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我不想和你说什么


bossidy

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Am I the only one confused by the inclusion of "和" in many sentences? Can someone explain how it is used in this example?

我不想和你说什么

I -- DON"T THINK/WANT/MISS -- AND -- YOU -- SPEAK -- WHAT.

Is 和 joining 想 and 你说什么 to mean something like "I don't miss you and what you have say"?

Or does it simply mean "I don't want to know what you have to say"? And if so, why is 和 necessary.

Thanks in advance.

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I think you're being misled by the wide range of uses of "and" in the English language.

In Chinese 和 can only connect nouns, so your translation wouldn't work.

和 can also work as a co-verb, so in that case it would work like the preposition "with" in English. In conjunction with 说 it would mean something like "to talk with", so "I don't want to talk with you". The 什么 here just means "anything"...

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