Comments on: Extra Twist

By: Tae Kim

Tae Kim — Mon, 31 Jan 2005 15:01:55 +0000

The second one means something like, “Just do whatever the hell you want!” A stronger version of 「勝手にしろ!」
何をしてやがる is similar to 何してんだよ except it’s more like, “What the %#&# are you doing?” instead of “What the heck are you doing?”

By: Darren

Darren — Mon, 31 Jan 2005 10:04:52 +0000

Tae Kim, what does the second one mean? Something about selfishness? Suiting yourself?
Is 何をしてやがる similar to 何してんだよ？

By: Tae Kim

Tae Kim — Fri, 28 Jan 2005 08:24:18 +0000

From my understanding, やがる doesn’t really have any meaning by itself. So you can say, 「何をしてやがる？！！」 or 「勝手にしやがれ！」 and the second one doesn’t mean anything like 「何してんだよ」 at all.

By: Darren

Darren — Thu, 27 Jan 2005 13:59:14 +0000

Yeah, I’ve confirmed it’s kind of like 何してんだよ but I mistook the や for あ – perhaps it just becomes that sound in conversation (or maybe I just can’t hear the difference).

By: Tae Kim

Tae Kim — Thu, 27 Jan 2005 10:40:23 +0000

Do you mean しやがれ？ If so, then yes you can use it for any verbs. But I wouldn’t recommend it. It’s used when you’re mad, want to be vulgar, and have absolutely no respect for the person you’re speaking to.
Grammatically, you attach やがる to the masu-stem. It conjugates like a u-verb.　
Ex：来やがった