Help me understand the grammar of this sentence: ～のこと～のこと、～なってもらえたかな


### The Sentence:

Recently, I've been trying to broaden my understanding of Japanese by
stumbling through translating some blog posts. I came across this sentence:

> 見に来てくださった方、  
>  チームA **のこと** も、私 **のこと** も、  
>  **好きになってもらえたかな** ー？

For a bit of context, the writer is talking about a concert event that various
people attended, and she (appears to be) asking them if they liked it. But any
nuance beyond that is lost on me.

### Things I don't understand:

There are three main things I don't get about this sentence:

1) How does the middle clause (チームAのことも、私のことも) connect with the other two
clauses, i.e. is it the object of 見? The "subject" (i.e. ～が) of 好き? Both?
Something else entirely?

2) Why is the middle clause 何のことも何のことも rather than just 何も何も ? What does のこと
add?

3) Everything about the final clause. I think I understand some of the pieces
(好きになって ～ come to like, come to love; もらえる ability (and willingness) to
receive something, presumably here a helping verb like もらう and くれる that
indicates who benefits from the action rather than describing an action on its
own but... what does that mean here?; か question particle; な emphasis), but I
have no idea how they are meant to go together.

Somehow all these together add up to "Did those of you who came to watch team
A and me like/love (it/what you saw/etc.)?" (Per my own analysis and that of a
Japanese teacher, though she didn't have time to explain further.)

### What I'm looking for

My main concern is understanding what is going on here and how the pieces fit
together, so I can understand it if I see something like it again, and so I
can use the same constructions myself. I'd especially like references to
specific discussions on these words/structures, whether on the web or in
printed books (as long as they aren't too obscure) so I can investigate on my
own (I did some already but didn't turn up much).

Secondarily, I'd also love pointers on how to translate sentences like this.




> 見に来てくださった方、  
>  チームAのことも、私のことも、  
>  好きになってもらえたかなー？  
>  Lit. "I wonder if those of you who kindly came to watch ended up enjoying
> both Team A and myself...?"  
>  "Thanks everyone for attending! Did you enjoy Team A's and my
> performances?"

  1. 「チームAのこと」 and 「私のこと」 are the "〜が-marked objects" of 「好きになる」.

「見に来てくださった方」 is the "subject" of 「好きになる」, that is, the people who are
experiencing the 好き.

  2. 「〜のこと」 makes it so they are not asking if you literally came to like the team and the her, but something related to them, such as their performance, act, song, etc.

  3. Your analysis was correct, aside from it not being the question 「か」 + emphasis 「な」, but rather the speculative ending 「かな」.

The usage of 「〜もらえた」 is, as you expected, as a supplementary verb which makes
it so the speaker indicates that the action is beneficial for them. It isn't
easy to gloss this in English, but something like " _Were you kind enough_ to
like it?" sort of has the same feeling.

Hopefully this helps you understand. My only comment on how to translate
sentences like this is you mostly need to abandon the syntax of the Japanese
to retain the right feel. Also, note that this is rather girly speech, so I
would warn against copying it exactly if you aren't trying to sound girly.




> 見に来てくださった方、  
>  チームAのことも、私のことも、  
>  好きになってもらえたかなー？  
>  Lit. "I wonder if those of you who kindly came to watch ended up enjoying
> both Team A and myself...?"  
>  "Thanks everyone for attending! Did you enjoy Team A's and my
> performances?"

  1. 「チームAのこと」 and 「私のこと」 are the "〜が-marked objects" of 「好きになる」.

「見に来てくださった方」 is the "subject" of 「好きになる」, that is, the people who are
experiencing the 好き.

  2. 「〜のこと」 makes it so they are not asking if you literally came to like the team and the her, but something related to them, such as their performance, act, song, etc.

  3. Your analysis was correct, aside from it not being the question 「か」 + emphasis 「な」, but rather the speculative ending 「かな」.

The usage of 「〜もらえた」 is, as you expected, as a supplementary verb which makes
it so the speaker indicates that the action is beneficial for them. It isn't
easy to gloss this in English, but something like " _Were you kind enough_ to
like it?" sort of has the same feeling.

Hopefully this helps you understand. My only comment on how to translate
sentences like this is you mostly need to abandon the syntax of the Japanese
to retain the right feel. Also, note that this is rather girly speech, so I
would warn against copying it exactly if you aren't trying to sound girly.

