Difference between revisions of "Ending a non-exhaustive list with "shenme de""
| Line 14: | Line 14: | ||
<div class="liju"> | <div class="liju"> | ||
| − | * 欧洲 有 哪 些 国家? 法国，英国，德国 <em>什么 的</em>。 反正 都 是 些 小 国家！ | + | * 欧洲 有 哪 些 国家? 法国，英国，德国 <em>什么 的</em>。 反正 都 是 些 小 国家！<span class="trans">Which countries are in Europe? France, England, Germany, etc. Anyway, they are all small countries!</span> |
| − | * 像 数学 啊，化学 啊，英语 啊 <em>什么的</em>，我 都 觉得 超级 无聊，不 想 学！ | + | * 像 数学 啊，化学 啊，英语 啊 <em>什么的</em>，我 都 觉得 超级 无聊，不 想 学！<span class="trans">Math, chemistry, English, and so on. I think they are all really boring. I don't want to study them!</span> |
| − | * 游泳 啊 <em>什么的</em> 对 身体 有 好处。 | + | * 游泳 啊 <em>什么的</em> 对 身体 有 好处。<span class="trans">Swimming and such is good for the body.</span> |
</div> | </div> | ||
| − | It can be a little impolite to use 什么的 after a list of peoples names, in which case 等 can be used in place of 什么的. When referring to a list of friends in informal contexts there is no problem using 什么的. | + | It can be a little impolite to use 什么的 after a list of peoples names, in which case [[Non-exhaustive lists with "dengdeng"|等]] can be used in place of 什么的. When referring to a list of friends in informal contexts there is no problem using 什么的. |
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Revision as of 01:20, 17 June 2013
-
Level
-
Similar to
-
Used for
-
Keywords
什么的(shénme de) is an informal way to express etc., and used to end a list of items when it is obvious to the listener what class of things the speaker is talking about.It can also be used after a single item if it is obvious enough what might follow.
Structure
List + 什么的
Examples
- 欧洲 有 哪 些 国家? 法国，英国，德国 什么 的。 反正 都 是 些 小 国家！Which countries are in Europe? France, England, Germany, etc. Anyway, they are all small countries!
- 像 数学 啊，化学 啊，英语 啊 什么的，我 都 觉得 超级 无聊，不 想 学！Math, chemistry, English, and so on. I think they are all really boring. I don't want to study them!
- 游泳 啊 什么的 对 身体 有 好处。Swimming and such is good for the body.
It can be a little impolite to use 什么的 after a list of peoples names, in which case 等 can be used in place of 什么的. When referring to a list of friends in informal contexts there is no problem using 什么的.
