Hey! I’m new to japanese and to wanikani sooo hello :stuck_out_tongue: But i came across this 何してんのお前 which i think means whats ur opinion but can you also translate it to what do you think? or is that written a little differently? Thanks for everyones help :stuck_out_tongue: didn’t know you could…

I think it means “What are you doing”. 何しているの、お前 “What doing, you?!”

[image] plantron: I think it means “What are you doing”. 何しているの、お前 “What doing, you?!” Agreed. Are you listening to this or are you reading it written somewhere? If the former, I’d go with plantron’s explanation. If the latter, they may be drunk…?

That’s not what he wrote though :stuck_out_tongue: 何してんのお前 What opinion’s you I don’t know, doesn’t make sense to me :stuck_out_tongue: As Gsai said, maybe he didn’t write it properly/heard it, we’ll see

[image] Loglog74: That’s not what he wrote though :stuck_out_tongue: :thinking: That’s what he wrote, but it’s the same just contracted.

You can contract ている form into てん ?

I think in spoken language you sometimes hear that.

Thanks for the link, didn’t know that !

When trying to convey spoken language, you can sometimes see a る sound contracted to ん when it comes before another n-sound like の. That and 〜ている often is spoken as 〜てる. So it’s two separate processes combined into one.

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Kazzeon March 20, 2019, 9:12pm 9

You can contract ているの into てんの. The い is omitted.

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