Use of 抱く in "聞かせていただいてありがとうございました"

Question

In my textbook the sentence:

聞かせていただいてありがとうございました

is translated as

"Thank you for telling us about all these things"

I know:

• 色々 is "various" so probably means "all these things"
• 聞かせていた means "Letting me hear"
• But 抱く, here 抱いて, means "embrace"?

I'm not really sure how to understand this. Is it simply an expression? Any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

You're not parsing the sentence correctly, I'm afraid.

聞かせていただいてありがとうございました。

It's 聞かせて+[頂]{いただ}いて, not 聞かせていた+抱いて.

いただいて is the て form of いただく, which is the humble form of もらう.

These threads might be of help:

• Difference between くださって and いただいて and when you should use it
• How do you (not using keigo) thank someone for giving you permission to do something?
• Confused about ～させていただきたいと思います
• Is it ok to use ～て下さりました instead of ～ていただきました?