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Rachel
How would you answer this JLPT N4 question?
Fill in the blank.
アルさん、お帰りなさい。
今日タスさんがおみやげを持ってきてくれました。トゥリアントートいう、タイだけで売られているめずらしいおかしだそうです。わたしはダイエットをしているから、食べないので、アルさん、ぜんぶ食べてください。わたしは先にねます。寝る時間がみじかいと太るらしいですから。( )、明日起きたとき、もしわたしがねているたら、起こしてくだいさい。おやすみなさい。
Answer Choices:
1. でも
2 だから
3 それから
4 それなら
My textbook says that the answer is 3, それから. Why is that? How would you answer this question?
Nov 29, 2019 1:35 AM
Answers · 3
e.g. 私が帰るまでに部屋を掃除しておいてね。それから、雨が降ったら洗濯物を取り込んでね。
November 29, 2019
Carp-san's answer is absolutely correct except that he/she says "それから" means "because of that...", which is misunderstanding. If it were "それだから", "ですから", or something like that, however, it would mean the same as he/she says. On the contrary, "それから" here just means "and". It is a coordinating conjunction you often use when you would like to add a few words to what you have just said or refer to another thing.
November 29, 2019
I think you can answer this by excluding the other answers, which would roughly be "but" , "therefore" and "if that."
それから is saying "because of that..."
だから could be correct, but the end of the prior sentence is "ですから" so I think that would sound redundant. The other two choices don't really make sense in the context.
Thus それから is saying "because of what I just mentioned..."
November 29, 2019
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