看看书什么的 看书
“to read. You like to read?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我就喜欢
“I like”
看看书什么的 看书
“to read. You like to read?”
我也喜欢看书
“I like to read, too.”
“I'm a fairly quiet, thoughtful person, if you like that sort of thing.”
Downplaying cultured interests with vague suffixes like '什么的' helps avoid appearing arrogant or boastful during early dating encounters.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
read books; do some reading
Verb reduplication softens the activity, making it sound relaxed and casual.
and things like that; or whatever
Appended after lists or activities to keep statements open-ended and modest.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“What's the name of this book?”
“What have you been reading lately?”
“book were you just reading?”
“What are you looking at?”
“Learn what? Learn whatever you're told to learn!”
“If you want to read the books there,”