还可以在院子里抓耗子呢
“We can catch mice in the yard.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Yeah, of course. She has Hua and Huang.”
还可以 在院子里 抓耗子 呢
“We can catch mice in the yard.”
那就去奶奶家
“Then let's go to Grandma's.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In traditional northern Chinese homes, courtyards typically host domestic pets like dogs and cats that roam freely and serve practical roles like catching pests.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
can also / furthermore can
Used to add an extra benefit or interesting possibility to persuade or inform someone.
to catch mice
A colloquial northern Chinese term for catching mice or rats ('耗子' being dialectal for '老鼠').
Adds a lively, persuasive nuance, highlighting unexpected extra information.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I heard rats like to dig holes.”
“I caught one this big at my grandma's.”
“(Let alone a person, not even a mouse could slip through.)”
“Mice on the site are huge. It has to be tough to catch them.”
“To be a rat in someone's basement?”
“What's wrong? There's a rat. I heard it.”