”正直友達が死んだらこんなにへこむなんておもってみなかった”
I cant understand this sentence.
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3What is the question?– user458Commented Jan 4, 2012 at 12:33
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3@sawa: The question is: “What question should I ask?”– Tsuyoshi ItoCommented Jan 4, 2012 at 13:36
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6I thought the qeustions was: What is the usage of なんて in this sentence? Which Chocolate had no problem answering. Why is it so difficult for you two?– dotnetN00bCommented Feb 26, 2012 at 19:32
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3+1 for dotnetN00b's comment and the original question. The question is obvious. Please don't forget that we may be dealing with non-native speakers of both English and Japanese, or simply people who aren't linguistically agile enough to be able to formulate a question more complex than "I don't understand なんて in this sentence". And there's nothing wrong with that, if that is the intended question.– BillyCommented Sep 13, 2012 at 23:43
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Lol, yeah what is the question.
正直=honestly
友達が=my friend
死んだら=if...dies
こんなに=so much
へこむ=get depressed
なんておもってみなかった=Never did I imagine (that I would...)
P.S. Grammatically it should be '思って"も"みなかった'.
P.P.S Oops, you were just asking about 'なんて'？
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Ok... so how is なんて being used in the sentence? What is its meaning? Commented Feb 25, 2012 at 22:10
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2@dotnetN00b-san, This なんて can be replaced by と/とは/などとは/だろうとは, so the OP can be rephrased like 友達が死んだらこんなにへこむ'と/とは/などとは/だろうとは'思っていなかった. I think this と etc. is working as 'that' in 'I think that~~/I didn't imagine that~~'. なんて/などとは/だろうとは sounds like they carry a nuance of surprise. (And I think the は is added only when the sentence is negative.)– user1016Commented Feb 26, 2012 at 17:37
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Maybe this particular question should be moved to Meta, but is my question to you really that different than the OP's original question? I don't say this to be snarky or rude, but I honestly see no difference between our questions. Commented Feb 26, 2012 at 19:34