<p>In English, we might say something quite similar:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>I can't think of <em>who</em> else [we] will have.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>The context might be someone organizing a party.  (Note, the "we" here is grammatically required in English, but not part of the Chinese.)</p>

<p>So maybe it's easier to understand if it were broken down in the following way:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>我想不出还会有谁。<br>
  I [我] can’t think [想不出] of who [谁] else [还] [we] will [会] have [有].<br>
  I can't think of who else [we] will have.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>And (depending on context) it might be more natural to translate it to something simple:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>I can’t think of anyone else.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>There are other ways to translate "I can’t think of anyone else" into Chinese (e.g. 我想不出其他人), and which is appropriate depends on context.</p>

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Becky 李蓓
<p>A bit more context would make it clear.</p>

<p>我想不出 = I can't figure it out, I can't think, I can't imagine</p>

<p>还会有谁 = who else</p>

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Pedroski
<p>我想不出还会有谁。</p>

<p>I don’t understand how to parse this. Is it [i][cant think of][still can][there is who]? How does that translate to “i can’t think of of anyone else”? I just see a string of verbs that don’t really logically lead to the English translation. </p>

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Parsing grammar of 我想不出还会有谁
# Parsing grammar of 我想不出还会有谁

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-03-13)

我想不出还会有谁。

I don’t understand how to parse this. Is it [i][cant think of][still can][there is who]? How does that translate to “i can’t think of of anyone else”? I just see a string of verbs that don’t really logically lead to the English translation.

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2020-03-14. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

In English, we might say something quite similar:

> I can't think of *who* else [we] will have.

The context might be someone organizing a party. (Note, the "we" here is grammatically required in English, but not part of the Chinese.)

So maybe it's easier to understand if it were broken down in the following way:

> 我想不出还会有谁。  
> I [我] can’t think [想不出] of who [谁] else [还] [we] will [会] have [有].  
> I can't think of who else [we] will have.

And (depending on context) it might be more natural to translate it to something simple:

> I can’t think of anyone else.

There are other ways to translate "I can’t think of anyone else" into Chinese (e.g. 我想不出其他人), and which is appropriate depends on context.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2020-03-14. Score: 0

A bit more context would make it clear.

我想不出 = I can't figure it out, I can't think, I can't imagine

还会有谁 = who else


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