我叫苑自强 你呢？
“I'm Yuan Ziqiang. What about you?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
正式认识一下
“Let me introduce myself.”
我叫苑自强 你呢 ？
“I'm Yuan Ziqiang. What about you?”
是这样
“Here's the thing.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Offering one's own name before asking the other person's name shows respect and basic etiquette in Chinese social interactions.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
my name is / I am called
The standard and most natural way to introduce one's name in spoken Chinese.
and you? / what about you?
A versatile bounce-back question used to return the current topic back to the interlocutor.
Forms an elliptical question that redirects the inquiry back to the listener.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Do you know who I am?”
“I-Isn't there a name written on the card?”
“(Guan Gong statue) That He guy was a wise fool,”
“shouldn't she have become more independent and resilient?”
“Who does she think she is? She has no right to say that.”
“the strong grow stronger through their own efforts.”