Re: Some Tanaka questions

jwb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> A question arising from the most recent batch of
> corrections/suggestions.
>
> One NSOJ picked on:
>
> あなた方に妻を紹介させてください。
> Allow me to introduce my wife to you.
>
> and said it was incorrect Japanese, and should be:
>
> これが私の家内です。
>
> Now to me the original seems stilted, but not that wrong. OTOH
> 私の家内 seems a bit tautological, although it does get 9k Googits.
>
> Should I let it stand?
>

妻でも家内でもどちらでも結構ですよ。でも、英語で使われているように気軽に
"You"を使っちゃいけないの、日本語では。従って、「あなた方に」を取っ払っ
て、ついでに・・・

妻を紹介させてください。（ワイフを前に出し）これが私の家内です。

でバッチリ。

日本語で「あなた方」ってめったに言いませんよ。「みなさん」とか「あんたた
ち」とか「諸君」とか「おまえら」とか。「あなた方」は新約聖書によく出てく
る。ヘンだけどしょうがない。

FYIですが、日本語では英語の"You"と代名詞の he/she に当てはまるところは殆
どその人の名前が入るのに気づいた人はいませんか？






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