Something czy anything?

[alexa0000]

Poprawiono mnie dzis i się zagubiłam.
Czy jesli opowiadam cos komus po raz kolejny, a druga osoba, nabijając sie tego,że ciagle o tym przypominam odpowie z przekasem, to czy może wyłącznie odpowiedzieć ironicznie "anything new?", czy tez kontekst zezwala na "something new?"?

Na przykład wiecznie przypominam o tym,że moje dziecko jest genialne. W kolejnej dyskusji znów o tym wspominam-i własnie, jaki wariant odpowiedzijest prawidłowy?

[paulski]

Anything new?
or
Something new?
or
What else is new?

[alexa0000]

Dziękuję bardzo. Czy mozna jakos umotywować użycie róznych opcji tej konkretnej sytuacji(w zalezności od kontekstu i motywacji osoby mówiącej), czy po prostu obie odpowiedzi są poprawne, poniewaz są w tym momencie wymienne? Czuje intuicyjnie, że "something else" jest OK tutaj, ale nie potrafie wyjasnić, dlaczego nie wyłącznie "anything else":).

[paulski]

Some and any in what looks like a question can mean pretty much the same. But usually they don't.

Try to figure out what the following three "questions" really mean.

1. Would you like any milk?
2. Would you like some milk?
3. May I have some milk?

To help you with this, I'll give you a hint:
1. A question is asked in a grocery store
2. Host asks his guest
3. Guest asks his host.

[alexa0000]

Yes, I know these differences. I was asking about a specific situation:

A(in one conversation): My boyfriend is a surgeon, he makes lots of money.
B: XXXXXX( comments)

A:(another conversation several days later):My boyfriend is a surgeon, he has a lot of paperwork on his hands and.....
B:Yes, yes, we know you have a rich and busy partner.

A(yet another one after some time): Talking about jobs, my boyfriend is a surgeon and he has a lot of work on his hands.
B: Something new?( Or anything new?)

Which one fits better and can they be used here in varius contexts?
Context no 1: is there anything new about your boyfriend?
Contex no 2: is this you are telling us about something new we do not know about?
Contex no 3: like in a situation when, for instance, my best friend likes to wear red all the time. Other people sometimes joke about that. We meet again, I have look at her and notice her red belt (shoes). Smiling a bit ironically, I ask : "Something red"?

[paulski]

Make sure you know what context means. Your contexts 1, 2, and 3 are intended meanings and not contexts.

The two bare Something/Anything new? in the B-to-A reply context (yes, that’s a context) could be understood, with effort, to mean “ (Is there) something/anything new (happening in his career)? “, which would be somewhat related to your meaning 1.

But Something new? and Anything new? would somewhat differ in meaning.

Neither Something new? nor Anything new? suggests the sense of “Is this something new (that we don’t know about) ?

[paulski]

Smiling a bit ironically, I ask : "Something red?

Something red what? What are you trying to say?

Something red today for a change?

Either Anything red today for a change? or Something red today for a change if you are talking to her on the phone.

[smutas]

W tym kontekscie nie uzylbym "Something new?". Jakos glupio brzmi. Something jest zwiazane ze zdaniami twierdzacymi, anything bardziej z przeczacymi, lub wzmocnieniami "Give me something, anything!". Jesli mowiacy chce dodac pewien sarkazm / ironie do wypowiedzi uzyje raczej tej drugiej formy. Trudno to przelozyc na polski, bo zdania "Cos nowego / Cokolwiek nowego" niespecjalnie sie roznia ladunkiem emocjonalnym.

cheers

[republican]

Ameicans would say:
What's new?
Any news?