Thread: Why?

Hi. Could someone give me some examples of using зачем and почему?

Originally Posted by brleealbright

Hi. Could someone give me some examples of using зачем and почему?

It's elementary. Just use зачем as you do "what for" and почему as you do "why".

"Зачем" means "for what purpose" and "Почему" means "for what reason".

its like the english

How come? зачем?
why? почему

Originally Posted by Dogboy182

How come? зачем?

I thought зачем="what for" and "how come"= kinda "как так", "как это"...
How come you lost your keys? = Как так получилось что ты потерял свои ключи?

It's generally best to just ignore Dogboy whenever he posts anything in English.

Зачем я?

How come I? How come I do the things I do?

not

What for I. What for I a good student!

@scother

STFU don't talk to alexei like that.

Both of them don't make any sense. You need a verb there.

YES THEY DO. you'd hear that all the time. besides its just the name of a song. And, there is a verb. Howcome i DO the things i DO.

This is the first time I've ever heard "How come I" from a native speaker. Or anybody, for that matter.

its the name of a song sosng osngo n sogn song.

Where she continues to say "How come i wait for you, howcome i do this, how come i do that"


And, maybe you don't get much human contact in new mexico but here you could hear it everyday.

"Teacher, how come i have to do my work? i want to sleep"
"Howcome i have to take out the garbage"

etc.

If you're just attacking the "how come i" part. then let me tell u for the 10th time its the name of a song. Does every name for every song have to be a compleye sentence.

Ohhhh, I thought you meant "How come I" alone.

=) no.

Зачем я? is a t.a.t.u. song.

you just had to open your mouth didn't you.

Originally Posted by Dogboy182

"Teacher, how come i have to do my work? i want to sleep"
"Howcome i have to take out the garbage"

It's not зачем, it's почему, isn't it?

scotcher: thanks for the advice, I must look not smart enough to decide myself who to listen and who to ignore, next time I'll try my best to look smarter

dogboy: thanks

You don't look like anything Alexei, you're a faceless collection of text on a web page.

I was only joking though, and was just trying to suggest that the supposition in your previous post was correct, and that you were right to question dogboy's advice.

I'll be sure to be clearer next time by adorning my post with loads of smilies whenever I'm not being entirely serious

Originally Posted by scotcher

You don't look like anything Alexei, you're a faceless collection of text on a web page.

Well, that's something at least

I was only joking though, and was just trying to suggest that the supposition in your previous post was correct, and that you were right to question dogboy's advice.

Probably I'd have got the joke if I'd known you better...

I'll be sure to be clearer next time by adorning my post with loads of smilies whenever I'm not being entirely serious :D 8) :lol: :roll: :D

Whatever you want :)