犬や猫 / 太陽銀行の人 / あんなことを言っていた / ホームシックになったみたい

[eeky]

Hi,


1. 同じ動物でも、人間は犬や猫といった動物とは区別され る。

My best guess at this is "Although they (= people) are animals too, people are distinguished from cats and dogs". This seems a slightly odd thing to say, and I may have it all mixed up.


2. 佐藤さんと言うと、あの太陽銀行の人ですか

Is it saying he works for 太陽銀行?


3. さっきはあんなことを言っていたけど、彼女にしてもあ なたの考えがすべて間違っているとは思っていないはず だよ。

My best guess is "You previously said those kinds of things (to her), and, from her point of view, she can't know that your thoughts have completely changed."

Is this more or less right?


4. 「ホームシックになったみたい。寂しくてしょうがないわ。」

My translation: "You seem homesick. You're bound to be lonely."

Is this right? The speaker is talking about someone else, yes?

 

[undrentide]

1. 同じ動物でも、人間は犬や猫といった動物とは区別される。

Though human beings are one of the animals, they are different (special) from other animals like cats and dogs.

2. Yes.

3. It's "her" not "I" who said あんなこと.

4. It's "me" not "you" who became homesick.

 

[Toritoribe]

3)
すべて間違っている: completely wrong
The subject of 言っていた is 彼女, as undrentide-san pointed out. She said that the addressee had wrong idea previously. Purely grammatically, the subject can be "you" in a specific context, e.g., the addressee said that she thought your (= the addressee's) idea was wrong, but the interpretation "she said~" is far common.

4)
寂しくてしょうがないわ can't express someone else's feelings unless being used with きっと, 彼は/彼女は, しょうがないはずだわ or like that. That's the reason.

 

[eeky]

Thank you both.

I still don't think I grasp (3) correctly. Could anyone provide a full literal translation of the whole sentence?

(There is no context to guide me; this is an isolated example sentence.)

 

[Toritoribe]

She previously said such a thing (to you), but (I think) she must not think that your thoughts are completely wrong.

She said something like "Your(= The addressee's) thoughts are wrong" previously, as I wrote. You need to interpret this unmentioned background just from that single sentence.

 

[eeky]

Thanks, I see it now.