Tuesday, March 21, 2017

grammar - Understanding 〜たら良いか〜


The sentence 何と言ったら良いか分かりません means "I don't know what I should say."



But what is the literal translation of this sentence? What is the purpose of the in 良いか?



Answer



you can think of it like:



What would be right to say? I don't know



何と言ったら良いか分かりません


What to say... / good? / I don't know


the か would supply the question mark in my literal translation above.


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