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Quick question - why is '去' in this sentence?


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Hi all,

 

Currently going over HSK 4 grammar points and found this example sentence for '差不多.'

 

“这个人电子词典看上去差不多,右边这个怎么这么贵?”

 

While it makes sense (I translate it as 'these two electronic dictionaries are more or less the same, why/how is the one on the left so expensive?'), I don't understand why 去 is being used here. I think it's meant as a complement of direction, i.e. 'if you go to look at the electronic dictionaries...' but thought it worth a second opinion.

 

Cheers all, hope you're all having a lovely day/evening.

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My dictionary translates 看上去 as: kàn shàngqu v.p. it seems; it looks as if ...

... and I must confess I've just treated it as a common word or expression without figuring out exactly how the grammar works.

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13 minutes ago, realmayo said:

My dictionary translates 看上去 as: kàn shàngqu v.p. it seems; it looks as if ...

 

Oh blimey, I never realised it was an expression! I've never come across that before - time to add to the Anki. Cheers. :)

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7 hours ago, Napkat said:

右边这个怎么这么贵?”

why/how is the one on the left so expensive?'

The other left... :mrgreen:

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On 2/17/2017 at 10:52 AM, Napkat said:

 

Oh blimey, I never realised it was an expression! I've never come across that before - time to add to the Anki. Cheers. :)

 

The combination of a verb (usually related with sense) and “上去” ("起来" as well) is quite common, e.g. 看起来,闻起来,摸上去,听起来

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