Questions! 些都

[Harvey]

My book has this example...

有，这些都是，你要那种？

you zhe xie dou shi, ni you na zhong?

the sentence before that is someon asking if they have any maps of Beijing, this line is what the store keeper says.

My book says that 些 xie means "some", and that 都 dou, means "all".

What oes this sentence mean??

"Yes we have. This is some/all, what kind do you need?"

My guess says that it means... "This is all we have here... what kind do you need?" But not sure. Any help appreciated! How else do you use 些?

- Harvey

[gougou]

这些 都 是 （北京地图）

All of these are (maps of Beijing)

[skylee]

"Yes we have. All of these are (Beijing maps). What kind do you need?"

[hakkaboy]

这些 means "these"

[ala]

这些 = these, 那些 = those, 一些 = some.

都是 = are all, all are

有，这些都是，你要哪种？

(Yes, we) have (it), these are all (it), which kind do you want?

You got to be able to distinguish words (词) from characters (字). 这些 is one word.

[hakkaboy]

That should be:

哪种

[Harvey]

You got to be able to distinguish words (词) from characters (字). 这些 is one word.

Got it!!! Thanks! :-)

[gougou]

这些 is one word.

Really? Isn't 这 a pronoun, and 些 a measure word? (Of course, in English that would be one word.)

[in_lab]

How can we distinguish what are 詞 when most Chinese people can't? Anyone know some rules for deciding? The ABC lists 這些 as pronoun/attributive. I think that means it is not one word, but I'm not sure.

Edit: Pronoun/attributive might mean that it functions as both.