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Hoping baked bread is tasty with 〜といい

Grammar Explanation: Hoping with 〜といい

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After teaching her friends how to bake bread, Cocoa surprises them with a special menu item she created.

千夜(ちや):
「食(た)べてみましょう」
“Let's try it.”
チノ:
「もちもちしてる…」
“It's so soft and chewy...”
ココア:
「えへへーおいしく出来(でき)てるといいんだけど」
“I hope it came out tasty, but...”
Literal: “Hehe, it would be good if it came out tasty, but...”

Key Points

1おいしく出来(でき)てるといい expresses Cocoa’s hope
  • The literal condition “if it came out tasty, that would be good” becomes “I hope it came out tasty.”
2出来(でき)てる contracts 出来(でき)ている
  • The completed bread has a current result, so Cocoa wonders whether it has turned out well.
3んだけど leaves room for the others’ reaction
  • けど trails off instead of stating a full contrast, which gives Cocoa’s hope a hesitant edge.
4食(た)べてみましょう invites the group to try the bread
  • 〜てみる adds the sense of trying something, and ましょう turns it into a polite group suggestion.

Vocabulary

(To eat)

食(た)べる means to eat or consume food.

(To see)

見(み)る means to see or look at something. It can also mean to examine its condition or nature.

(To be able to)

出来(でき)る means to be able to do something. It can also mean that something is made, completed, or comes into existence.

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