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日本語になじまないThough
ちょっと思ったんだけどね?
という感じなのがThough?
英会話で使い始めると、
You knowのように、ちょっと癖になってしまいます。
今回はそのThough/ぞウについて
think through/スるーしてみました。
think out(主に米)とも言います。
ThoughtとThough
think – thought – thought
または、
Voice your thought.
「あなたの意見を言ってくれ。」
のように名詞にもなる
“Thought/そーと”
ですが、
thoughとなんらかの関係がある気がします。
まるでSがVのThough
as thoughの方が
as ifよりも強調されます。
気持ちがこもっている感じです。
as though
as if
強調のThough
Though is difficult, though…
「Thoughは難しい、んだけどね。。。」
逆接的なThough(譲歩)
SがVなんだけど、、、
If SV = Even if SV
= Though SV = Even though SV
= Although SV = As SV
If SVはEven ifの省略です。
分詞構文の逆接
doing
Studying English hard, I can’t speak English well.
「勉強しているのに、私は英語を上手に話せない。」
being ~ ed,
build – built – built
(Being) built long time ago, this house is still expensive.
「かなり昔に建てられたのに/にもかかわらず、この家の値段はまだ高い。」
Sansa felt as though she were in a dream.
Chapter 61 A Storm of Swords
He had been on his knee, though, clawing at his throat, tearing at his own skin as he fought to breathe.
Chapter 61 A Storm of Swords
Her hands were strangely clumsy,
though she was not as frightened as she ought to have been.
Chapter 61 A Storm of Swords
The bodice was decorated with freshwater pearls, though.
Chapter 61 A Storm of Swords
She slipped the dress over her head,
彼女はどれすをあたまドレスを頭から来て
and donned the cloak,
マントを羽織った
though she left the hood for the moment.
当面はフードはそのままにしたけれども。
Chapter 61 A Storm of Swords
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