と particle (まちがえたか　と　あわてて)

nonezumi · 22 Sep 2010

Hello,

Please kindly help me with proper と particle translation.

わかものはたまげていえをまちがえたかとあわててみまわしたが
やはりじぶんのうちにちがいなかった。

I assumed, と express that something happen as result of certain action. So, "he mistook the house", and then "he was confused". I could translate it as

Young man was astonished, he might mistook the house and, as result, he was confused, he looked around but, there was not a single difference with his own house.

Please kindly correct me, if i wrong. Thank you very much!

undrentide · 22 Sep 2010

nonezumi said:
Hello,

Please kindly help me with proper と particle translation.

わかものはたまげていえをまちがえたかとあわててみまわしたが
やはりじぶんのうちにちがいなかった。

I assumed, と express that something happen as result of certain action. So, "he mistook the house", and then "he was confused". I could translate it as

Young man was astonished, he might mistook the house and, as result, he was confused, he looked around but, there was not a single difference with his own house.

Please kindly correct me, if i wrong. Thank you very much!

と is also used to quote one's speech or thought.

わかものはたまげて「いえをまちがえたか」 と（おもって） あわててみまわした

Glenn · 22 Sep 2010

It's used as sort of an adverbial marker, so "he looked around hurriedly thinking he had mistaken the house..." The translation is right; there are no mistakes, but と used like this more describes an action, and probably usually has the 思う left out. It seems here to be like the quotative と and the adverb-marker と (like ゆっくりと, さっさと, etc.).

[Edit] *ahem* Yeah, what she said.

nonezumi · 22 Sep 2010

Thank you very much for your kind help. Just I little bit confused, there was not any quote signs or おもう which follows と. But maybe it is better to translate as direct thought.

"Young man was astonished and confused, he thought he might mistook the house, he looked around but, there was not a single difference with his own house."

Thank you very much again!

EDIT:
Glenn-san, thank you so much for so kind explanation.

undrentide · 22 Sep 2010

nonezumi said:
Thank you very much for your kind help. Just I little bit confused, there was not any quote signs or おもう which follows と. But maybe it is better to translate as direct thought.

"Young man was astonished and confused, he thought he might mistook the house, he looked around but, there was not a single difference with his own house."

Thank you very much again!

EDIT:
Glenn-san, thank you so much for so kind explanation.

I added 「」 and おもう just to make it easier for you to understand.
Unlike western language (such as English), there's no direct/indirect thought in Japanese language*. Quotation marks 「」 are modern addition to the language, と has been the particle to express its preceding phrase/sentence is quotation of speech/thought.

*
おとこのこはぼくはがくせいですといいました。 The boy said he's a student.
おとこのこは「ぼくはがくせいです」といいました。 The boy said "I'm a student".

nonezumi · 22 Sep 2010

undrentideさん、

Oh, I could not image that quotation marks are the modern addition.
I've read folk tales and quotation marks was used quite often.
I did not think well about it, I just assumed that quotation marks as old as Hiragana.

Thank you so much for so perfect explanation. :sorry:

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