〜にしたら (~ni shitara) — from N's standpoint (a person)
One step deeper than 「にとって」— standing in someone's shoes and guessing how they feel.
Formula (सूत्र ढाँचा)
Grammar rule (व्याकरण नियम र परिभाषा)
When to use it
- A friend complains that the 店長 got annoyed when he asked for a sudden day off. You reply: 「店長にしたら、急に休まれるのは困るだろう」(if you were the manager, a sudden absence would be a real problem).
- You are taking the manager's side and reading his mind.
Meaning
- 「〜にしたら」= you step into someone's shoes and guess how they must feel from where they stand.
- What follows is usually a guess: 〜だろう・〜かもしれない・〜はずだ・〜にちがいない.
How to attach
- A noun for a person + にしたら
- Same meaning: にすれば・にしてみれば・にしても
- 「にしてみれば」adds a little 'once you actually try standing there'.
- 「にしても」adds 'from their side too'.
Versus what you know
- N3「〜にとって」(私にとって日本語は大切だ) only judges how something is 'for' someone — 'important / hard'.
- 「にしたら」goes inside the person's head; 「にとって」never does that.
Watch out
- People only — 「この問題にしたら」does not exist.
- It is normally about someone other than yourself — for your own view don't say 「私にしたら」, just say 「私は〜」.
Examples (उदाहरणहरू)
店長にしたら、急に休まれるのは困るだろう。
てんちょうにしたら、きゅうにやすまれるのはこまるだろう。
From the manager's point of view, someone suddenly taking the day off must be a real problem.
How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) 店長 = the shop manager (a person) → we attach 「にしたら」: we stand in their place → then a guess at how they feel: 困るだろう.
日本に来たばかりの人にしてみれば、電車の乗り換えは本当に難しいはずだ。
にほんにきたばかりのひとにしてみれば、でんしゃののりかえはほんとうにむずかしいはずだ。
For someone who has just arrived in Japan, changing trains must be really hard.
How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) 日本に来たばかりの人 = someone who has just come to Japan → 「にしてみれば」: looking at it once from their place → then the guess: 難しいはずだ.
田舎の両親にしても、息子が外国で働くのは心配にちがいない。
いなかのりょうしんにしても、むすこががいこくではたらくのはしんぱいにちがいない。
For the parents back home, too, having a son working abroad must surely be a worry.
How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) 田舎の両親 = parents back home → 「にしても」: from their side too → then a guess at how they feel: 心配にちがいない.
Knowledge check (मिनी ज्ञान जाँच)
「お母さん_したら、君のことが心配なんだよ。」— fill the blank.
💡 Hint: N + _ + したら.
N + にしたら. お母さんにしたら = in your mother's shoes.
In which sentence is 「にしたら」unnatural?
💡 Hint: Is it a person?
にしたら attaches only to words for people; not to things like 問題.
What does 「〜にしたら」express?
💡 Hint: Standing where they stand...
にしたら = stand in their position and guess their feeling; 「にとって」only evaluates.
Your score: /3