Zhè vs Zhège

[Jiā Míng]

I am studyin Chinese is school, but see the teacher once a week so I cant really ask her. What is the difference between zhège and zhè? Like," zhè shì shénme" vs "zhège shì shénme"

[small tree]

it's safe to say

there is little difference between 这个 and 这

这个 is somehow official while 这 is used in oral chinese

[马盖云]

I'm hardly an expert, but so you will get at least one answer to your first question...

The ge is a generic measure word, and is used between a number (or a specifier like 'this' or That') and a noun. So it has the sense of "one of whatever item you are talking about" So in this case, your questions translate to "What is this?" and What is this one?" repectively. Not much difference. If you were in the room with the person you were talking to, you might be pointing to a specific object. (like my first trip to china, all I could do was point to a menu and say "zhege...zhege..." to the pictures of food! :-)

[JessieJessie]

这个is used before a countable noun,mostly in written form, "这个姑娘" ， 这is used as a pronoun for an abstract noun or uncountable noun, mostly in oral form,"这事怎么办"“这可不行”

hope it helps

[Jiā Míng]

Thank you!!!

Also, sorry for the poor grammar on my original post. I was posting from an iPod Touch in school.