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《Veil of Shadows》 S1·E3 (14:09) HSK 1
zuó tiān wǎn shàng nǐ qù nǎ ér le ?

昨天晚上你去哪儿了?

“May I ask, where were you last night?”

《Veil of Shadows》 S1·E3
TIMECODE: 14:09 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN qǐng wèn

请问

“May I ask, where were you last night?”

zuó tiān wǎn shàng nǐ qù nǎ ér le ? CURRENT FOCUS

昨天晚上 你去哪儿了 ?

“May I ask, where were you last night?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN shuì jiào

睡觉

“I was asleep.”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: INTERROGATING
Tone: INQUISITIVE
Emotion: SUSPICION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You are a suspect, and I need to know where you were last night.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Alibi Verification in Chinese Procedural Drama

Directly questioning whereabouts is typical in formal investigative contexts or intimate confrontations where boundary-crossing warrants accountability.

INTENT TAGS: #interrogation #suspicion #probing #seeking_information
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
去哪儿了 SPOKEN CHUNK

where did (you) go

A standard spoken question used to ask about someone's past destination or absence.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Marks the completed action in the past, establishing the inquiry around a past timeframe.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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