提问

更新于 2020年1月28日

j007

2015年11月13日

波斯语

英语 (美国)
韩语
塔吉克语

关于英语 (美国) 的问题

Suppose a group of school kids want to play "tag". They must select a person. In this situation how do you say :

1-let's select someone"?
2- let's draw (?)
3- Who was chosen by pick / draw (?)
4- You are selected by draw(?), so stay outside.

Actually I need to know possible sentences you use in this situation. :)

回答

kazul

2015年11月14日

最有帮助的回答

英语 (美国)

No problem. ;) Hmm. I think I'd say "Let's do Eenie Meenie Miney Moe."

That said, this is an activity so casual that there really aren't set phrases, and of course little kids may say all kinds of unusual things. :)

这个答案有帮助吗？

分享这个问题

Copy URL

pleiades

2015年11月13日

英语 (美国)

I think a lot of kids sorta just say "XYZ is it!" and then start shouting and running around. We don't really formally say someone's been selected, just that they are now "it". You don't want to be "it" if you can't run very fast, which was always my problem f^-^')

这个答案有帮助吗？

j007

2015年11月13日

波斯语

Interesting! 😀
Thanks a lot, Pleiades .

But if some young friends are going to a picnic, and they want to choose someone to do something, what do they say? :)

( I have seen in the movies they might play " Rock, paper, scissors ", or " draw a straw" , sing " Eeny Meeny Miny Moe" ).

pleiades

2015年11月13日

英语 (美国)

Kids don't usually have the level of organization to have set phrases for each thing. Games and songs kinda start because someone usually says "Hey let's do/play/sing XYZ!" and the everyone shows their agreement by doing it.

这个答案有帮助吗？

j007

2015年11月13日

波斯语

Ok, I got it. Thanks again. 👍💐💐💐

v-tanabata

2015年11月13日

英语 (美国)

I think kids would usually say "pick" instead of "select"

Select is a little more formal than pick, so a kid could say "I pick you!" rather than "I select you!"

这个答案有帮助吗？

j007

2015年11月13日

波斯语

Oh, I see. Thanks for teaching that point to me, v-tanabata. 💐💐

I just found " singing a counting-out rhyme for choosing it",

Can I say:
" let's find who is it?"

" let's count out ? "

v-tanabata

2015年11月13日

英语 (美国)

Both of them seem a little unnatural but it's hard for me to figure out why

I think "let's find who is it" could be said as "let's find out who it is" or "let's see who it is"

I could imagine a kid saying that before doing the rhyme

I don't think they would "count out," but if it were a counting rhyme they might just say "let's count"

A popular rhyme is "Eeny, meeny, miny, moe,
Catch a tiger by the toe.
If he hollers, let him go,
Eeny, meeny, miny, moe."

Sometimes kids will add all sort of funny variations to it :)

这个答案有帮助吗？

j007

2015年11月13日

波斯语

Interesting! 😊

But here, in Iran the kids before starting to sing that rhyme ( Persian version for " Eeny meeny ...) they say something that implies "let's find out who it is" and choose "it" by singing that rhyme.

And I need to know the English equivalent for this kind of "choosing /picking " made by singing counting-out rhymes. :)

(Sorry, I don't know how to explain what I'm looking for. )

kazul

2015年11月13日

英语 (美国)

When I played, the first question was always, "Who's It?"

Frequently this created a lot of argument. "John is It!" "I don't want to be It! I'm always It! Somebody else should be It!" "Okay, fine, let's do Rock-Paper-Scissors!" (or any other choosing game) "Rock-Paper-Scissors - you lose - you're It - GO!"

Among my friends it was always Rock-Paper-Scissors, but Eenie-Meenie-Miny-Moe is really common too (of course, you only have to play these games if you can't agree). I've never heard of "counting out."

It's a fun topic to think about! :)

这个答案有帮助吗？

j007

2015年11月14日

波斯语

Thank you so much, Kazul. 👍👍👍👍💐💐💐💐
And if they want to choose by Eyni meeni ..." , what would they say:"let's .... (?) Eyni meeni mini mo!"

kazul

2015年11月14日

英语 (美国)

No problem. ;) Hmm. I think I'd say "Let's do Eenie Meenie Miney Moe."

That said, this is an activity so casual that there really aren't set phrases, and of course little kids may say all kinds of unusual things. :)

这个答案有帮助吗？

j007

2015年11月14日

波斯语

Thank you so much, Kazul.👍👍🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺

[来自HiNative]Hi！正在学习外语的你

你知道如何提升自己的外语能力吗❓只需写下外语文章并让母语使用者更正！
使用HiNative，免费让母语使用者帮你订正文章✍️✨

注册新帐户

分享这个问题

Copy URL

Suppose a group of school kids want to play "tag". They must select a person. In this situation how do you say :

1-let's select someone"?
2- let's draw (?)
3- Who was chosen by pick / draw (?)
4- You are selected by draw(?), so stay outside.

Actually I need to know possible sentences you use in this situation. :)

免费向母语使用者提问

免费注册

No problem. ;) Hmm. I think I'd say "Let's do Eenie Meenie Miney Moe."That said, this is an activity so casual that there really aren't set phrases, and of course little kids may say all kinds of unusual things. :)

I think a lot of kids sorta just say "XYZ is it!" and then start shouting and running around. We don't really formally say someone's been selected, just that they are now "it". You don't want to be "it" if you can't run very fast, which was always my problem f^-^')

Kids don't usually have the level of organization to have set phrases for each thing. Games and songs kinda start because someone usually says "Hey let's do/play/sing XYZ!" and the everyone shows their agreement by doing it.

I think kids would usually say "pick" instead of "select"Select is a little more formal than pick, so a kid could say "I pick you!" rather than "I select you!"

No problem. ;) Hmm. I think I'd say "Let's do Eenie Meenie Miney Moe."That said, this is an activity so casual that there really aren't set phrases, and of course little kids may say all kinds of unusual things. :)

免费向母语使用者提问

No problem. ;) Hmm. I think I'd say "Let's do Eenie Meenie Miney Moe."

That said, this is an activity so casual that there really aren't set phrases, and of course little kids may say all kinds of unusual things. :)

I think kids would usually say "pick" instead of "select"

Select is a little more formal than pick, so a kid could say "I pick you!" rather than "I select you!"

No problem. ;) Hmm. I think I'd say "Let's do Eenie Meenie Miney Moe."

That said, this is an activity so casual that there really aren't set phrases, and of course little kids may say all kinds of unusual things. :)