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《Vanished Name》 S1·E24 (08:07) HSK 1
zhè ge shì ér nà shì zhēn de

这个事儿 那是真的

“That part is true.”

《Vanished Name》 S1·E24
TIMECODE: 08:07 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN rèn xiǎo míng zài měi guó kàn jīng shén kē de cái liào shì bú shì nǐ wěi zào de

任小名在美国看精神科的材料 是不是你伪造的

“Did you forge Ren Xiaoming's psychiatric records from the US?”

zhè ge shì ér nà shì zhēn de CURRENT FOCUS

这个 事儿 那是真的

“That part is true.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN gāng dào měi guó nà huì er tā de qíng xù hěn bù wěn dìng

刚到美国那会儿 她的情绪很不稳定

“She was unstable when she first arrived in the US,”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: DEFENDING CREDIBILITY
Tone: ASSERTIVE
Emotion: DEFENSIVENESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Topic-Prominent Assertion

Spoken Chinese frequently places the subject or issue at the head of the sentence ('这个事儿') followed by a modal pause or demonstrative ('那是') to reinforce truthfulness.

INTENT TAGS: #affirming #clarifying #defending #denying_accusation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
这个事儿 SPOKEN CHUNK

this matter / this thing

A natural, colloquial topic-prominent phrase used to frame what is being discussed.

那是真的 SPOKEN CHUNK

that is genuinely true

Use '那是' to add emphatic certainty to an assertion when defending a factual claim.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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