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《Born with Luck》 S1·E9 (15:17) HSK 2
jiù néng zhī dào tā jiā zài nǎ ér le

就能知道他家在哪儿了

“Then we'll know where he lives.”

《Born with Luck》 S1·E9
TIMECODE: 15:17 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN xiàng nǎ biān guǎi

向哪边拐

“and watch which way he turns.”

jiù néng zhī dào tā jiā zài nǎ ér le CURRENT FOCUS

就能 知道 他家 在哪儿 了

“Then we'll know where he lives.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN tā jiù bú huì shàng gāo sù

他就不会上高速

“[Toll Gate] What if he gets on the highway?”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: DEDUCING
Tone: ANALYTICAL
Emotion: ANTICIPATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Surveillance and Investigation Mindset

In Chinese detective and investigative contexts, deduce-and-tail routines focus heavily on urban road networks, toll gates, and domestic residences.

INTENT TAGS: #deduction #tracking #problem_solving
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
就能知道 SPOKEN CHUNK

then we will know / will be able to figure out

Use to express an achievable result once an antecedent action or clue is fulfilled.

在哪儿 SPOKEN CHUNK

where it is

Standard northern spoken Mandarin interrogative/locative phrase used embedded within clauses.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Marks the emergence of a new state or eventual realization of knowledge.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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