Can the phrase にまた_が戻ってくるんだ have multiple meanings?


This is script from a game where 2 characters are talking to each other. One
says:

> 「賞金が出たら馬を買おう  
>  セボック村にまた馬が戻ってくるんだ  
>  徴集兵のバイトなんかオサラバだぜ

Here is the NTSC-U version:

> With a reward, I'll get a horse  
>  and return to T'Bok Village.  
>  It'll end my mercenary work.

I don't understand what また馬が戻ってくるんだ means exactly. Maybe, "Horses are making a
comeback in T'Bok Village." or "Horses are becoming popular once again in
T'Bok Village."?




## The text and translation

I'm not sure what NTSC-U is, and we don't have a lot of context, but their
translation seems a bit off.

Let's treat each line as a separate statement.

> 賞金が出たら馬を買おう

Breaking that down word by word:

> [賞金]{Reward }[が]{[SUBJ] }[出たら]{if/when comes out }[馬]{horse }[を]{[OBJ]
> }[買おう]{maybe/will buy}

"With a reward, I'll get a horse" → Close enough, I guess.

> セボック村にまた馬が戻ってくるんだ

→

> [セボック]{T'Bok }[村]{village }[に]{to }[また]{again }[馬]{horse }[が]{[SUBJ]
> }[戻ってくる]{return / come back }[んだ]{[EXPLANATORY]}

"and return to T'Bok Village." → Given the grammar of the previous line ending
in 買おう, this next line must be a separate statement: "[Horses in general /
this horse in specific] will come back again to T'Bok Village."

> 徴集兵のバイトなんかオサラバだぜ

→

> [徴集兵]{conscript soldier / draftee }[の]{[POSSESSIVE] }[バイト]{part-time job
> }[なんか]{kind of thing }[オサラバ]{farewell }[だ]{[PREDICATE] }[ぜ]{[EMPHATIC]}

## Your specific question

> Can the phrase にまた_が戻ってくるんだ have multiple meanings?

I suspect there's some confusion here. I hope the breakdown above helps
explain the overall structure better.

Regarding two specific things in your question:

  * The に applies to the preceding noun, and in this context it's basically "to [the village]".
  * The また is just "again". Here, it emphasizes the sense of "returning" expressed by the verb phrase 戻ってくる.

* * *

Please comment if the above does not address your question.

