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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 ?
12 de oct. de 2021 1:02
Respuestas · 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?"
12 de octubre de 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.
12 de octubre de 2021
1
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…”
12 de octubre de 2021
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