May 3, 2024
A Difficult Phrase For Me 4
I ran into the passage which I found difficult while reading a novel.
I need your help to understand it.
I'll give you a rundown of the story so far.
A poor young man, Jamie left his hometown to look for diamonds and get rich.
He managed to find diamonds, but a dirty old mam, Salamon cheated him out of all the diamonds he found.
Jamie succeeded in getting back the diamonds but was assaulted by several men who arranged by Salamon.
Jamie's friend rescued him.
After a year, Jamie's apperance became much different from before.
With a broken nose and white hair, He looked a middle aged man.
Jamie got rich but decided to spend the money for revenge.
Jamie came back to the town where Salamon lives, and waited for him at a bar.
In a while, Salamon comes in and talks to Jamie.
In the novel, it says as follows:
"Jamie waited for a flicker of recognition, a sign Salamon found him something familiar about him. There was nothing. 'But then, why should there be?' Jamie thought. There was nothing left of that naive, eighteen-year old boy he had seen."
I don't figure out the meating of 'But then, why should there be?'.
My first question;
Does "then" here mean "at that time"? or "after that"?
A dictionary site says it still has a meaning like "therefore" and "and so".
"then" is sometimes difficult to interpret because of several meanings.
My second question;
I don't understand "why should there be" at all.
If you say it in full, will it be
"why should there be anything familiar about him?" ??
If so, is "should" here emphasizing the question "why"??
It would be a big help if you could check and let me know.
小説を読んでいて難しい文章に出くわしました。
理解するのにあなた方の助けが必要です。
これまでのあらすじを大まかに説明します。
貧しい若者、ジェイミーはダイヤモンドを探して金持ちになるために故郷を離れます。
なんとかしてダイヤモンドを見つけますが、卑怯な老人、サラモンに騙されてダイアモンドを奪われてしまいます。
ジェイミーはダイヤモンドを取り戻すことに成功しますが、サラモンが手配した数人の男達に暴行を受けます。
ジェイミーの友達が救出しました。
1年後、ジェイミーの見た目は以前とだいぶ変わりました。骨が折れた鼻や白髪で中年男性のように見えます。
ジェイミーは金持ちになりましたが、その金を復讐に使うと決めました。
サラモンが住んでいる街へ戻り、バーで待ちます。
間もなくしてサラモンが現れ、ジェイミーに話しかけます。
小説はこのように書いています:
"Jamie waited for a flicker of recognition, a sign Salamon found him something familiar about him. There was nothing. 'But then, why should there be?' Jamie thought. There was nothing left of that naive, eighteen-year old boy he had seen."
'But then, why should there be?'の意味が見い出せません。
1つ目の質問;
ここでいう "then" は "その時"という意味ですか? それとも、"それから"の意味ですか?
辞書サイトには他にもまだ "そうなので" や "そうであれば"という意味も載っています。
"then" はいくつか意味があるので解釈が困難な時があります。
2つ目の質問;
"why should there be" の意味がさっぱりわかりません。
もし完全文で言うなら、
"why should there be anything familiar about him?" になりますか??
そうであれば、ここでの"should"は疑問詞 "why"を強調してますか?
教えていただけると大変助かります。
よろしくお願いいたします。
A Difficult Phrase For Me 4
I ran into thea passage whichthat I found difficult while reading a novel.
"which" is not unacceptable, but "that" is better
I need your help to understand it.
I'll give you a rundown of the story so far.
A poor young man, Jamie, left his hometown to look for diamonds and get rich.
He managed to find diamonds, but a dirty old mamn, Salamon, cheated him out of all the diamonds he found.
Jamie succeeded in getting back the diamonds but was assaulted by several men who arrangedwere sent by Salamon.
Jamie's friend rescued him.
After a year, Jamie's appearance became much different from before.
With a broken nose and white hair, Hhe looked like a middle aged man.
Jamie got rich but decided to spend the money foron revenge.
Jamie came back to the town where Salamon lives, and waited for him at a bar.
InAfter a while, Salamon comes in and talks to Jamie.
In the novel, it says as follows:
¶
"Jamie waited for a flicker of recognition, a sign Salamon found him something familiar about him.
Are you sure you're quoting this sentence correctly? It doesn't sound quite right.
I docan't figure out the meatning of 'But then, why should there be?'.
My first question;
¶: Does "then" here mean "at that time"?
oOr "after that"?
A dictionary site says it stillalso has a meanings like "therefore" and "and so".
