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《The Silent Rift》 S1·E5 (17:01) HSK 4
nà ge nǐ dà gē shén me shí hòu huí lái

那个你大哥什么时候回来

“Sir, when will Mr. Hao be back?”

《The Silent Rift》 S1·E5
TIMECODE: 17:01 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN gē

哥

“Sir, when will Mr. Hao be back?”

nà ge nǐ dà gē shén me shí hòu huí lái CURRENT FOCUS

那个 你 大哥 什么时候回来

“Sir, when will Mr. Hao be back?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN gòu yì si gěi

够意思给

“Please...”

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Scene: Daily Life
Function: CASUAL INQUIRY
Tone: CASUAL
Emotion: ANTICIPATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I need something from your big brother, so let me know when he gets back.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Filler for Topic Shifting (那个)

Using '那个' at the beginning of a sentence often serves as a polite verbal buffer to smoothly introduce a slightly awkward or self-serving topic.

INTENT TAGS: #inquiring #topic_shifting #probing #casual_request
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
什么时候回来 SPOKEN CHUNK

when will (someone) return

A standard, everyday spoken structure to check someone's arrival time.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 4 GRAMMAR
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