notes

• 「アリスは空っぽの瓶でも、下へ落としては悪いと思った。」
  • 「アリスは空っぽ瓶でも」
    • this 「で」 is the て form of 「だ」
    • this 「も」 is the も particle
    • “even though it was an empty jar…”
  • 「下へ落としては悪いと思った」
    • “…even as little as dropping it would be bad.”
  • the core of the sentence is 「アリスは０が思った。」
  • the first sub-topic is 「０が空っぽの瓶でも」
  • the second sub-topic 「下へ落としては悪い」
  • the two sub-topics are bundled with the quoting 「と」
• 「ても」 can be though of as “as much as” while 「ては」 can be thought of as “as little as”
• 「ても」 is usually used in positive contexts (ex: “Is it alright if I do as much as …”)
  • 「ても」 can be used to connect two clauses and implies that the second clause is unexpected or contrasting
    • ex: 「雨が降っても公園に行く。」 means “Even though it’s raining, (we) will go to the park.”
• 「ては」 is usually used in negative context (ex: “Don’t even do so much as …”)
  • this is sometimes contracted to 「ちゃ」
  • 「ては」 can be used to connect two clauses and implies that the second clause is an unwanted outcome
    • ex: 「雨が降っては公園に行けない。」 means “It’s raining and (we) can’t go to the park.”

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