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谁…谁… (疑问代词呼应)

Correlative question words: whatever…, that…; whoever…, they…

HSK 4HSK 3.0 · 5

(S) + V + interrogative pronoun, (S) + 就 + V + the same interrogative pronoun

The same question word appears in both clauses and refers to the same thing: 你想吃什么就点什么 'order whatever you want to eat', 谁先到谁买票 'whoever arrives first buys the tickets'. The second clause usually contains 就. Both question words must be identical (什么…什么, 哪儿…哪儿, 怎么…怎么); don't replace the second with 这/那.

HSK 4–5 reading and sentence ordering.

Examples

  • 你想吃什么就点什么。

    Order whatever you'd like to eat.

  • 谁先到谁买票。

    Whoever gets there first buys the tickets.

  • 哪儿便宜我们就去哪儿买。

    We'll buy it wherever it's cheapest.

  • 你想怎么做就怎么做吧。

    Do it however you like.

Exercises

  1. 1.你想去哪儿,我们就去 。

  2. 2.谁想去, 就报名。

  3. 3.The sentence 你喜欢什么就买什么 means:

  4. 4.你想怎么写就 写。

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