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Expressing "some" with question words
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Keywords
[哪儿](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/%E5%93%AA%E5%84%BF)
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Translations
[somewhere](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Somewhere),
[someone](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Someone),
[something](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Something),
[somehow](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Somehow),
[sometime](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Sometime)
Contents
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- [1 "Somewhere"
with
哪儿](#.22Somewhere.22_with_.E5.93.AA.E5.84.BF "wikilink")
- [1.1
Examples](#Examples "wikilink")
- [2 "Someone"
with 谁](#.22Someone.22_with_.E8.B0.81 "wikilink")
- [2.1
Examples](#Examples_2 "wikilink")
- [3 "Something"
with
什么](#.22Something.22_with_.E4.BB.80.E4.B9.88 "wikilink")
- [3.1
Examples](#Examples_3 "wikilink")
- [4 "Sometime"
with
什么时候](#.22Sometime.22_with_.E4.BB.80.E4.B9.88.E6.97.B6.E5.80.99 "wikilink")
- [4.1
Examples](#Examples_4 "wikilink")
- [5 See
also](#See_also "wikilink")
- [6 Sources and
further reading](#Sources_and_further_reading "wikilink")
- [6.1
Books](#Books "wikilink")
- 这个 人 我 在 *哪儿* 见 过 。Zhège rén wǒ zài
*nǎr* jiàn guo.I met this person
somewhere.
- 这 首 歌 我 在 *哪儿* 听 过 。Zhè shǒu gē wǒ
zài *nǎr* tīng guo.I've heard this song
somewhere.
- 这 篇 文章 我们 在 *哪儿* 看 过 。Zhè piān
wénzhāng wǒmen zài *nǎr* kàn guo.I've
read this article somewhere.
"Someone" with 谁
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### Examples
- 你 让 *谁* 来 帮 我 一下 。Nǐ ràng *shéi* lái
bāng wǒ yīxià.Ask somebody to help me
with this.
- 这 件 事 我 听 *谁* 说 过 。Zhè jiàn shì wǒ
tīng *shéi* shuō guo.I've heard someone
say this before.
- 你 找 *谁* 带 你 进去 吧 。Nǐ zhǎo *shéi* dài
nǐ jìnqù ba.You should find someone to
take you inside.
"Something" with 什么
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### Examples
- 我们 应该 做 点儿 *什么* 。Wǒmen yīnggāi zuò
diǎnr *shénme*.We should do
something.
- 老大 ，你 不 说 点儿 *什么* ？Lǎodà, nǐ bù shuō
diǎnr *shénme*?Boss, aren't you going to
say something?
- 我 想 喝 点儿 *什么* 。Wǒ xiǎng hē diǎnr
*shénme*.I want to drink
something.
"Sometime" with 什么时候
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### Examples
- *什么 时候* 我们 见面 谈 吧 。*Shénme shíhou*
wǒmen jiànmiàn tán ba.Let's meet and talk
about this sometime.
- *什么 时候* 来 我 新 家 玩 吧 。*Shénme shíhou*
lái wǒ xīn jiā wán ba.You should come to
my new house to hangout sometime.
- 我们 *什么 时候* 去 看看 他 吧 。Wǒmen *shénme
shíhou* qù kànkan tā ba.Let's pay him a
visit sometime.
See also
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- [Expressing "every" with question
words](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22every%22_with_question_words)
- [Advanced yes-no questions with
"ma"](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Advanced_yes-no_questions_with_%22ma%22)
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