Daily Thread: simple questions, comments that don’t need their own posts, and first time posters go here (February 06, 2023)

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1. Having some trouble with this (poem?)/prophecy thing from the Final Fantasy IV script. For more context, the script is here: http://ff4com.s4.xrea.com/ff4conve/conve007.html

   I put the part I’m having most trouble with in bold.

   > 竜の口より生まれしもの

   One who is born from the mouth of a dragon

   > 天高く舞い上がり

   Flying high in the heavens

   > 闇と光をかかげ

   Carrying the light and darkness

   > 眠りの地に更なる約束を**持たらさん**

   (???) further promises to the sleeping land (I need help with 持たらさん, I have no idea what that is)

   > 月は果てしなき光に包まれ

   The moon wrapped in endless light

   > 母なる大地に大いなる恵みと

   > 慈悲を与えん

   Bestows a great blessing and mercy to Mother Earth

2. Is it normal or natural to greet people with phrases such as ぼく の ともだち, こんにちは or ぼく の かぞく, こんにちは? Or would it sound really strange in normal Japanese conversation? Or does it not even make any sense at all? Sorry for the Hiragana only, I don’t know many Kanji.

3. I can’t make heads or tails of this sentence: 何かの役に立つ、形のあるもの。Could somebody please break it down for me? One of the things that is confusing me is using の to link a noun with a verb in “何かの役に立つ”, and in “形のある”. I thought It only linked nouns.

4. When saying “I dont know what I should say” would you say 何を言えば いいですか or 何と言いたほうがいいですか

5. >住人に話しかけると誕生日プレゼントがもらえる。

   It’s が instead of を because it’s a potential, right?