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Hello everyone.

The following passage is a passage from J. Hinds� �Situation vs. Person Focus�.

Recently I took a flight from Los Angeles to Tokyo with a Japanese friend. It was interesting to see how easily the flight attendant could change from Japanese to English when she asked each of us a question. She would say to my friend, "Ocha wa ikaga desu ka?" Then she would say to me, "Would you like some tea?"
While we were still in flight, the flight attendant passed out forms which we were to fill out. When we were close to Tokyo, she came around to see if we had filled the forms out yet. She said to me, "Have you filled out the form yet?" To my friend she said, "Yoroshii desu ka?"

My question:
What use, out of #1 through #7 below, is �would� in the 3rd and 4th sentence above?

1 -- used to express desire, choice, willingness, consent, or in negative constructions refusal <no one would take the job> <if we will all do our best> <will you please stop that racket>
2 -- used to express frequent, customary, or habitual action or natural tendency or disposition <will get angry over nothing> <will work one day and loaf the next>
3 -- used to express futurity <tomorrow morning I will wake up in this first-class hotel suite -- Tennessee Williams>
4 -- used to express capability or sufficiency <the back seat will hold three passengers>
5 -- used to express probability and often equivalent to the simple verb <that will be the milkman>
6 a -- used to express determination, insistence, persistence, or willfulness <I have made up my mind to go and go I will> b -- used to express inevitability <accidents will happen>
7 -- used to express a command, exhortation, or injunction <you will do as I say, at once>
intransitive senses : to have a wish or desire <whether we will or no>

(from Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary:
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=would)

Best regards,
Fw

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