B = 注意させないと vs D = 注意してくれないと - Why is B wrong and D correct?


> すると、そのお母さんは「自転車で歩道を走らないで。」と言いました。_______困ると言いたそうな顔で、彼女は私を睨みました。
>
>   * A 注意させられないと
>   * B 注意させないと
>   * C 注意してあげないと
>   * D 注意してくれないと
>

I chose B because B means FORCED (させ) and HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ないと BUT it was
wrong, D is the correct answer, why is B wrong and D right?

Also for the そう, there are 2 meanings, one if you heard it from someone and
second it seems like. The seems one has to be at the end of a verb stem and
the Head it from has to be after the verb, why is this one after the verb
meaning it is the HEARD it from someone?




First, this そう has the meaning of "seems/looks" because it follows the stem of
言いたい. ～と言いたそうな顔で literally means "with a face that seems to want to say ～".
言いた is not a dictionary form of anything. Just in case, the past form of 言う is
not 言いた but 言った.

Second, in case you missed this, そのお母さん is not "this mom" but "this ma'am" in
a context like this. She's basically a stranger.

So this madam was upset and glared at 私 as if to say _something_. What's the
thing the madam wanted to say? Since D is the correct answer, the content of
言う, marked with と, is:

> 注意してくれないと困る

This doesn't have any explicit subject, but in this context, you need to be
able to infer the subjects like this:

> **(あなたが)** 注意してくれないと **(私は)** 困る  
>  If **you** don't pay attention (for the sake of me), **I** am bothered!  
>  → It bothers me if you don't pay attention!

くれる indicates the subject of 注意する is someone other than お母さん.

> 注意してくれないと困ると言いたそうな顔で、彼女は私を睨みました。
>
> (literally, with direct speech) She glared at me with a face that seemed to
> want to say "If you don't pay attention, I will be bothered".
>
> (with indirect speech) She glared at me as if to say she would be bothered
> if I wasn't more careful.

B is incorrect because no causative form is relevant in this sentence.
注意させないと困る would mean "If I won't make her/you pay attention, I will be
troubled (in the future)", but no one would say something like this directly
to a stranger they won't see again.

