Re: A couple of phrases

pef23 wrote:
On 5月29日, 午後5:18, Peter <petethegai...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi,

Can someone tell me whether or not I have the correct idea about the
following phrase?

Does:
［趣味はスポーツです］と答えられたらと思う。

mean:
I think I can also answer that sports are my hobby.

Also can someone please tell me what the following phrase means?
一度お目にかかってご相談できたらと思っております。

I'm sure I'll be shot down in flames, but I am going to go out on a
limb and try to answer this.

The first sentence is using the meiwaku ukemi (the troublesome
passive), ie. someone goes and answers "I like sports" (and it's a
pain in the ass hearing that). Grammatically speaking there should be
something else between the "kotaeraretara" and the "omou". Having
nothing there kind of signifies that you don't agree with the
behaviour but you don't want to say anything directly.


Boooo-desu. (Though I don't shot you down in flames.. 8)

This られ in the first sentense is not "the meiwaku ukemi
(the troublesome passive)" but it's "able/capable".

You can think たらと思う as abbreviated of たら(いい(な))と思う。
So, the first is
I think it would be good if I could answer [...]
= I wish I could answer [...]

The second is then easy homework.

The second sentence is using the "tara" form to be ambigous and avoid
making a direct request, the last bit could be reworded (to make it
informal) by just saying "shoudan sasete kudasai" "please let me
consult you".


hmmmmm. It's not so easy homework?
I won't read it so deep as "please let me consult you"... just
"I wish if oneday I will be able to..."

I'm sure there will be some inaccuracies in what I have written, but I
am pretty sure it is in the ball park.

Stefan


I'm not sure still you say it was in the ball park...
Or you wished if you could? 8)

muchan
.

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