戻ってくると、千波が我先にと駆け寄った。
once we came back, chinami was the first to run up to (us).
how does this sentence change without the と after 我先に? Doesn't seem to quotatitive or conditional.
thank you
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This と is "the optional と" that attaches certain adverbs. In your case, dropping と does not change the meaning of the sentence.
See:
- What role does と play in this sentence?
- What is the purpose of adding と?
- What does adding と after an adverb do?
我先に【われさきに】 is a set phrase meaning "striving to be the first". It does not necessarily mean Chinami was actually the first one.
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我先に doesn't explicitly have the adv-と/Adverb taking the 'to' particle classification. Does that mean anything, or does that label not really matter?– charuCommented Jul 4, 2017 at 0:38
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我先に answers the question "how?" so it's an adverb here. I'm not sure what your concern is...– macrafCommented Jul 4, 2017 at 0:43
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1@macraf, in other words, can any adverb take と, or are "adv-と" adverbs the only ones that can? It seems that edict/jisho mislabeled 我先に in this regard based on what naruto just pointed out– charuCommented Jul 4, 2017 at 0:55