meaning of だけど in this context


recently I started watching samurai champloo & someone asked mugen for his
name.

he answered: ムゲンだけど

I was wondering what the role of だけど in this context was. I thought maybe it's
the same as adding "..." after mugen in English.




Your intuition is pretty accurate. It's expressing a feeling of "...what does
that have to do with anything?" or "why are you asking?". Mugen doesn't
understand why he's being asked his name.

A similar pattern would be:

A:「何才ですか？」

B:「30才だけど...」

A: How old are you?

B: I'm 30... (what does that have to do with anything?)

Or:

A:「だれの車？」

B:「俺のだけど...」

A: Whose car is this?

B: It's mine... (why are you asking?)




Your intuition is pretty accurate. It's expressing a feeling of "...what does
that have to do with anything?" or "why are you asking?". Mugen doesn't
understand why he's being asked his name.

A similar pattern would be:

A:「何才ですか？」

B:「30才だけど...」

A: How old are you?

B: I'm 30... (what does that have to do with anything?)

Or:

A:「だれの車？」

B:「俺のだけど...」

A: Whose car is this?

B: It's mine... (why are you asking?)

