(gēn shéi yì qǐ) - who with? (in whose company) in Mandarin
gēnshéiyìqǐTraditional: 跟誰一起
Translation
who with? (in whose company)
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跟
谁
一
起
Examples
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Who did you go with?
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Who are you watching the film with at the weekend?
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Who does she live with?
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Who did you do this homework with?
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Who did you have dinner with yesterday?
跟谁一起 (gēn shéi yìqǐ) asks who someone was with, built from three pieces: 跟 (gēn), the preposition "with", 谁 (shéi), "who", and 一起 (yìqǐ), "together". Read in order it is literally "with whom together", the standard way to ask about company on a trip, at a meal or during an activity.
The whole phrase sits before the verb it is questioning, the normal spot for a preposition phrase in Mandarin: 你跟谁一起去的 (nǐ gēn shéi yìqǐ qù de), "who did you go with?", puts 跟谁一起 (gēn shéi yìqǐ) ahead of 去 (qù, "to go"), not tacked onto the end the way English drops "with?" as an afterthought.
谁 (shéi) is also read shuí in more formal or literary Mandarin; both readings are correct and carry the same tone, so a learner will hear either depending on the speaker.
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