我们把自己的看法说出来,你们会不高兴吗?

[Nesssy]

In a book I read a sentence: ”我们把自己的看法说出来,你们会不高兴吗?“
Is the first part here imparative (Let's talk about...) or just declarative (We're talking about our views here...)?
And does the second part mean something like 'You won't mind, will you?', and is this a common way to express this idea?
Thanks

 

[stephent74]

The sentence in question, can be roughly translated as: Would you mind if we tell you what we think of this.

And this sentence is very common in Chinese.

 

[kastner]

Yeah, it's "If..., would you...?"

 

[Erebos12345]

The if at the beginning of the sentence is implied by the 你们会不高兴吗? It can be translated more literally as would you be upset? Because of this, the first part can't simply be a declarative (we voice our own opinions, would you be upset?), nor can it be an imperative (let's voice our own opinions, would you be upset?). Thus, the actual meaning is implied as "if we voice our own opinions, would you be upset?" which makes much more sense than the other two. 如果 (if) was left out because the second part of the sentence specifies the intended interpretation.

 

[palomnik]

Just a question for native speakers: does 会不高兴 sound okay? I thought you shouldn't use 会 with a stative verb.

 

[jedediah]

Just a question for native speakers: does 会不高兴 sound okay? I thought you shouldn't use 会 with a stative verb.

It's idiomatic, but I don't exactly know how "会" is functioning here. The complete sentence should read "我们把自己的看法说出来,你们(将)会（变的）不高兴吗？"

Hope others will elaborate on this point.

 

[kastner]

Just a question for native speakers: does 会不高兴 sound okay? I thought you shouldn't use 会 with a stative verb.

It sounds very native, here 会 means "will, would"