Hiya,
1. 特急に乗れば３時間、急行に乗れば、４時間と少しで着 きます。
I think I understand this OK except for と少しで. Does that mean something like "(you will arrive) in the short (time of 4 hours)"? I'm not very sure, especially, how と Is working grammatically.
2. 教室に日本語の本を忘れてきてしまいました。
Translation given: "I accidentally left my Japanese book in the classroom".
Does きて have the sense of "came back from class"?
Before seeing the translation, I mentally translated the sentence as "I came to class without my Japanese book" (more literally "ended up coming to class having forgotten my Japanese book"). Why does my translation not work (assuming it doesn't)?
3. ええと、旅行に行くとたいていお土産を買うと思います が、みなさんは買ったあとでちょっと困ったことはあり ませんか。
My attempted translation: "Well, I guess when people go on a trip they usually buy souvenirs, but after they've bought them, aren't they a little bit 困った?"
(The text that follows this is talking about the temptation to buy lots of an item when a discount is offered, and then maybe finding out that you don't need so many after all. I assume 困った is referring to this, but right now I can't think of a suitable English translation...!)
a) Is みなさん likely to refer to "people in general"? (The context doesn't really give any extra help.)
b) Is みなさん the subject of the first 買う?
c) Is the speaker the subject of 思います?
d) Is ありませんか actually asking a question, or is to more like "I wonder if ..." or something?
4. Later in the same text:
でも、それで喜んで５つ買って帰ると、あとで家族に「 どうしてそんなに買ったの」と言われてしまいます。「 １つ３００円、５つ買えばもう１つサービスしますよ。」というのも同じですね。
My attempted translation: "Well, when people are pleased (about a price discount) and come home having bought five items, they'll later end up being asked by their family 'Why did you buy that many?', and the answer is always 'One costs ３００円, so if you buy five (for 1200円) one is effectively free.'"
a) Is the speaker likely to be talking about people in general? Or about himself? Or about some specific people that he knows? Again, the context does not seem to give much help on this question.
b) I assume 「１つ３００円、５つ買えばもう１つサービスしますよ。」 is said by the person who brought the items back in justification of buying five? Is my translation of というのも同じですね as "the answer is always" remotely correct?
1. 特急に乗れば３時間、急行に乗れば、４時間と少しで着 きます。
I think I understand this OK except for と少しで. Does that mean something like "(you will arrive) in the short (time of 4 hours)"? I'm not very sure, especially, how と Is working grammatically.
2. 教室に日本語の本を忘れてきてしまいました。
Translation given: "I accidentally left my Japanese book in the classroom".
Does きて have the sense of "came back from class"?
Before seeing the translation, I mentally translated the sentence as "I came to class without my Japanese book" (more literally "ended up coming to class having forgotten my Japanese book"). Why does my translation not work (assuming it doesn't)?
3. ええと、旅行に行くとたいていお土産を買うと思います が、みなさんは買ったあとでちょっと困ったことはあり ませんか。
My attempted translation: "Well, I guess when people go on a trip they usually buy souvenirs, but after they've bought them, aren't they a little bit 困った?"
(The text that follows this is talking about the temptation to buy lots of an item when a discount is offered, and then maybe finding out that you don't need so many after all. I assume 困った is referring to this, but right now I can't think of a suitable English translation...!)
a) Is みなさん likely to refer to "people in general"? (The context doesn't really give any extra help.)
b) Is みなさん the subject of the first 買う?
c) Is the speaker the subject of 思います?
d) Is ありませんか actually asking a question, or is to more like "I wonder if ..." or something?
4. Later in the same text:
でも、それで喜んで５つ買って帰ると、あとで家族に「 どうしてそんなに買ったの」と言われてしまいます。「 １つ３００円、５つ買えばもう１つサービスしますよ。」というのも同じですね。
My attempted translation: "Well, when people are pleased (about a price discount) and come home having bought five items, they'll later end up being asked by their family 'Why did you buy that many?', and the answer is always 'One costs ３００円, so if you buy five (for 1200円) one is effectively free.'"
a) Is the speaker likely to be talking about people in general? Or about himself? Or about some specific people that he knows? Again, the context does not seem to give much help on this question.
b) I assume 「１つ３００円、５つ買えばもう１つサービスしますよ。」 is said by the person who brought the items back in justification of buying five? Is my translation of というのも同じですね as "the answer is always" remotely correct?
