Lu Posted November 5, 2020 at 08:31 AM Report Share Posted November 5, 2020 at 08:31 AM A man, in 2015 or thereabouts, is talking about an invention he was cooking up as a boy in 1993. 就算那个记录着灵魂对讲机进程的日记本丢失，我也能清楚地记得他开始的时候。一九九三年十一月。 My question: has the diary been lost, or is he talking about if the diary would be lost at some future point? I feel like if the diary is already lost, there should be a 了 somewhere in there, and the missing 了 means that he still has the diary (or at least thinks it's sitting in a drawer somewhere) and it's not yet lost. But it reads a bit weird when I translate it like that, so now I'm unsure. Help is much appreciated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted November 5, 2020 at 09:04 AM Report Share Posted November 5, 2020 at 09:04 AM No, it's even if it were to be lost. You can find examples of similar constructions using 就算on Juuku http://www.jukuu.com/search.php?q=就算 (and examples of it meaning other things as a different part of speech) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
889 Posted November 5, 2020 at 01:54 PM Report Share Posted November 5, 2020 at 01:54 PM I think 我也能 only works here if he's speaking hypothetically. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lu Posted November 6, 2020 at 01:51 PM Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2020 at 01:51 PM Thanks both! I can safely stick with my originel interpretation then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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