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In addition to my question that I posted yesterday, I have one more question.
Here's the whole conversational sentences in the picture.
According to Chelsea, the line "Any preference for where you want to go ? “ should be "Any suggestion on where you wake to go?".
Thank you, Chelsea. ☺
Another question is on what Suzanne says on line 5 ~6 and what Richard sats on line 7, which are :
We could go hiking each day.
And
We could stay at a hot spring resort.
What should I understand those "could " ?
Do they just mean that we were able to go hiking each day and we were able to stay at a hot spring resort ?
Or
Do they mean that maybe we can go hiking each day and maybe we can stay at a hot spring resort ?
Oct 12, 2021 1:02 AM
Answers · 8
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I would not say "Any suggestion for where you want to go?" You would use "preference" because Richard wants to know if Suzanne likes one place more than the others. That's a preference.
Example:
You and a friend are going to a movie and then to dinner. You say, "We could eat Chinese or Italian food. Do you have a preference? (of where you and I will go) -- meaning 'would you like one place over another place, one place more than others.
You and a friend are going to a movie and then to dinner. You don't know of any places around the movie theater. You say, "Do you have any suggestions of where we could eat?"
October 12, 2021
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To answer your question about "could". That's a good question, because "could" is both the past tense of "can" and a word to suggest future possible actions.
The answer is your second guess: in this case it means "maybe we can go hiking or to a hot springs resort."
If they wanted to talk about something that happened in the past like 温泉に行ったことができました they would say, "we were able to go to a hot springs resort." They wouldn't use "could" in that case.
October 12, 2021
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yes “could” in this case means that these are possible options. it is a way to make a suggestion without a preference. If the speaker had a preference they would say “ we should…”
October 12, 2021
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