还没有 但他每十分钟 就给他打一次电话
“No, not yet, but he's phoning him every ten minutes.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
他有他父亲的消息吗？
“Has he heard from his father?”
还没有 但 他 每 十分 钟 就 给他打一次 电话
“No, not yet, but he's phoning him every ten minutes.”
好
“- [Carl] Okay. - Uh, Carl…”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Calling repeatedly at short intervals reflects intense personal concern or urgency regarding family wellbeing, illustrating strong familial interdependence.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
not yet
Standard negative response indicating that an expected event has not occurred up to the present moment.
every (interval)... then...
A frequent frequency construction in spoken Chinese describing actions triggered repeatedly at specific intervals.
to make a phone call
High-frequency verb phrase often paired with '给 someone' to indicate the recipient.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“But why didn't he tell me when I called him?”
“I called him multiple times. But he didn't answer.”
“Every time he called,”
“Before your good friend died, you called him 13 times. Am I right?”
“I will call him in a bit. Wait.”
“I want to reach him too. But he won't answer my calls.”