Understanding a broken sentence with stuttering


> 「おまえクラスメイトがノラ犬にやられたんだぞ。学級委員として退治してくれよ」  
>  Your classmate's just been hurt by a wild dog. As class representative, get
> rid of it.  
>  「えっ、そ、そんな、ワ私がそんな、ズバリおそろしいでしょう」  
>  Eh! W-what a.. ,I, I such a ... ????

I'm not familiar with the word おそろしい and I can't work out whether it's used to
mean 'terrible' or 'frightened'.

Does 私が go with おそろしい here? Or is 私が just part of the stuttering? i.e. is it
私がおそろしい = "I'm frightened"? I don't know why, but I feel it would be 私はおそろしい
if this were the case.

Or, is 私が just part of an unfinished sentence, and the main sentence is simply
おそろしい = "This (situation/request) is terrible.




In Japanese, the important hints (and often answers) are always in the
preceding sentences.

「ワ私がそんな」≒「わ、わたしがそんなことできるはずがない」

「そんな **こと** 」, of course, refers to 「ノラ犬{いぬ}を退治{たいじ}する **こと** 」("getting rid
of the wild dog")

> Does 私 **が** go with おそろしい here?

No, it does not. It goes with 退治する as I said above.

If it went with おそろしい, the particle after 「私」 would be 「は」 and not 「が」. " **
_Me?_** Out of all these guys?" is the feeling of 「が」. The second speaker was
appointed to perform a task; That is a 「が」 kind of situation.

A: 「お前{まえ} **が** 行{い}けよ！」 ("Why don't **_you_** go?")

B: 「えっ、オレ **が** ？いやだよ！」 (" ** _Me?_** No, thanks, man!")

> is it 私がおそろしい = "I'm frightened"?

I am inclined to say no. What is おそろしい would be the task of getting rid of the
wild dog.

If it meant "I'm frightened.", the speaker would not use 「でしょう」. he would use
「です」 because he would know for sure that he is frightened.




In Japanese, the important hints (and often answers) are always in the
preceding sentences.

「ワ私がそんな」≒「わ、わたしがそんなことできるはずがない」

「そんな **こと** 」, of course, refers to 「ノラ犬{いぬ}を退治{たいじ}する **こと** 」("getting rid
of the wild dog")

> Does 私 **が** go with おそろしい here?

No, it does not. It goes with 退治する as I said above.

If it went with おそろしい, the particle after 「私」 would be 「は」 and not 「が」. " **
_Me?_** Out of all these guys?" is the feeling of 「が」. The second speaker was
appointed to perform a task; That is a 「が」 kind of situation.

A: 「お前{まえ} **が** 行{い}けよ！」 ("Why don't **_you_** go?")

B: 「えっ、オレ **が** ？いやだよ！」 (" ** _Me?_** No, thanks, man!")

> is it 私がおそろしい = "I'm frightened"?

I am inclined to say no. What is おそろしい would be the task of getting rid of the
wild dog.

If it meant "I'm frightened.", the speaker would not use 「でしょう」. he would use
「です」 because he would know for sure that he is frightened.

