ESL General English Grammar Questions

Re: "Is you gonter put hit in de paper?"

Marius Hancu — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 11:04:45 GMT

Easy:-)

>"She said, 'Is you gonter put hit in de paper?'"

"She said, 'Are you going/gonna to put it in the paper?'" [Black dialect

> 'Miss Belle will show me whar to look and I can look at hit.

'Miss Belle will show me where to look and I can look at it.

Re: "Is you gonter put hit in de paper?"

Mr Wordy — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 11:02:39 GMT

1. Yep, I think so.

2. I think it means "where to look".

"Is you gonter put hit in de paper?"

Cadzao — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 09:20:00 GMT

William Faulkner wrote (in Do Down, Moses):

"Do you know what se asked me this morning, back there at the station?" he said.
"Probably not," Stevens said.
"She said, 'Is you gonter put hit in de paper?'"
"What?"
"That's what I said," the editor said. "And she said it again: 'Is you gonter put hit in de paper? I wants hit all in de paper. All of hit."
(...) I just said, 'Why, you couldn't read it, Aunty.' And she said, 'Miss Belle will show me whar to look and I can look at hit. You put hit in de paper. All of hit.'"

1. Is you gonter put hit in de paper?" = "Are you going to put it in the paper?" Am I right?
2. Whar to look = "how to look" or "what to look?"

Please help!

Cadzao