もらってこよう / たてよう / これに / 飛行機の切符

[eeky]

Hi,


1. 今日帰りに旅行会社でパンフレットでも、もらってこよ うかな。

a) What is もらってこよう? My guess is it might be the volitional form of もらって来る, meaning "get (a brochure) and come (home)", but I'm not very certain.

b) Does でも mean "or something" in this case?


2. うん、これから旅行のプランをたてようかと思って・・ ・。

Is たてよう = 立てよう, from 立てる? Does it mean something like "I'm wondering if I should fix up my travel plans"?


3. The speaker is wondering whether to go to 北海道 by air or by train.

ま、これにしようかなぁと思ってるんですけど。

Does this mean "I'm wondering what to do next/now"? Does これに mean something like "next", "now", "in addition"?


4.
Ａ： ２万５千円！
Ｂ： ええ、飛行機とほとんど同じですよ。
Ａ： そうですね。今、飛行機の切符、安くなってます から。

As far as I can understand it from the preceding conversation, the first line, ２万５千円！, is talking about the train fare to 北海道. Then it looks to me as if B says "Yeah, it's almost the same as the air fare", and A says "Right. So the plane ticket is now cheaper."

However, this seems to be contradictory and make little sense. Where am I going wrong?

 

[Toritoribe]

1) a) b)
You are correct.

2)
It's also the volitional, "I'm going to plan..."

3)
Literally, "this." Probably the speaker is talking with pointing the plan he has chosen, with having a paper on which the plan is written, or like that.

4)
２万５千円！ has a nuance of "more expensive than expected" just as "that much", and A said "the plane ticket is now cheaper (therefore the air fare is almost the same as the train fare)" in the last line.

 

[eeky]

Thanks Toritoribe.

2. So what is the purpose of か in that sentence? I thought that ～かと思って would mean something like "wondering if...". No?

4. I understand that the speaker thinks ２万５千円 is expensive. What I don't understand here is the next part:

B: Yeah, it's almost the same as the air fare.
A: Right. So the plane ticket is now cheaper.

In this interpretation, A seems to be agreeing that the plane and train cost about the same, and yet then pointing out that the plane is cheaper. Although it is not impossible for the plane and train to cost "about" the same, and yet the plane ticket be (slightly) cheaper, the emphasis seems wrong to me, and I feel I am misunderstanding what is being said.

 

[Toritoribe]

2)
Ah, yes, you are correct. たてようかと思って has a nuance of "wondering" comparing to たてようと思って.

4)
Your interpritation about the basis for comparison is wrong. A said that the plane ticket is now cheaper than before (or could be "than other season" depending on the context), and not than train.

 

[eeky]

Aha, I see, thanks.

 

[Elizabeth]

Thanks Toritoribe.

2. So what is the purpose of か in that sentence? I thought that ～かと思って would mean something like "wondering if...". No?

~~るかと思ってcan also express the sense of "thinking that" or "believing that" based on a solid reason for the action which is still a conjecture but with less an implied sense of doubt or uncertainty of the topic than "wondering" is often used.