one listening question..

[ruby]

W: can i borrow thy notes from yesterday's lecture?
M: sory, i'd let u borrow my notes if i had them , but i don't.
W: then u weren't in class yesterday either.

what did the woman believe.
1. that the man had been in class
2. that the man didn't have the notes
3. that she didn't need the notes
4. that the lecture had been canceled.

the ans is 1. but i am not getting why so...can anyone pls help me..

[hsengoren]

What did the woman believe (before the conversation) ?
We should assume that the tester is asking about what the woman believes before the conversation. If the woman hadn' assumed that the man were in class, she wouldn't have asked him. So, she thought that he were in class and asked the question "Can I borrow your notes from yesterday's lecture?"

In that kind of questions, I think we are generally asked about the feelings before the conversations take place. Such as:
- What had the woman assumed?
- What did the man believe?
- What did the man think first?

BTW, what do 'thy' and 'u' mean please !

[Erin]

You will notice that usually the answer to this question ("what had the woman assumed/believed/thought," etc.) is the opposite of the last sentence.

[ruby]

Now I got it..
Thanks a lot Erin and hsengoren..
and hsengoren, instead of "you" i have written"u" and in place of "your" i have mentioned "thy"...
thanks a lot
Ruby