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1. I was somewhat nervous about playing music for you.
2. I was little nervous about playing music for you.
Are these sentences natural and interchangeable？or one is in oral，the other is in written ？
2024年1月30日 01:15
解答 · 9
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The second one should be "a little nervous", but other than that they're both fine.
"Somewhat" has a formal tone about it, so if you want to sound casual you should use "a little", "sort of" or "kind of" like Rek suggested.
2024年1月30日
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The only difference is that they use different words, but the meaning is the same.
I adore the "some-" words: "somewhat", "somehow", "somewhere", "someday", "someway",... To me they are poetry. That's why I prefer #1.
2024年1月30日
I was kind of nervous... , seems more natural to me.
2024年1月30日
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