i cannot explain i am WORDLESS GOD FUCK yall the meaning behind when he tian said 我什么都给你 it’s not JUST “i’ll give you anything(/everything)” like for the non natives out there i want you to know chinese is extremely contextual to the point we basically do Not have tense or verb form and “good” prose is usually dependent on conveying as much as possible in as little amount of words as possible ok now when he says 什么 by itself it means literally “What” but what is What??? What is not quantifiable yes in context of this sentence it means anything but it’s so much more than that because the word What cannot be reasonably quantified and put into a singular or plural form and that’s our context i’m half brain dead from this chapter idk how else to explain this ok he doesn’t say 你要什么我给什么 (literally means you want what i give what) or 我会/要给你全部 (literally i want to/will give you everything) no he says “my What all give you” there is no tense no intent or will he is simply saying everything he tian is/was/will be & everything he had/has/will have anything everything everywhere is mo’s for the taking ok the word “anything” or “everything” isn’t the same amount as What this is something beyond infinity idk how else to tell you guys that that phrase is so profoundly romantic the english translation literally cannot do it justice no matter how i try to rephrase it MOM I WAITED A DECADE FOR THIS SHIT TAKE ME TO THE FUCKING HOSPITAL
心好细😭😭
IT’S THE TENSE ;)
‘you want what I give what ’ and ‘will give you anything’ are both abt the future and feels like it has to be delivered through physical actions or what
but in Chinese it’s like in this moment
Like more of feelings...
