what does que se va hacer mean?
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What does qué se va hacer! mean?
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updated Aug 30, 2011
posted by chunmatkd
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It's an expression that means "What can you do?" meaning there's nothing you can do about it...
For example: No me siento bien, pero qué se va a hacer... I don't feel good but what can I do about it...?
updated Aug 30, 2011
edited by GAC_
posted by GAC_
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Qué se va hacer
This is a nice example of passive voice. Withoiut the se it would be asking What is he/she/you(formal) going to do. With se, it means What is one to do? In idiomatic English, we would say What are you going to do - and "you" is a generic reference, not referring to "you" as an individual.
updated Aug 30, 2011
posted by pesta
