anonymoose Posted November 16, 2008 at 05:06 PM Report Share Posted November 16, 2008 at 05:06 PM Part of an online conversation went like this: A: 火灾是你造成的吗? B: 滚 B: 你造成的要么 I guess this should be translated something like: A: Did you cause the fire? B: Get lost B: You caused it more like However, I'm not really sure about the 要么 at the end of the final line. I guess this is very informal speech, not really conforming to regular grammar rules. But I would like to know, is my understanding correct? Could someone possibly expand on this use of 要么 and perhaps give some other examples? Thanks. (I know the 要么X要么Y construction) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xiaocai Posted November 16, 2008 at 05:22 PM Report Share Posted November 16, 2008 at 05:22 PM The last line doesn't sound right, or at least complete, to me. I'm speculating that it might be a typo and is supposed to be 是么 instead of 要么, which would make much more sense to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randall_flagg Posted November 16, 2008 at 08:08 PM Report Share Posted November 16, 2008 at 08:08 PM I think this is a typo. In fact, it looks like a typo that a couple of my friends frequently make. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L-F-J Posted November 17, 2008 at 10:39 PM Report Share Posted November 17, 2008 at 10:39 PM 要么 can stand alone as "or", so it may be an unfinished sentence, saying "you caused it or.. (who did?)" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randall_flagg Posted November 18, 2008 at 06:48 AM Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 at 06:48 AM Really? And I just my friends drank too much coffee. I stand corrected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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