Verb + 什么 (a rebuke) · Verbo + 什么 (una reprimenda)
Distinguish a rebuke from a real question
- A person tells someone to stop staring angrily.
- 看什么看！ — The repeated phrase challenges the staring rather than requesting a viewing choice.
Distinguish a rebuke from a real question
- A person tells someone to stop staring angrily.
- to see看what什么to see看！ — The repeated phrase challenges the staring rather than requesting a viewing choice.
A person tells someone to stop staring angrily. What does 看什么看！ communicate?
The repeated phrase challenges the staring rather than requesting a viewing choice. 什么 can also form genuine information questions. Context, repetition and tone distinguish this rebuke from 你想看什么？
Build the form
- The pattern in this lesson is Verb + 什么 (a rebuke). Locate it in the original interlinear examples below.
- Keep the words in their demonstrated positions; the pattern must fit the intended situation as well as the sentence form.
you你rush急what for什么！
Build the form
- The pattern in this lesson is Verb + what什么 (a rebuke). Locate it in the original interlinear examples below.
- Keep the words in their demonstrated positions; the pattern must fit the intended situation as well as the sentence form.
you你rush急what for什么！
Using the lesson pattern in this demonstrated example: What's the rush?! 你急 ____!
Verb + 什么 challenges the action: 急什么! · Verbo + 什么 cuestiona la acción: 急什么!
Read examples in context
- In the opening example, 看什么看！: The repeated phrase challenges the staring rather than requesting a viewing choice.
- Explain who acts, what is described and which time or group is relevant before choosing an English paraphrase.
Read examples in context
- In the opening example, to see看what什么to see看！: The repeated phrase challenges the staring rather than requesting a viewing choice.
- Explain who acts, what is described and which time or group is relevant before choosing an English paraphrase.
看什么看 means… · 看什么看 significa…
Here 什么 dismisses, not asks: 看什么看! · Aquí 什么 rechaza, no pregunta: 看什么看!
Know the boundary
- 什么 can also form genuine information questions.
- Context, repetition and tone distinguish this rebuke from 你想看什么？
Know the boundary
- what什么 can also form genuine information questions.
- Context, repetition and tone distinguish this rebuke from you你want / think / miss想to see看what什么？
This 什么 is a real information question. · Este 什么 es una pregunta de información real.
No — it's a dismissive rebuke (急什么!). · No — es una reprimenda despectiva (急什么!).
In the opening situation: The repeated phrase challenges the staring rather than requesting a viewing choice.
什么 can also form genuine information questions. Context, repetition and tone distinguish this rebuke from 你想看什么？ The repeated phrase challenges the staring rather than requesting a viewing choice.
Use the distinction
- The repeated phrase challenges the staring rather than requesting a viewing choice.
- 什么 can also form genuine information questions. Context, repetition and tone distinguish this rebuke from 你想看什么？
Read the full reference: HSK 5 grammar — Verbs.
Use the distinction
- The repeated phrase challenges the staring rather than requesting a viewing choice.
- what什么 can also form genuine information questions. Context, repetition and tone distinguish this rebuke from you你want / think / miss想to see看what什么？
Read the full reference: HSK 5 grammar — Verbs.