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《The Truth》 S1·E16 (39:43) HSK 4
hái jì de zhè rén zhī qián gēn nǐ shuō guò shén me ma

还记得这人 之前跟你说过什么吗

“Remember what this person said to you?”

《The Truth》 S1·E16
TIMECODE: 39:43 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN lā tā qù wàn dá duì wàn dá guǎng chǎng

“Took him to Wanda Plaza. Yes, Wanda Plaza.”

hái jì de zhè rén zhī qián gēn nǐ shuō guò shén me ma CURRENT FOCUS

还记得 这人 之前 跟你说过 什么 吗

“Remember what this person said to you?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nà wèi xiān shēng wèn le yī xiē cún kuǎn de wèn tí

那位先生问了一些存款的问题

“He asked me some questions about deposits,”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: ELICITING INFORMATION
Tone: INQUISITIVE
Emotion: NEUTRALITY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Investigative Prompting

In Chinese investigative contexts, interviewers frequently use open yet guided questions to reconstruct timelines without leading the witness too directly.

INTENT TAGS: #interrogation #fact_finding #prompting #witness_questioning
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
还记得 SPOKEN CHUNK

still remember

A common conversational prompt used to check if the listener retains memory of an event or person.

之前 SPOKEN CHUNK

previously / prior to this

Useful temporal adverb indicating an unspecified time before the present moment or anchor event.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Standard question particle turning a declarative statement into a yes-no question.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 2 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

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