turned out exactly as I feared."
My question here relates to the use of of けれど and が in the respective sentences. In neither case is there the contrast of English "but". I know が sometimes doesn't have a strong contrastive force, and is better translated as "and", so I guess the second sentence is OK? Is the same true of けれど in the first? Can we translate it as "and"?
3. あいつ、自分が音痴だってこと知らないんだよ。
Translation given: "He doesn't realise that he's tone deaf."
What does だって mean here? It couldn't be だ (copula) + って (quoting), could it?
4. この新製品は価格表から２０％引きで提供する用意がご ざいます。
Translation given: "We can offer these new products at 20% below list price."
I can't seem to quite pin down what 用意 means here. I think I understand the rest of the sentence OK.
5. 強大な権力を有する大国が存在する限り、戦争は避け難 い。
Translation given: "As long as there are sovereign nations possessing great power, war is inevitable."
I suppose 限り must mean "as long as" in this case? I don't see quite that definition in the dictionary.
1. 寒いところだとは思っていたけれど、まさかこんなに寒 いとは思わなかった。
My translation: "I thought it was a cold place, but I didn't think it would be this cold."
Hopefully I have the meaning correct, but I don't understand why it's とは思って and とは思わなかった, rather than just と思って and と思わなかった. What's the difference?
2. かれの実力は本物だと思っていたけれど、まさにそのと おりだった。
あそこは危険なところだから一人で行くはやめたほうが いいと思っていたのだが、まさに心配していたとおりに なった。
My translations:
"I thought his ability was genuine, and that's exactly how it proved."
"I thought that one should avoid going there alone as it was a dangerous place, and it turned out exactly as I feared."
My question here relates to the use of of けれど and が in the respective sentences. In neither case is there the contrast of English "but". I know が sometimes doesn't have a strong contrastive force, and is better translated as "and", so I guess the second sentence is OK? Is the same true of けれど in the first? Can we translate it as "and"?
3. あいつ、自分が音痴だってこと知らないんだよ。
Translation given: "He doesn't realise that he's tone deaf."
What does だって mean here? It couldn't be だ (copula) + って (quoting), could it?
4. この新製品は価格表から２０％引きで提供する用意がご ざいます。
Translation given: "We can offer these new products at 20% below list price."
I can't seem to quite pin down what 用意 means here. I think I understand the rest of the sentence OK.
5. 強大な権力を有する大国が存在する限り、戦争は避け難 い。
Translation given: "As long as there are sovereign nations possessing great power, war is inevitable."
I suppose 限り must mean "as long as" in this case? I don't see quite that definition in the dictionary.
