Disappointing

It was very disappointing for you to give it up so soon.

Which does this mean?
1. 'You' were disappointed.
2. 'I/We' was/were disappointed.

It's impossible to tell without more context, Jandi.

It could be 'you' or 'I/we'.

It was very disappointing for you to give it up so soon, wasn't it?

It was very disappoin

Thank you, JTT!
I still need your help. Please keep on helping me with this.

If so, can these all mean basically the same thing in the proper context?

1. It was very disappointing (to me) for you to give it up so soon.
2. It was very disappointing (to me) when you gave it up so soon.
3. I was very disappointed when you gave it up so soon.
4. I was very disa

Yup, basically they all say the same thing, Jandi.

Hello Jandi

Leaving out 'to me' gives sentence #1 a different meaning:

1. It was very disappointing for you to give it up so soon.

Here the 'disappointment' is felt by 'you', not 'me'.

There is another (perhaps slightly more common) way of using 'disappointing/disappointed':

2. It must have been very disappointing for you to fail your exams.

Thank you very much. teachers!
Please help me again.

Leaving out 'to me' gives sentence #1 a different meaning:
The disappointment' is felt by 'you', not 'me'.

Q1. It is also the case for Sentence 2, right?

Q2. If I add "in you" to the sentence 3, is there any significant difference in meaning or nuance with Sentence 3 & 4?
- I was

1. It was very disappointing for you to give it up so soon.
2. It was very disappointing when you gave it up so soon.

Mr P wrote:
Leaving out 'to me' gives sentence #1 a different meaning:
The disappointment' is felt by 'you', not 'me'.

I respectfully disagree. Allowing that the tendency probably shifts to t

Allowing that the tendency probably shifts to the disappointment being felt by 'you', not 'me', the other meaning could be there, set up by earlier conversation, context or intonation.

I would have expected a perfect infinitive in a 'my disappointment' context for #1; but no doubt it could happen as you describe, JT. 'Expressing disappointment in others' is probably o

Thank you very much, teachers!

I think I've got it either about the meanings and about the nuance.
This was a big issue among my friends and Korean teachers.
Now it's completely solved.
- Context; it can't be too much emphasized, can it, JTT? -

Thank you again.

Have a nice day off, MrP.
Have a wonderful Sunday evening, JTT.

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