Difference between revisions of "So"

Revision as of 20:55, 13 March 2020

so many friends = tant d'amis so few friends = si peu d'amis so much time = tant de temps so little time = si peu de temps

note to self: check terminology here

Margot: How do you turn this light off?
Matt: There's a button underneath.
Margot picks up the lamp and looks underneath.
Margot: So there is. That's a strange place for a button.

Cf. ainsi

Indicates that someone is seeking input (an answer to a question, a readiness to move on...)

Would you be so kind as to give me your name? (silly formula, often a bit snarky)

wh- so ADJ as to V

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 note to self:  check terminology here
-*Adult: Go to your room.
+*<span style="font-variant:small-caps;color:#888;">Adult</span>: Go to your room.
-*Young Child: Why?
+*<span style="font-variant:small-caps;color:#888;">Young child</span>: Why?
-*Adult: Because I said so.
+*<span style="font-variant:small-caps;color:#888;">Adult</span>: Because I said ''so''.
-*Parent #1:  Did she really finish all her homework?
+*<span style="font-variant:small-caps;color:#888;">Parent #1</span>:  Did she really finish all her homework?
-*Parent #2: So she says.
+*<span style="font-variant:small-caps;color:#888;">Parent #2 (a bit doubtful)</span>: ''So'' she says.
-*Margot:  How do you turn this light off?
+*<span style="font-variant:small-caps;color:#888;">Margot</span>:  How do you turn this light off?
-*Matt:  There's a button underneath.
+*<span style="font-variant:small-caps;color:#888;">Matt</span>:  There's a button underneath.
-*::''Margot picks up the lamp and looks underneath''
+*::<span style="font-variant:small-caps;color:#888;">''Margot picks up the lamp and looks underneath''.</span>
-*Margot:  So there is.  That's a strange place for a button.
+*<span style="font-variant:small-caps;color:#888;">Margot</span>:  ''So'' there is.  That's a strange place for a button.
 Cf.  ''ainsi''