Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

you think what

/juː ˈθɪŋk ˈwʌt/

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.87 in modern English

Syllables
you -think what
IPA
/juː ˈθɪŋk ˈwʌt/
28
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

What do you think this is?; do you think this is some kind of […] ?; said in response to an impractical or naïve suggestion.

Example Sentences

Etymology

A colloquial interpretation of the phrase what do you think? with reorganized syntax, demonstrating optional wh-fronting in Singlish. Analogous to certain sentence structures in Chinese, e.g., Hokkien 汝儂咧講什物? /汝侬咧讲什物? (lír-lâng leh kóng sím-mih?, “what are you all talking about?”), in which the interrogative word 什物 (sím-mih, “what”) remains where it is and does not move to the front of the sentence.

Inflected Forms

think what (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce you think what?
The recorded pronunciation is /juː ˈθɪŋk ˈwʌt/.
What does you think what mean?
What do you think this is?; do you think this is some kind of […] ?; said in response to an impractical or naïve suggestion.
Where does you think what come from?
A colloquial interpretation of the phrase what do you think? with reorganized syntax, demonstrating optional wh-fronting in Singlish. Analogous to certain sentence structures in Chinese, e.g., Hokkien 汝儂咧講什物? /汝侬咧讲什物? (lír-lâng leh kóng sím-mih?, “what are you all talking about?”), in which the interrogative word 什物 (sím-mih, “what”) remains where it is and does not move to the front of the sentence.

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