Hi,
1. 「どうしたのこうしたのって、やつは死んでまさ、さし 殺されて。」
What is まさ?
2. チェッコは、えい、どうともなれとばかり、両腕をなげ 出してから、はいってゆきました。
What does どうともなれとばかり mean, and how is the meaning obtained?
3. 「あそこへはいるくらいなら、首でもつりまさ。」とス ターキーが、なおもがんこに答えると、水夫一度の賛成の声がし ました。
「みんなで、おれに反抗する気か？」フックはたずねま した。
a) Is くらいなら = くらい・なら, in the sense that "if (I have to do) something as unpleasant as あそこへはいる (then I'd rather be hanged / be hanged instead)"? The difficulty I have with this explanation is that I don't see where any sense of "rather" or "instead" is coming from.
b) By analogy with a similar question the other day, could つりまさ mean つりますよ／ぞ?
c) Does 首でもつりまさ mean 首でつりまさ, with も added to show this is an extreme case? (Sorry about yet more simple questions about も; it is a word I have lots of difficulty with.)
d) Does 一度 mean that they all spoke at once?
e) What is the purpose of で in みんなで? Does it convey the idea that they were all acting together?
f) Does 気 refer to the intentions of the 水夫?
1. 「どうしたのこうしたのって、やつは死んでまさ、さし 殺されて。」
What is まさ?
2. チェッコは、えい、どうともなれとばかり、両腕をなげ 出してから、はいってゆきました。
What does どうともなれとばかり mean, and how is the meaning obtained?
3. 「あそこへはいるくらいなら、首でもつりまさ。」とス ターキーが、なおもがんこに答えると、水夫一度の賛成の声がし ました。
「みんなで、おれに反抗する気か？」フックはたずねま した。
a) Is くらいなら = くらい・なら, in the sense that "if (I have to do) something as unpleasant as あそこへはいる (then I'd rather be hanged / be hanged instead)"? The difficulty I have with this explanation is that I don't see where any sense of "rather" or "instead" is coming from.
b) By analogy with a similar question the other day, could つりまさ mean つりますよ／ぞ?
c) Does 首でもつりまさ mean 首でつりまさ, with も added to show this is an extreme case? (Sorry about yet more simple questions about も; it is a word I have lots of difficulty with.)
d) Does 一度 mean that they all spoke at once?
e) What is the purpose of で in みんなで? Does it convey the idea that they were all acting together?
f) Does 気 refer to the intentions of the 水夫?