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《The First Jasmine》 S1·E20 (20:00) HSK 2
nǐ men bú shì zhāo rén ma wǒ jiù guò lái le nǐ men

你们不是招人吗 我就过来了 你们

“You recruited and I applied. You two”

《The First Jasmine》 S1·E20
TIMECODE: 20:00 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ wèn nǐ wèi hé zài zhè lǐ dāng huǒ jì

我问你为何在这里当伙计

“I'm asking why you're working here.”

nǐ men bú shì zhāo rén ma wǒ jiù guò lái le nǐ men CURRENT FOCUS

你们 不是招人吗 我就 过来了 你们

“You recruited and I applied. You two”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN rèn shí

认识

“know each other?”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: JUSTIFYING ACTIONS
Tone: CASUAL
Emotion: DEFENSIVENESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Directness in Casual Labor

In small shops or traditional trades, employment arrangements are often pragmatic and informal rather than structured via complex interviews.

INTENT TAGS: #justification #clarification #inquiry #explanation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
招人 SPOKEN CHUNK

to recruit; to hire staff

A colloquial business term for recruiting or looking for workers.

不是...吗 SPOKEN CHUNK

isn't it the case that...?

A rhetorical frame used to point out an obvious premise or question an assumption.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Marks the rhetorical confirmation question.

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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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