知道他已经结婚 有老婆吗
“did you know he was married and had a wife?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你认识他的时候
“When you met him,”
知道 他 已经 结婚 有老婆吗
“did you know he was married and had a wife?”
知道
“Yes.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese moral and civil disputes, knowingly becoming involved with a married person carries significant social stigma and potential legal implications in property division or divorce proceedings.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to have a wife / to be married
A colloquial way to refer to having a wife, often used interchangeably with '已婚' in conversational Chinese.
Transforms the declarative statement into a direct yes-no question.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Why don't you know if he's been married?”
“were you ever married?”
“But my dad told me he was never married.”
“Do you know how his wife died?”
“You'll know when you get married.”
“and ever since you got married, there hasn't been a sound from your place.”