Grammar - ちょうど as an adverb and を verb omission (actual ところを)


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> それで日本人ならば、 **ちょうど** 花見とか月見とか言う処 **を** 、蛙どもは雲見をやります。  
>  Frogs do cloud seing in the exact same way that Japanese people do flower
> viewing or moon viewing.

Is ちょうど modifying やります? What is omitted after を? How would you translate this
literally?




  * No, this ちょうど modifies 言う. It means "exactly", "precisely", "surely" or "just (like)".
  * Nothing is omitted after this を. This を is not an object marker but an [archaic conjunctive particle](https://www.hello-school.net/haroajapa010018.htm) that means "and" or "but" depending on the context. We still commonly use ところを in modern Japanese, and this should be learned as a grammar pattern. 
    * [Does ところを always mean the same thing as のに? What is the difference between ところへ and ところに?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/19173/5010)
    * [Use of のところ for comparison?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/84644/5010)
    * [Bunpro: ところを (JLPT N1)](https://bunpro.jp/grammar_points/%E3%81%A8%E3%81%93%E3%82%8D%E3%82%92)
    * [jisho.org: ところを](https://jisho.org/word/%E3%81%A8%E3%81%93%E3%82%8D%E3%82%92)

> How would you translate this literally?

それで日本人ならば、ちょうど花見とか月見とか言う処を、蛙どもは雲見をやります。

  * So if (they were) Japanese, (this is exactly a situation where) they would say cherry watching or moon watching, but frogs do cloud watching.
  * Therefore, (in situations) where Japanese people would (surely) say (let's do) cherry watching or moon watching, frogs do cloud watching.




  * No, this ちょうど modifies 言う. It means "exactly", "precisely", "surely" or "just (like)".
  * Nothing is omitted after this を. This を is not an object marker but an [archaic conjunctive particle](https://www.hello-school.net/haroajapa010018.htm) that means "and" or "but" depending on the context. We still commonly use ところを in modern Japanese, and this should be learned as a grammar pattern. 
    * [Does ところを always mean the same thing as のに? What is the difference between ところへ and ところに?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/19173/5010)
    * [Use of のところ for comparison?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/84644/5010)
    * [Bunpro: ところを (JLPT N1)](https://bunpro.jp/grammar_points/%E3%81%A8%E3%81%93%E3%82%8D%E3%82%92)
    * [jisho.org: ところを](https://jisho.org/word/%E3%81%A8%E3%81%93%E3%82%8D%E3%82%92)

> How would you translate this literally?

それで日本人ならば、ちょうど花見とか月見とか言う処を、蛙どもは雲見をやります。

  * So if (they were) Japanese, (this is exactly a situation where) they would say cherry watching or moon watching, but frogs do cloud watching.
  * Therefore, (in situations) where Japanese people would (surely) say (let's do) cherry watching or moon watching, frogs do cloud watching.

