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pirea
User since 2007
Posts: 1

13 March 2008

I am not bothering you am I




i don t understand the meaning of this phrase


thank you for your help

5 comments

  • User since 2006
    Posts: 2715

    13 March 2008

    bother (noun) is trouble


    to bother someone (transitive verb), according to the context, means:
    (1) to disturb s.o. (the most probable sense)
    (2) to irritate s.o.
    (3) to harrass s.o.
    (4) to worry s.o.
    (5) to psychogically hurt s.o.


    I am bothering you,
    gerund because at the moment I am busy bothering you.


    , am I? after a comma (,) and before a question mark (?)
    That's called a question tag.
    The question tag is often negative after a positive statement and negative after a positive statement.
    He is bothering you, isn't he?
    She doesn't bother you, does she?


    I am bothering you, am I? (I think the tag here is not negative because it is a statement at the first person).


    [Anyone who doesn't agree would better tell it.]
  • User since 2006
    Posts: 2715

    13 March 2008

    Anyone who doesn't agree had better tell it. (had instead of would, I think.)
  • User since 2008
    Posts: 4

    2 Aug. 2008

    Good Answer Gee.. Well I have read some of your commensts and I've found them very useful and precise. Thanks a lot.


    Hiksuvi.
  • User since 2008
    Posts: 2

    4 Aug. 2008

    hi
  • User since 2008
    Posts: 1

    23 Sept. 2008

    From pirea:
    I am not bothering you am I
    i don t understand the meaning of this phrase


    thank you for your help

     


    The person is hoping not to disturb the person she's interrupting or she's talking to

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