Cụm từ Tanaka-san desu là bổ đề. Câu này có thể dịch một cách đại khái là "Người này, (đó) là Ông/Bà/Cô Tanaka". | at LoH H ỉẳ w H ừ Ả C r bfckffrtHC r fj H È -fe s Ắ2o Namajikka kyõ wa kyũryõ-bi da nante kuchi ni shita bakari ni ogoraserarechatta ogorasarechatta. Just because I carelessly mentioned that today was payday I had to treat everyone. TT Ỳ t Ĩ h lit. if you do it unskillfully suggests a worst case scenario. The statement that follows shows the possible undesirable outcome. Wfr-fr h. w ẳ T li frfr Heta 0 sum to kaifuku sum made ni ikkagetsu wa ka-karu darõ to isha ni iwareta. I was told by my doctor that if worse comes to worst it could take a month before I fully recover. Kono shiken no seiseki mite. Look at these test results. B Mv iWLJ I9Mv LH ẳ- L to Warui desu nẽ. Heta sum to kõkõ-sei yori warui kamo shiremasen yo. That s bad isn t it. It s so bad that even a high school student might do better. Kono yuki da to heta sum to konya wa kaerenai kamo shirenai. With this snow I may not be able to get home tonight if worse comes to worst. 62 IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS -if ỒỜT at least expresses the speaker s minimal or least expectation. fcV want to C ÍỈ Lv want something from someone else or ft f tz h V v CD u why don t you . you should . may follow. Okane ga dttara sekai-ryokõ sum rí da kedo na. I d make a trip around the world if I had the money. B miM ì Wrfĩ rí z o Watashi wa semete isshõ ni ichido kaigai ni itte mitai. I d like to go abroad at least once in my life. Kore dake isshõ-kenmei benkyõ shite im rí da kara se-mete B wa tsukete hoshii rí da kedo. Since I m studying this hard I hope the teacher will at least give me a B. Semete riyũ gurai itte yareba yokatta no ni. You should have at least told her the reason. -TỈÌ The basic function of T is to connect verb phrases see also Shoji pp. 44-66 . When T is followed by li it has the following functions. First it may be translated as if Itte wa ikenai. You shouldn t go. Lit. If you go things won t turn out well. li 63 Ima Sara sonna koto 0 itte wa komarimasu. It s a little late to be saying something like .