Provisional + いい + ん + だろ


ここ は… どう 言えば いい ん だろ。

I think the ん here is the abbreviated の resulting in のだろ.

I'm not sure how to connect it with the provisional form どう 言えば いい.

If the latter means: _It will be good if I somehow say..._ , then would the
former modify the _will_ to _would_?

The result being: _It **would** be good if I somehow **said** (as in named
this place)._

Is this interpretation correct? I was trying to translate it around いいん being
a noun. It made some sense due to the overall context, but felt like I'm
forcing the meaning. Thank you.




First, you have misinterpreted the word どう.

You translate it as _somehow_ , but its meaning is _how_ or _in what way_.

The part 言えばいい is good, so the literal interpretation of どう言えばいい is _It would
be good if in what way I say._ So its meaning is _how I should say_.

Next, yes, ん is の. The second point is that だろ is an abbreviation of
[だろう](http://jisho.org/word/%E3%81%A0%E3%82%8D%E3%81%86), whose meaning is _I
wonder_ here.

So, どう言えばいいんだろ translates to _I wonder how I should say._ In this case,
however, _I wonder **what** I should say_ is actually closer to its nuance.




First, you have misinterpreted the word どう.

You translate it as _somehow_ , but its meaning is _how_ or _in what way_.

The part 言えばいい is good, so the literal interpretation of どう言えばいい is _It would
be good if in what way I say._ So its meaning is _how I should say_.

Next, yes, ん is の. The second point is that だろ is an abbreviation of
[だろう](http://jisho.org/word/%E3%81%A0%E3%82%8D%E3%81%86), whose meaning is _I
wonder_ here.

So, どう言えばいいんだろ translates to _I wonder how I should say._ In this case,
however, _I wonder **what** I should say_ is actually closer to its nuance.

