有了房子 才有姑娘愿意跟你结婚
“Girls will only consider marrying you once you have a house.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
有了 房子 才有姑娘 愿意 跟你结婚
“Girls will only consider marrying you once you have a house.”
要是不成
“If it doesn't work...”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In contemporary Chinese society, homeownership by the groom is widely seen by parents and society as an indispensable marker of financial stability necessary for marriage.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
only then will someone be willing to
Used with '有了' to establish a strict prerequisite condition before an outcome is possible.
marry you
Standard spoken structure for expressing marriage with another person.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“If we get married, I'll own half of it.”
“I really don't need a house. But when you get married,”
“We finally have a place of our own.”
“Fei Ni, I know you're rushing into marriage to free up the room for us.”
“Once I have a job and a home,”
“Let's get married, get a house with a yard, and raise three sheep.”