<p>In short:</p>

<p>你这么说的时候，我<strong>就</strong>感到困惑.<br>
<strong>Whenever</strong> you say it like that, I feel confused.</p>

<p>你这么说的时候，我(会)感到困惑.<br>
<strong>When</strong> you say it like that, I feel confused.</p>

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2017-08-23T12:43:07.110Z
2017-08-23T12:43:07.110Z
iBug
<p>In short: 就 means AND. Yes, just AND with a salt of "already". There are many ANDs in chinese, each AND marks different flavors of english AND.
就 must be used in cases where you want to stress consequece of an action. Like: <em>"Do X <strong>and</strong> I do Y."</em> which should be translated as</p>

<p>*"Do X, I 就 do Y" Here 就 serves as <em>logical-consequence-AND</em>. That means there are two interpretations for this sentence: </p>

<ol>
<li>I will do Y because of your doing <strong>X</strong> (and not Z).</li>
<li>I will do Y because of your <strong>doing</strong> X (and I was just waiting for this time to come, so I'll do my Y right after you)"*</li>
</ol>

<p>In English you can also drop AND from the sentence: </p>

<p><em>"Do X, I do Y."</em> </p>

<p>The meaning has ALMOST not changed but, by dropping <strong>stressed and</strong> (mind you it's not any AND), you've intrioduced a couple of new interpretations to the sentence. That is,</p>

<ol>
<li>You do X, I do Y but my doing Y has nothing to do with you doing X, it's just a consequence. There is no logical relation between us doing our thing.</li>
<li>You do X and I do Y becuase you do X.</li>
<li>You do X and I do Y after you do X.
By dropping explicit steress on AND you maximize the entropy of your message here, that is, there are more interpretations now then was befor with <strong>stressed and</strong>.</li>
</ol>

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2017-08-24T15:47:08.590Z
2017-08-24T16:28:14.340Z
2017-08-24T16:28:14.340Z
coobit
<p>I don't think you should add 就.
I am a nativie Chinese. Believe me .I don't feel good when I read the sentence 你这么说的时候，我就感到困惑.</p>

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2017-08-24T17:03:10.173Z
2017-08-24T17:03:10.173Z
Wendy
<p>If I want to say "When you say it like that, I feel confused" would it be "你这么说的时候，我就感到困惑"? Also, if I just wanted to say "saying it like that makes me confused" would that be "这么说让我感到困惑"? Trying to get a feel for how sentences are constructed. Thanks.</p>

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2017-08-23T06:46:38.197Z
The sentences you made are correct.
dan
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2017-08-23T07:09:09.960Z
I would probably omit 的時候 in the first sentence, because the “When” is not really about time. The 就 fits nicely in that sentence.
Philipp
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2017-08-23T08:06:40.137Z
or use 当 at the start instead: 当你这么说，我就。。。（study samples at jukuu)
user6065
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2017-08-24T00:37:19.093Z
it stresses the reason or the moment.
Daniel Yang
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Should I use 就 in when translating "when you say it like that, I feel confused", e.g. ...我就感到困惑?
# Should I use 就 in when translating "when you say it like that, I feel confused", e.g. ...我就感到困惑?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-08-23)

If I want to say "When you say it like that, I feel confused" would it be "你这么说的时候，我就感到困惑"? Also, if I just wanted to say "saying it like that makes me confused" would that be "这么说让我感到困惑"? Trying to get a feel for how sentences are constructed. Thanks.

**Tags:** grammar

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: The sentences you made are correct.  
> **username_2**: I would probably omit 的時候 in the first sentence, because the “When” is not really about time. The 就 fits nicely in that sentence.  
> **username_3**: or use 当 at the start instead: 当你这么说，我就。。。（study samples at jukuu)  
> **username_4**: it stresses the reason or the moment.  

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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_5 on 2017-08-23. Score: 2

In short:

你这么说的时候，我**就**感到困惑.  
**Whenever** you say it like that, I feel confused.

你这么说的时候，我(会)感到困惑.  
**When** you say it like that, I feel confused.


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### Answer by username_6 on 2017-08-24. Score: 0

In short: 就 means AND. Yes, just AND with a salt of "already". There are many ANDs in chinese, each AND marks different flavors of english AND.
就 must be used in cases where you want to stress consequece of an action. Like: *"Do X **and** I do Y."* which should be translated as

\*"Do X, I 就 do Y" Here 就 serves as *logical-consequence-AND*. That means there are two interpretations for this sentence:

1. I will do Y because of your doing **X** (and not Z).
2. I will do Y because of your **doing** X (and I was just waiting for this time to come, so I'll do my Y right after you)"\*

In English you can also drop AND from the sentence:

*"Do X, I do Y."*

The meaning has ALMOST not changed but, by dropping **stressed and** (mind you it's not any AND), you've intrioduced a couple of new interpretations to the sentence. That is,

1. You do X, I do Y but my doing Y has nothing to do with you doing X, it's just a consequence. There is no logical relation between us doing our thing.
2. You do X and I do Y becuase you do X.
3. You do X and I do Y after you do X.
   By dropping explicit steress on AND you maximize the entropy of your message here, that is, there are more interpretations now then was befor with **stressed and**.


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### Answer by username_7 on 2017-08-24. Score: -2

I don't think you should add 就.
I am a nativie Chinese. Believe me .I don't feel good when I read the sentence 你这么说的时候，我就感到困惑.


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