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4 More on the use of conditional sentences for polite advice
You have learned in L17A ×べァ is used in asking for suggestions as in (1) and giving
suggestions as in (2) and (3) as follows.
1. 可時めゅ来べァぞぞめびづ~ 2. 六時めゅ来べァぞぞめびTM~ 3. 六時めゅ来べァゃだめびづ~
By what time should I come?
It would be good if you come by 6. Wouldn’t it be good if you come by 6?
These forms can be made politer by using the estimation form ×めぱだ.
4. 誰も行ぽべァぞぞめぱだづ~
5. ゃだ言ぽべァぞぞめぱだづ~
6. 誰ゅ廻ぞゅ行ぽべァぞぞめぱだ~ 7. ネΒはカも行ぽべァゃだめぱだづ~ 8. ねだ言ぽべァゃだめぱだづ~
9. 先生ゅ廻ぞゅ行ぽべァゃだめぱだ~
Who should I go with?
How should I say it?
Who should I go see?
How about if you go with Sarah? How about if you say it this way. How about if you go see a professor.
×べァゃだめびづ sometimes could signal that the speaker’s disapproval of the fact that the listener hasn’t performed the action that is being suggested. Thus, ×べァゃだめぱだづ avoids this.
5 Use of conditional sentences where stress would do in English as in “What would you do?”
The conditional ×べァ is used in cases where stress would do in English as in “If I were you” or “If you were in my shoes,” etc.
1. 私ぺぽべァ\買ェやぞェ~ I wouldn’t buy it.
2. £ラΔはカ\ラΔはカぺぽべァ\ゃだびィ’% “Bill, what would you do?” £僕ぺぽべァ\手紙オ書でび~% “I would write a letter.”
3. £ズΓッ人ぺぽべァ\ゃだびィも思ぞびづ~% £ズΓッ人ぺぽべァ\ほどふま (directly) 言だも思ぞび~%
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