You have slept for quite some time

Status
Not open for further replies.

Boris Tatarenko

Senior Member
Joined
May 6, 2013
Member Type
Student or Learner
Native Language
Russian
Home Country
Russian Federation
Current Location
Russian Federation
Hello.

I'm not sure that I understand this sentence:

You have slept for quite some time.

What does "quite some" mean in this context? I guess that "for quite some time" means "for a long time", but as I said I'm not sure whether is correct.

Thanks in advance.
Boris.





 

Weaver67

Member
Joined
Dec 14, 2011
Member Type
Interested in Language
Native Language
Russian
Home Country
Russian Federation
Current Location
Russian Federation
(neither an English teacher nor a native English speaker)

The speaker is impressed by it. The amount of time seems to him impressive or unusual in some way.
 

Tdol

No Longer With Us (RIP)
Staff member
Joined
Nov 13, 2002
Native Language
British English
Home Country
UK
Current Location
Japan
(neither an English teacher nor a native English speaker)

The speaker is impressed by it. The amount of time seems to him impressive or unusual in some way.

The time is impressive because of how long it was- it wouldn't work for me if the speaker wanted to say how little time the person had slept.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Top