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《The Ferry Man 10th Anniversary》 S1·E5 (08:36) HSK 3
nà shì nǐ zuò rén shí jiān tài jiǔ le

那是你做人时间太久了

“That's because you've been human for too long.”

《The Ferry Man 10th Anniversary》 S1·E5
TIMECODE: 08:36 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ yǒu méi yǒu jué de zuì jìn zì jǐ de lì qì yuè lái yuè xiǎo le

你有没有觉得 最近自己的力气 越来越小了

“Have you noticed that your strength is getting weaker and weaker lately?”

nà shì nǐ zuò rén shí jiān tài jiǔ le CURRENT FOCUS

那是 你 做人时间 太 久 了

“That's because you've been human for too long.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ de shēn tǐ yǐ jīng zhú jiàn zhuǎn huà wéi rén lèi

你的身体 已经逐渐转化为人类

“Your body is gradually turning into a human's.”

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Scene: Daily Life
Function: PROVIDING EXPLANATION
Tone: MATTER-OF-FACT
Emotion: CALMNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Dual Meaning of 'Doing Being Human' (做人)

While '做人' normally means conducting oneself ethically in society, in fantasy contexts it literally means existing as a mortal human.

INTENT TAGS: #explaining #diagnosing #informing #rationalizing
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
那是因为 SPOKEN CHUNK

that's because...

Here contracted as '那是', standard for introducing a definitive rationale in casual conversation.

时间太久了 SPOKEN CHUNK

it's been too long

Common expression to highlight duration as the primary cause of an outcome.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Indicates an accumulated duration reaching an excessive point that causes consequences.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

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