What are you talking about? - frazenn skouer e Saozneg

keyboard_arrow_left

kent

dre zegouezh

da-heul

keyboard_arrow_right

Yezh evit ar frazenn gent, da-heul pe dre zegouezh

warning

N'eo ket bet ouzhpennet ho frazenn dre ma 'z eus dija eus ar pezh a zo da-heul.

star Ar frazenn-mañ a zo perc'hennet gant ur c'homzer genidik.

warning

N'heller ket kaout fiziañs er frazenn-mañ.

content_copy

Eilañ ar frazenn

info

Mont da bajenn an arventennoù

subdirectory_arrow_right

warning

Troidigezhioù

Diliammañ an droidigezh-mañ

link

Lakaat evel troidigezh war-eeun

chevron_right

Ar frazenn #{{::translation.id}} a zo anezhi a zo bet ouzhpennet evel un droidigezh.

edit

Aozañ an droidigezh-mañ

warning

N'heller ket kaout fiziañs er frazenn-mañ.

content_copy

Eilañ ar frazenn

info

Mont da bajenn an arventennoù

subdirectory_arrow_right

warning

Troidigezh un droidigezh

Diliammañ an droidigezh-mañ

link

Lakaat evel troidigezh war-eeun

chevron_right

Ar frazenn #{{::translation.id}} a zo anezhi a zo bet ouzhpennet evel un droidigezh.

edit

Aozañ an droidigezh-mañ

warning

N'heller ket kaout fiziañs er frazenn-mañ.

content_copy

Eilañ ar frazenn

info

Mont da bajenn an arventennoù

subdirectory_arrow_right

warning

{{vm.sentence.expandLabel}} Nebeutoc'h a droidigezhioù

Eldad 28 Gwengolo 2012 28 Gwengolo 2012 da 00:42:14 UTC

flag

Report

link

Liamm-peurbadus

There is an extra space:
about ? >> about?

Horus 20 Genver 2015 20 Genver 2015 da 13:13:33 UTC

flag

Report

link

Liamm-peurbadus

Duplicates of this sentence have been deleted:
x #2564744
x #2495901

Horus 27 Mezheven 2015 27 Mezheven 2015 da 15:30:10 UTC

flag

Report

link

Liamm-peurbadus

Duplicates of this sentence have been deleted:
x #4311073

Horus 23 Here 2015 23 Here 2015 da 02:30:03 UTC

flag

Report

link

Liamm-peurbadus

Duplicates of this sentence have been deleted:
x #4634509

nonong 14 Cʼhwevrer 2016 14 Cʼhwevrer 2016 da 17:52:16 UTC

flag

Report

link

Liamm-peurbadus

It's colloquial, "illegally" ending with a preposition.

More formal: "About what are you talking?"

Raizin 14 Cʼhwevrer 2016, aozet 14 Cʼhwevrer 2016 14 Cʼhwevrer 2016 da 18:10:59 UTC, aozet 14 Cʼhwevrer 2016 da 18:18:34 UTC

flag

Report

link

Liamm-peurbadus

@Nonong: The rule that you can't send a sentence in a preposition is made up by prescriptivist grammarians. They liked it that way because that's how Latin works.

While the it is still taught in some schools, most English speakers have ignored the rule since it was made up, and there is not really a strong basis for it existing.

Even English language authorities such as Merriam-Webster (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OLxLK_R6jQ) and Oxford Dictionaries (http://www.oxforddictionaries.c...tions-american) say that a preposition is a perfectly appropriate kind of word to end a sentence with.

nonong 14 Cʼhwevrer 2016 14 Cʼhwevrer 2016 da 18:17:15 UTC

flag

Report

link

Liamm-peurbadus

In Canada, ending with prepositions in English is still considered bad English, though acceptable colloquially. There's, of course, influence in thinking from the USA.

Raizin 14 Cʼhwevrer 2016, aozet 14 Cʼhwevrer 2016 14 Cʼhwevrer 2016 da 18:23:37 UTC, aozet 14 Cʼhwevrer 2016 da 18:24:00 UTC

flag

Report

link

Liamm-peurbadus

Note that Oxford is a British university, not American. So disregarding that rule is not just an American thing; it's a much more world-wide phenomenon.

nonong 14 Cʼhwevrer 2016 14 Cʼhwevrer 2016 da 18:32:23 UTC

flag

Report

link

Liamm-peurbadus

In Canada, in essay-writing in English, ending a sentence with a preposition is a no-no. But as I said, it's acceptable colloquially--in speaking!

Ooneykcall 14 Cʼhwevrer 2016 14 Cʼhwevrer 2016 da 22:16:44 UTC

flag

Report

link

Liamm-peurbadus

Essays aren't done in neutral style though. It's formal style. Formal style doesn't equate to written style. Neutral style accepts these sentences well. Doesn't have to be colloquial.