～ては　なりません

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nonezumi

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28 Aug 2010

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• 24 Sep 2010

• #1

Hello,

If possible, could you please kindly help me with meaning of てはなりません for the sentence below：

「さあ おまえさま この ぬのを うりにいって きてください。
でも こちらから いくら ほしいと ねだんを つけては なりませんよ。」

I assumed, that verb～てはなりません would mean "do not do verb", and I could translate whole sentence as:

Now, please sell this cloth and came back. But from now, when you will be asked "How much the price" you should not appraise.

Another little difficulty if こちらから I have translated it as "from now" i.e. from this location up to the moment of selling. But I am not sure if it is correct interpretation.

Thank you very much! :sorry:

 

Last edited: 24 Sep 2010

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lounli

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11 Sep 2010

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• 24 Sep 2010

• #2

You're right in "〜てはなりません" but not in "こちらから".
In this context it means "from our side" thus whole sentence roughly means "Sell at the rate buyer offers."

 

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nonezumi

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28 Aug 2010

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• 24 Sep 2010

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• #3

lounliさん、

Thank you so much for your kind help :sorry:

 

Toritoribe

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• 24 Sep 2010

• #4

この ぬのを うりにいって きてください is more likely "please go out and sell this cloth". 行[い]ってくる indeed has a nuance of "to go and come back", but is used rather as just "to go".

 

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nonezumi

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28 Aug 2010

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• 24 Sep 2010

• Thread starter
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Toritoribeさん、

Thank you so much for your kind explanation. It seems I have made another type mistake. I am sorry. I corrected my message. :sorry: