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 #2 (permalink) Sun Feb 22, 2009 22:38 pm 'There you are' |
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there you are or there you go (an idiom)
a. an expression used when handing a person something
b. an exclamation of satisfaction or vindication
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| #3 (permalink) Mon Feb 23, 2009 13:58 pm Meaning of 'There you are' |
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| what about "here we go", "there we go" Milanya? |
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| #4 (permalink) Mon Feb 23, 2009 15:29 pm Meaning of 'There you are' |
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| Both "there you are" and "here you are" and also "there you go" and "here you go" can be used when giving somebody something that the person has requested or you have offered (for example: a cup of coffee). |
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| #5 (permalink) Mon Feb 23, 2009 16:49 pm Meaning of 'There you are' |
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| Anna.ha wrote: |
| what about "here we go", "there we go" Milanya? |
You would use this to tell people that you are about to go somewhere. "Here" and "there" are here not to be necessarily taken to mean physical place. You could even mutter to yourself "here we go again" when your wife starts a row. It then has the extended sense of "look, inner person, here we go again, you and I (or my wife and I), into the sequence of this row". |
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| #6 (permalink) Mon Feb 23, 2009 18:40 pm Meaning of 'There you are' |
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Hi Anna,
The use of 'here/there we go' is most often an extension of 'here/there we are'. The addition of 'go' strengthens the idea of something happening. With reference to the dialogue about the cereal packet, 'go' conveys the idea that it is here and look I am actually handing it to you.
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| #7 (permalink) Mon Feb 23, 2009 20:50 pm Meaning of 'There you are' |
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Alan, that's a bit complicating. I try to keep it simple for my students. I tell them to simply "take it." "Take it and use it."
Where's my coffee? Can I have my key? Do you have a newspaper I can read? Can I see that book?
Sorry. Here you are. Sure. There you go. Sure. Here you go. Sure. There you are.
Of course all of these have to be said with the correct intonation. (Hereyago) |
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| #8 (permalink) Tue Feb 24, 2009 9:51 am Meaning of 'There you are' |
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Hi Chava,
Complicated? Just answering the question, that's all.
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| #9 (permalink) Tue Feb 24, 2009 14:34 pm Meaning of 'There you are' |
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| Alan, that's a bit complicating. |
I don't think it's complicating either, Chaya.
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| #10 (permalink) Tue Feb 24, 2009 14:54 pm I try to keep it simple |
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| I try to keep explanations simple. Just get the phrases into their heads while understanding the situation it can be used in. |
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