what means and how to use"there you go"?can i change it like"there he goes"?
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- 1st: It's similar to "here you go", "here you are", people say that a lot too.
Situation:
A: Pass me that cup, please.
B: (Handling the cup and say) “There you go” or “Here you go Mr. A”
2nd: It's like "I told you so". You can think of a situation like this:
GF: Let's try this new restaurant?
You: I don't like the food here.
GF: Oh, come on, let's give it a whirl!
After you finished eating:
You: It's pretty good!
GF: There you go! I know you would like it!
3rd: Someone do something again
You can try the song "The she goes" by Sixpence None the Richer, remember to search its lyric: http://www.nhaccuatui.com/nghe?M=O8pmcdow6N
It's one of my favourite song, enjoy!
From the Cambridge Vocabulary:
Definition of "there you go": used to express acceptance of something unlucky:
"We didn't win the competition, but there you go - we can always try again next year."
- Yes you can use both of them.
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Ooh, this is a tough question. Especially because my mother likes to use the phrase "here we go" incorrectly, haha. Please excuse the length of this response.
In general, I would avoid trying to 'change' the phrase into other forms because it is very idiomatic. In this case, since the phrase has 'you' in it, we use it when talking to someone.
"There you go" is used (but in a limited number of situations) when the situation of whom you are talking to has improved in some way. You have to be careful or you may seem condescending to your listener, in a bad way.
example 1: an employee at an ice cream store/parlor gives a child customer his or her ice cream cone and says "There you go".
example 2: a teacher looks over a student's shoulder and says "There you go!" when he or she completes the exercise successfully.
In both cases, the speaker is in a position that is superior in some way. Here I don't mean superior as in necessarily "better". The speaker may be capable of providing something the listener does not have or cannot accomplish (a service/服务), or the speaker may be more skillful or knowledgeable in a subject. Or maybe the speaker is significantly older than the listener. The speaker could even just be trying to be friendly or encouraging. As an example, you won't hear a toddler saying to a parent "there you go" when the parent fixes a meal for the toddler.
In addition, note how the situation has improved for the listener/addressee in both cases. In the first example, the child now has ice cream, and his or her situation has improved (嗯,好吃!). In the second example, the student accomplished something and demonstrated a skill to the teacher, which is good for the student's education as well as his or her grades.
If we didn't have this phrase, I imagine people would have to compensate with body/face language. Think of a waiter/waitress staring at you without smiling as they serve you your food silently. Scary. This is all my theory, however. I would look around on the web or ask others to see what their opinion is on this phrase.
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