我们约上你的母亲一起见一下
“let's meet with your mother.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
如果明天上午你有时间的话
“If you have time tomorrow morning,”
我们约上你的母亲 一起 见一下
“let's meet with your mother.”
首先
“First,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Meeting a partner's parents is a significant milestone in Chinese culture, usually indicating a serious commitment toward marriage.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to arrange to bring someone along; to meet up with
Used to describe coordinating plans that involve including an additional party.
meet briefly or have an informal chat
A polite, low-pressure way to propose an in-person meeting using the verb reduplication/delimitative marker.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You want me to divorce your mother?”
“just like your mother.”
“Let Mother finish speaking first.”
“show mercy”
“Go home and see your mother.”
“Have you ever considered Mother and me as family?”