<p>Let's break up the sentence into segments: 你 究竟是 还 看了些 什么东西?</p>
<p>Now let's eliminate &quot;究竟是&quot;, the remaining sentence is 你 还 看了些 什么东西? - What else you have seen?</p>
<p>究竟 can mean &quot;after all&quot;, &quot;actually&quot; or &quot;ever&quot;. The former two meanings fit this sentence well - After all (Actually), what else you have seen? Tang Ho's comment is correct, &quot;是&quot; can be dropped without affecting the sentence - 你究竟还看了些什么东西?</p>

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2021-08-08T18:12:59.093Z
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r13
<p>Need more context. But to me, it means &quot;After all, you have read something&quot;, like a teacher speaking to a naughty student, expressing his surprise that the student does has some knowledge.</p>

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2021-09-09T00:40:01.413Z
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Toosky Hierot
<p>The direct translation is &quot;what else did you see?&quot; But the form of this statement is not usual. It is possible to have more potential meaning in different situations. Need more content.</p>

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whx
<p>So I was reading a novel and I don't get &quot;你究竟是还看了些 什么东西&quot; does it mean &quot;what else did you see?&quot; Or would it be more like &quot;what else did you learn?&quot;</p>

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2021-08-08T07:00:16.697Z
是 seems out of place in 你究竟(是)还看了些 什么东西
Tang Ho
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2021-08-08T07:06:53.407Z
Can you provide more context?
dan
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2021-08-08T14:07:24.177Z
是 seems redundant, the sentence is already completed with the verb 看
Tang Ho
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What does "你究竟是还看了些 什么东西" mean?
# What does "你究竟是还看了些 什么东西" mean?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-08-08)

So I was reading a novel and I don't get "你究竟是还看了些 什么东西" does it mean "what else did you see?" Or would it be more like "what else did you learn?"

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: 是 seems out of place in 你究竟(是)还看了些 什么东西  
> **username_2**: Can you provide more context?  
> **username_1**: 是 seems redundant, the sentence is already completed with the verb 看  

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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2021-08-08. Score: 1

Let's break up the sentence into segments: 你 究竟是 还 看了些 什么东西?

Now let's eliminate "究竟是", the remaining sentence is 你 还 看了些 什么东西? - What else you have seen?

究竟 can mean "after all", "actually" or "ever". The former two meanings fit this sentence well - After all (Actually), what else you have seen? username_1 Ho's comment is correct, "是" can be dropped without affecting the sentence - 你究竟还看了些什么东西?


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### Answer by username_4 on 2021-09-09. Score: 0

Need more context. But to me, it means "After all, you have read something", like a teacher speaking to a naughty student, expressing his surprise that the student does has some knowledge.


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### Answer by username_5 on 2021-08-08. Score: 0

The direct translation is "what else did you see?" But the form of this statement is not usual. It is possible to have more potential meaning in different situations. Need more content.


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