TAKOBOTO

a lot
Wow! You really have a lot of money in the bank.

かれがかえってくるのをなんねんまったことか。

Just how many years did we wait for his return!

３にんのこどもをきょういくするには、どれだけおかねがかかることか。

To educate three kids, will take a lot (LIT: I dont know +how+ much ) of money.

なんということか！

What the hell (is this) !

このはなはなんときれいなことか。

How pretty this flower is!

かれはじがたつのはなんとはやいことかとつくづくかんがえた。

He reflected on how quickly time passes.

ずっといっしょだったなかまがわかれなければならないのは、なんとざんねんなことか。

Having to say farewell to friends that were always with you is so sad.

へいわがもどってきたということは、こくみんにとってどんなにうれしいことか。

The people were so happy about the fact that peace had returned.

ごうかくできたら、どんなにうれしいことか。

How happy would I be if I passed!

なんどちゅういしたことか。

How many times have I warned you?

ことしはようきゅうしたことか。

this year a lot of requested.

Some commonly used "interrogative" words used with this grammar include: 何〜, なんと, どんなに, どれだけ, etc.

Ｖ(plain form) + ことか
いＡ + い + ことか // いＡ + かった + ことか
なＡ + な + ことか // なＡ + だった + ことか

rubyhatchet

Amatuka-san, I took the liberty of changing #665. If you don't like it, change it back.

bamboo4

教育 and 養育 are two different animals.

bamboo4

As you appear to agree with me I'll change the translation.

Amatuka

How well does 教育 work as 'bring up' rather than 'educate' anyway?
On the '教育する' front here's a similar example from Edict, but it's still ambiguous.
私は娘を教育するのに非常に苦労している。
I take great pains in educating my daughter.

Amatuka

I guess this keeps it's -2 check mark for now. ;-)

Amatuka

ことか has the sense of exclamatory sentence. Thus, in the first example, "Ohm how many years did we wait for his return!" and the second exmaple, "Imagine how much money it would take to get three kids educated."
３人の子供を教育するには sounds like "to educate three kids" in which the speaker is the educator. More precisely, it should be ３人の子供に教育を受けさせるには(to have three kids receive education). However, The expression used in the example would probably be acceptable except for a perennial nitpicker like me.

bamboo4

I'm going to see if bold works in the example text.

Amatuka

Nope. Think that's better then? [second example translation]

Amatuka

Used when you say with emotion what you have done or felt up to now

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