"then" is sometimes difficult to interpret because of its several meanings.
or "because it has several meanings"
My second question;
¶: I don't understand "why should there be" at all.
If you say it in full, will it be "why should there be anything familiar about him?"
If so, is "should" here emphasizing the question "why"??
It would be a big help if you could check and let me knowexplain it to me.
Feedback
1. "then" in this context means "after thinking about it again, my thought is". Jamie initially expects Salamon to recognize something familiar about him, *but then* after thinking again (考え直してから), he realizes, "why should there be?" (a rhetorical question).
Here's another example of this: "Japanese is a fun language to learn. But then again, it's very difficult." In this case, "but then" without the "again" actually wouldn't be natural. If you google "but then", you'll find another definition and example.
2. Yes, the full sentence is "why should there be anything familiar about him?". "should" is not emphasizing "why". "should" here just indicates expectation (はず). So I would translate the sentence to 「でもやっぱり、あるはずあるか（＝いや、あるはずがない）」と思った.
May 4, 2024
Ohhh, I understood perfectly!
Thank you very much for the detailed explanation!!
A Difficult Phrase For Me 4
I ran into the passage which I found difficult while reading a novel.
I need your help to understand it.
I'll give you a rundown of the story so far.
A poor young man, named Jamie left his hometown to look for diamonds and get rich.
He managed to find diamonds, but a dirty old mam,n named Salamon cheated him out of all the diamonds he found.
Jamie succeeded in getting back the diamonds but was assaulted by several men who arranghired by Salamon.
Jamie's friend rescued him.
After a year, Jamie's apperance became muchvery different from before.
With a broken nose and white hair, He looked like a middle aged man.
Jamie got rich but decided to spend the money foron revenge.
Jamie came back to the town where Salamon lives, and waited for him at a bar.
InAfter a while, Salamon comes in and talks to Jamie.
In the novel, it says as follows: "Jamie waited for a flicker of recognition, a sign Salamon found him something familiar about him.
There was nothing.
'But then, why should there be?'
Jamie thought.
There was nothing left of that naive, eighteen-year old boy he had seen."
I don't figureunderstand out the meatning of 'But then, why should there be?'.
My first question; Does "then" here mean "at that time"?
or "after that"?
A dictionary site says it still has a meaning like "therefore" and "and so".
"then" is sometimes difficult to interpret because of several meanings.
If you say it in full, will it be "why should there be anything familiar about him?"
?
?
If so, is "should" here emphasizing the question "why"??
It would be a big help if you could check and let me know.
Feedback
But then, why should there be?
You can disregard the ‘but then’. The sentence could be rewritten as: ‘In any case, why would he recognize him?’
May 4, 2024
I got it. Thank you very much!
A Difficult Phrase For Me 4
I ran into thea passage which I found difficult while I was reading a novel.
I need your help to understand it.
I'll give you a rundown of the story so far.
A poor young man, Jamie left his hometown to look for diamonds and get rich.
He managed to find diamonds, but a dirtyeceitful old mamn, Salamon, cheated him out of all the diamonds he foundhis haul.
"dirty old man" means something a little different...
Jamie succeeded in getting back the diamonds back but was assaultttacked by several men who arrangedwere sent by Salamon.
Jamie's friend rescued him.
After a yearIn the year after that, Jamie's appearance became much different from beforechanged greatly.
With a broken nose and white hair, Hhe looked a middle -aged man.
Jamie got rich but decided to spend thehis money foron revenge.
Jamie came back to the town where Salamon lives, and waited for him at a bar.
InAfter a while, Salamon comes in and talks to Jamie.
In the novel, it says: as follows:
¶"Jamie waited for a flicker of recognition, a sign Salamon found him something familiar about him.
I docan't figure out the meatning of 'But then, why should there be?'.
My first question;
¶ is, does "then" here mean "at that time"?
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Expressions like "then again" and "but then" are used when you have had a new thought that is the opposite of what you just said, or one that contradicts a good idea.
For example: "I want to visit Thailand. Then again, I don't like hot weather, so maybe Norway would be better."
"I want to move to a smaller house. But then, where would my children sleep?"
A dictionary site says it still has ahas a similar meaning liketo "therefore" and "and so"."
"tThen" is sometimes difficult to interpret because ofit has several meanings.
My second question;
¶ is, I don't understand "why should there be" at all.
If you say it in full, willwrite out the entire thought, would it be
¶ "why should there be anything familiar about him?"
If so, is "should" here emphasizing the question "why"??
It would be a big help if you could check and let me know.
May 4, 2024
Thank you very much for explaining about "then"!
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