那是 老多人了
“Of course.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“There are so many people involved in this merger?”
那是 老多人了
“Of course.”
除了江城大学 我们江南理工 北京工业大学
“Besides Jiangcheng University, there are Jiangnan Institute of Technology, Beijing University of Technology,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Northern Chinese Mandarin, '老' (lǎo) is frequently used as a vivid colloquial adverb equivalent to 'very' or 'extremely', giving the conversation a warm, down-to-earth tone.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
of course; naturally; you bet
Use this as a quick, colloquial affirmative response when agreeing wholeheartedly with someone's observation.
a whole lot of people; tons of people
A highly colloquial, Northern-flavored pattern where '老' acts as an intensifier meaning 'very' or 'so many'.
Functions as an exclamatory completion marker emphasizing the extreme degree of people present.
