这位是你的新同事吗 怎么以前没见过
“Is that your new colleague? I haven't seen her before.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“on the twin primes issue. Alright.”
这位 是你的 新同事 吗 怎么 以前没见过
“Is that your new colleague? I haven't seen her before.”
这是我妈
“That's my mother.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Using 'zhe wei' instead of 'zhe ge' shows instant professional respect toward an unfamiliar guest or newcomer.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
is this person...
A polite demonstrative construction using the respectful measure word 'wei' to inquire about or introduce someone.
how come I haven't seen (them) before?
A conversational way to inquire about a newcomer in a familiar social or workplace environment.
Marks a standard yes-no question.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“This one looks like a colleague of mine from back in the day.”
“Why hasn't he done this for anyone else?”
“Then who was your former employer?”
“That was our colleague from the studio just now, right?”
“Since we're colleagues now,”
“I think we haven't met before, right?”