student asking question

What does "what" refer to here?

teacher

Native speaker’s answer

Rebecca

"What" in this sentence means "the thing that..." It is being used as a pronoun in this sentence and refers to the concept of what Ross thinks is unagi. Here are example sentences of "what" being used as "the thing that." Ex: I don't know what I have in that box. Ex: It's what I like to call fun. Ex: I will tell you what I want to do tonight, I want to sing karaoke!

Popular Q&As

04/17

Complete the expression with a quiz!