想了想有什么意思
trevorb
August 24, 2010 at 07:06 PM posted in I Have a Question我最近看一本书。 一个句是“他想了想” 我觉得句的意思是"he thought and thought" 对不对。
如果不对有什么意思
trevorb
August 26, 2010 at 09:48 PM
Cheers simon that makes sense, I just haven't got a firm handle on 了yet!
simonpettersson
August 26, 2010 at 12:24 AM
The '了' isn't really part of the pattern. It's what happens when you add a '了' to a reduplicated word. You usually stick it in the middle. '了' can have many different meanings, but one of them is similar to the past tense in English. So "我想想": I'll have a think/let me think; "我想了想": I had a think/I thought about it.
You can also stick an '一' in there without it changing much: "我想一想" means pretty much the same thing.
trevorb
August 25, 2010 at 07:39 PMjust a little thought here if
看了看 means have a little look as does 看看 what would be the more usually used format?
I've heard 想想 in use before and assumed this to be have a little think. Is the verb pattern just shortened by removing the 了in common practice?