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《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E3 (03:01) HSK 3
bú shì gāng gēn nǐ shuō le ma zhè bù néng chī

不是刚跟你说了吗 这不能吃

“Didn't I just tell you? You can't eat that.”

《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E3
TIMECODE: 03:01 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

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

这这

“This...”

bú shì gāng gēn nǐ shuō le ma zhè bù néng chī CURRENT FOCUS

不是 刚跟 你说 了吗 这不 能 吃

“Didn't I just tell you? You can't eat that.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ wèi shén me bù néng chī zhè ge ne

“Why can't you eat this?”

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Scene: Daily Life
Function: REPRIMANDING
Tone: IMPATIENT AND CRITICAL
Emotion: FRUSTRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Why are you still trying to eat this when I literally just told you not to?”
💡 Cultural Insight: Direct Negation in Intimate Reprimands

Close friends or family members in China rarely hedge minor reprimands, directly challenging the other person's attentiveness with rhetorical questions like '不是……吗'.

INTENT TAGS: #scolding #reprimanding #reminding #impatience
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
不是刚跟你说了吗 SPOKEN CHUNK

didn't I just tell you?

A rhetorical question used to express annoyance when someone ignores instructions that were just given.

不能吃 SPOKEN CHUNK

cannot eat / not edible

Used to denote prohibition due to health issues, contamination, or dietary restrictions.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Marks a rhetorical question to demand accountability and reinforce annoyance.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 5 GRAMMAR
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