"Would you?"

[Ed-E]

Hi!

I'm looking for a way of saying something similar to this in Japanese:

"If I died... would you cry?"

What I've got so far is:
死んだら、泣かせる？

Is this sort of thing right? The only reference I have is the sentence "kimi no tame nara shineru", which I'm pretty sure means "I would die for you" [lit: "If it was for you, I would die"]. So do you show this by using the potential and an if-form? Maybe I should be using "nara" (as in the example) rather than "tara".



Thanks in advance!
Ed

 

[Elizabeth]

Is this sort of thing right? The only reference I have is the sentence "kimi no tame nara shineru", which I'm pretty sure means "I would die for you" [lit: "If it was for you, I would die"]. So do you show this by using the potential and an if-form? Maybe I should be using "nara" (as in the example) rather than "tara"

死ぬなら might more strongly imply your death was purely hypothetical, otherwise 死ねば、死んだら or 死ぬとしたら all look like they would do fine.

 

[NANGI]

Konnichiwa Ed-E-san!
Welcome and Hajimemashite. Yoroshiku ne!

I'm looking for a way of saying something similar to this in Japanese:
"If I died... would you cry?"
What I've got so far is:
死んだら、泣かせる？

「死んだら、泣いてくれる？」 is good!

NANGI

 

[Ed-E]

Konnichiwa Ed-E-san!
Welcome and Hajimemashite. Yoroshiku ne!


「死んだら、泣いてくれる？」 is good!

NANGI

Thank you for your kind welcome and answer! (you too Elizabeth!)

A quick question about your answer, NANGI - does 死んだら、泣いてくれる？ imply that you're asking the listener to cry for you? (as in "If I died, would you please cry for me?")?

Thanks again! I can tell I'm going to like this forum

 

[Elizabeth]

Another test of your relationship.....depending on the first answer of course.

あなたは１年後に死ぬとしたら、だれのことを考えなが ら死ぬと思いますか？

 

[NANGI]

Konnichiwa Ed-E-san!

does 死んだら、泣いてくれる？ imply that you're asking the listener to cry for you? (as in "If I died, would you please cry for me?")?

Yes, literal translation of 「死んだら、泣いてくれる」 is "If I died, would you please cry for me?".

「もし私が死んだなら、あなたは私のために泣いてくれますか？」 is formal sentence.

「もし～なら」 is "If".
「私が」 is "I".
「死んだ」 is "died".
「あなたは」 is "You".
「私」 is "I".
「のために」 is "for".
「泣いて」 is "cry".
「～してくれます」 is "would" and "Please".
「か？」 means a interrogative.

But formal sentence is so long, and Japanese are omitted frequently. In this case, 「(もし私が)死んだ(な)ら、(あなたは私のために)泣いてくれ(る instead of ますか )？」 (parenthesis) are omitted.

NANGI