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From :   Lee Kong

Date : 2009-08-23 / 08:55PM

Hi Benny,

What does 该上 means in the following sentence:

现在真的该上哪找钱去

Thanks!

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lulanke

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 Roland Parijs yahoo.com 
2009-08-24 / 12:24AM

Hello Lee Kong,

I think the whole sentence means:

xiàn zài zhēnde gāi shàng nǎ zhǎo qián qù
现在真的该上哪找钱 去

“Realy where do we look for(search 找) money(找钱 as one word means change!) from now.
ie Where do we look for money.
该上 is not one word actually but two, 上 being part of the structure 上哪 去 where …. go to.去denoting a direction away from the speaker.
Hope I have ilucidated your question …

Hope I am right Benny..

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benny

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 Benny the Mandarin Teacher bennysland.com 
2009-08-24 / 11:22AM

Hi Roland,

This is a very professional answer to this structure.

Literally “该上 = should go…..”. The structure here is “上哪去….+ verb”.

Benny



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