你跟我爸给他借了多少钱 你那小本子还在吧
“(Family Court) how much did you and Dad lend him? Do you still have that notebook?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
妈 当年我大哥读大学的时候
“Mom, when my big brother was in college,”
你跟 我爸 给他 借了多少钱 你那 小本子 还在吧
“(Family Court) how much did you and Dad lend him? Do you still have that notebook?”
妈 我爸以前可说过
“Mom, Dad used to say”
“Let us check the records to make sure he repays what he took from the family.”
Traditional Chinese households often maintained informal ledgers to track loans and expenses among relatives, which frequently become focal points during inheritance or financial disputes.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
how much money was borrowed/lent
Standard conversational pattern to inquire about loan amounts.
little ledger / notebook
Commonly refers to informal personal records of financial transactions or emotional tallies in households.
Indicates an expectation of confirmation rather than an open question.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Don't worry, Dad. If Mom wanted to apply for a mortgage,”
“Look, you're borrowing so much money.”
“I'll pay you back, alright?”
“I... borrowed money to pay the tuition.”
“How much do we owe you exactly?”
“you wanted to borrow 200 taels from me,”