English Explanatory Dictionary

you think what

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/juː ˈθɪŋk ˈwʌt/ [ju˨ ˈtɪŋ˦ ˈwät˦˧]

Word forms

you think what think what

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.

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