"And you?"
today my cousin asked me what the question "and you?" doesn't have a auxiliar verb. like: and do you?

so i laugh but I couldn't answer.. Is it because the question doesn't have a verb?

Question

"And you?"
today my cousin asked me what the question "and you?" doesn't have a auxiliar verb. like: and do you?

so i laugh but I couldn't answer.. Is it because the question doesn't have a verb?

Answer

Actually, while it would not be wrong, native speakers rarely say “and you”. As Greg mentioned, we usually say “what about you?”, “how about you?”, or an expression with the correct auxiliary verb:

A: What are you doing?
B: Working. Are you?
A: Yeah, I am.

Answer

'and you' in conversation is often a contraction or a 'short-cut' in conversation. It all depends on context what the speaker means. We often drop words and speak as concise as possible when we speak casually.

'and you'  could mean many, many  things. Some examples are,  "What about you ? What do you think ?", or "Do you agree ?" or "What are you doing ?". The list of possibilities is huge.

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