叫什么来着
“What's his name again?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
有啊
“Yeah.”
叫什么来着
“What's his name again?”
丁有财的妻子和儿子 和他不在一个户口本上吗
“Weren't Ding Youcai's wife and son on the same hukou registration as him?”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
The sentence-final particle 'laizhe' is an essential feature of spoken Mandarin that signals to listeners that the speaker once knew the answer and invites them to fill in the blank.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
what was it called again / what was their name again
A highly colloquial northern phrase used when trying to recall a specific name that momentarily slipped your mind.
Indicates a past situation or fact that the speaker is currently trying to recall.
