I wonder if the saleslady was named Chihiro.
ch16, p92 – Why is it あんなの全然(タイプじゃないよー), and not just あんな全然? Is it the indefinite pronoun usage?
2 Likes
My understanding is that あんな happens to always precede nouns. jisho lists it as a “pre-noun adjectival” term, as in, it works like an adjective but it must precede the noun.
Following that logic, あんな全然 wouldn’t make sense as 全然 is not a noun (it is an adverb). Literally that would translate as “that kind of not at all” which doesn’t make much sense in English either.
So, in this case の is replacing a noun (あんなの => that kind of thing), the “noun” being in this case, Kei-kun, which is kind of being treated like an object (that’s why he retorts somewhat offended with あんなのいうなや => “don’t call me ‘that kind of thing’”
7 Likes
ch16, p98 – なんだよそれ最強じゃん
What is this よそれ part?
p99 – もらってってもいい
Quoting particle…?
2 Likes
Gonna start reading this next week. 
3 Likes
なんだよ＋それ＋最強じゃん
The よ is a particle/interjection attached to the なんだ. I think it just emphasises her surprise in this case.
I think its もらっていってもいい？
Honestly, I’m not entirely sure which verb it should be, my guess would be 行く.
5 Likes
This is correct. There’s a dropped い from もらっていって, so it’s the usual [verb]ている form.
Edit: I had いく in mind then switched to いる when replying.
Should be:
…so, it’s the [verb]ていく form.
4 Likes
Did you mean て form?
もらって＋(い)っても＋いい
3 Likes
I messed up my prior reply (oops, sorry!)
もらって + いく = もらっていって = もらってって
3 Likes
Happens to me all the time!
My history of answering people’s questions in book clubs is one of writing the wrong thing by accident 
sorry to everyone I’ve confused…
4 Likes
By the way, for anyone not strongly familiar with [verb]ていく, Maggie Sensei has an article on it which actually specifically includes もらっていく as an example.
http://maggiesensei.com/2010/03/13/requested-lesson-「〜ていく＋〜てくる」teiku-tekuru/
4 Likes
ch17, p109 – タイミング見て見に行こうよ
I don’t get this construction? And the whole sentence? My guess is something like “let’s time our seeing to go see it”…?
We can check the timing and go see it – fan translation.
2 Likes
Knowing でか also prepares you for a third of the dialogue in chapter 4 of よつばと！.
4 Likes
ch17, p112 – 普段は雲に擬態しててこれ塗らないと見えないの
What is してて doing here considering that 擬態 is a noun/no-adjective?
3 Likes
I can’t speak to the grammar of it, but it looks like 擬態 is used with する commonly. Check this Wikipedia page for an example, where each 擬態 is followed by a form of する.
Thus, 擬態している = doing 擬態 = camouflaging / in the state of camouflage.
4 Likes
Finally done. Lol @ the special issue.
3 Likes
The cats in chapter 13!
I love them 
11 Likes
Is it weird that I kind of want Makoto’s ブルキナファソ shirt from chapter 15?
4 Likes
Not exactly the same, but…
2 Likes