那我到底该怎么办啦
“Then what should I do now?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我通灵喔
“I'm not a psychic!”
那 我到底该怎么办啦
“Then what should I do now?”
反正你就先待着
“Just stay here.”
“Stop being unhelpful and tell me what my next move is!”
In spoken Taiwanese and southern Mandarin, appending 'la' transforms a simple question into an expressive plea marked by helplessness and impatience.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
what on earth should (one) do
A highly common spoken construction used when feeling completely lost or exasperated about how to solve a problem.
Adds an urgent, slightly whiny, and exasperated emotional coloring to the plea.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Then what am I supposed to do? What am I supposed to do?”
“What do you think I should do?”
“What should I do?”
“Tell me, what should I do?”
“what I should do.”
“What should I do?”