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What does You would think they would treat you like an adult mean?
What does You would think they would treat you like an adult mean?
I'm not sure the nuance. What does it imply?
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Ah, a Ri-na question. There're always a good challenge.
Treating someone like an adult is the opposite of treating them like a child. 'You would think they would' has a suggestion that 'they' haven't treated the speaker (or someone he is speaking to) like an adult, and the speaker is probably a bit annoyed or disappointed by it.
I tried to think of a translation, and 大人として扱われるといいのにな。。。 is the best I can do. However, I don't think I've got a correct sentence there, let alone translated the nuance properly. The 大人として扱われるといい is intended to say that it would be better to be treated as an adult, and the のにな。。。 is me attempting to add in the slight disappointment of the 'you think they would.'
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@Ri-na
You would think = you would expect
they would treat you = they would deal with you
like an adult = as if you were a grown-up.
It implies two things:
1. They don't treat you like a grown-up, and
2. You deserve to be treated like a grown-up.
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Possibly the 'you think they would' expresses a bit of frustration at not being treated as an adult.
Possibly the 'you think they would' expresses a bit of frustration at not being treated as an adult.
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