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I found some casual grammar I didn’t understand in the Kanzen Master book:
男：あの、これ、使わせてもらいたいんだけど。
女：A ごめん。これ、友達のなんだ。
B あ、じゃ、使ってみるね。It seems like the answer is B to me, but it’s A. They don’t give any context.
The man is asking to use the product. “Can I use this?” or, “Please let me use this.” You can refer to Chapater 22-1. if the man says, “これ、使ってもらいたいんだけど (I want you to use this),” the answer should be B. But the man says, “使わせてもらいたいです.” That means he wants to use it.
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If this was in a store, the woman would need to use humble form like, 動作確認いたします. The man is using a somewhat polite form and the woman is using casual form, so I assume they are not very close friends, and the situation is something like classmates or coworkers.
Let’s assume they are classmates and the man wants to borrow the woman’s tablet. We can translate the sentences as:
Man: Excuse me, I would like to try this…
Woman: A. Sorry, this is my friend’s.
B. Oh, then I’ll give it a try. -
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I don’t think it’s unfair, but it’s not a very realistic situation. It’s just a test taking skill. It’s difficult to figure it out and then stop thinking about it immediately, the next question will be a totally different situation. Most of the test has context clues, it’s just the one section is like this. I’m getting better at it.
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