私が行きましょう

Angel Valis · 28 May 2014

So I saw this phrase in some flash cards I'm using, and they translated it as, "why don't I go," but there was no rising intonation or か so I'm not sure where the "why" came from. Wouldn't this be more like, "I shall go"?

Mike Cash · 28 May 2014

Did you see the recent thread on the difference between は and が? Read it and I think you'll spot the answer for yourself.

Angel Valis · 28 May 2014

Okay, yeah, I get that much, 私 is being emphasized and I could definitely read it as "Why don't *I* go?"...but the card had a listening element and the speaker definitely didn't produce a question intonation, so it was said as a statement. Is this an idiomatic phrase or something like that?

Mike Cash · 28 May 2014

私が行きましょう

Angel Valis said:
Okay, yeah, I get that much, 私 is being emphasized and I could definitely read it as "Why don't *I* go?"...but the card had a listening element and the speaker definitely didn't produce a question intonation, so it was said as a statement. Is this an idiomatic phrase or something like that?

It's more of a suggestion than a genuine question. And not all questions necessarily have rising intonation (for example...."Why don't I go?")

Angel Valis · 28 May 2014

I think I get it now. I think this is the first time that lack of stressed syllables has thrown me so much. Thanks Mike.

Mike Cash · 28 May 2014

Angel Valis said:
I think I get it now. I think this is the first time that lack of stressed syllables has thrown me so much. Thanks Mike.

You'd have gotten it all by yourself if it were placed in a context instead of being isolated like that.

Toritoribe · 29 May 2014

Angel Valis said:
So I saw this phrase in some flash cards I'm using, and they translated it as, "why don't I go," but there was no rising intonation or か so I'm not sure where the "why" came from. Wouldn't this be more like, "I shall go"?

Unlike 私が行きます, 私が行きましょう has a nuance of a humble offer (stronger than asking permission 私が行きましょうか？, though), so the translation "Why don't I" would be used there, I think.

Repeat · 29 May 2014

Is it imperative mood: Why don't I; Let's; Shall we
or offering assistance: Let us; allow me

?

Toritoribe · 29 May 2014

私が行きましょう never means "Let us".

Repeat · 2 Jun 2014

Thank-you

私が行きましょう

Angel Valis

黒川

Mike Cash

骨も命も皆此の土地に埋めよう

Angel Valis

黒川

Mike Cash

骨も命も皆此の土地に埋めよう

Angel Valis

黒川

Mike Cash

骨も命も皆此の土地に埋めよう

Toritoribe

松葉解禁

Repeat

後輩

Toritoribe

松葉解禁

Repeat

後輩

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