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《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E3 (29:12) HSK 1
nǐ yǒu diàn huà ma diàn huà méi yǒu

你有电话吗 电话没有

“Do you have a number? No number,”

《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E3
TIMECODE: 29:12 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN xiǎo lóng bāo bú shì yǒu gè nǎi nǎi ma liú wén bō yǒu gēn nǐ shuō guò ma

“Doesn't Xiaolongbao have a grandmother? Did Liu Wenbo ever mention her?”

nǐ yǒu diàn huà ma diàn huà méi yǒu CURRENT FOCUS

你 有电话吗 电话 没有

“Do you have a number? No number,”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ bù guò wǒ xiǎng qǐ lái yǒu yī cì

我不过我想起来有一次

“but I remember once when I went to get him to sign something,”

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Scene: Daily Life
Function: SEEKING CONTACT INFORMATION
Tone: INQUISITIVE
Emotion: ANXIETY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Spoken Ellipsis in Inquiries

In fast-paced spoken Chinese, speakers often ask a question and immediately register the negative response or clarify themselves with minimal grammatical words.

INTENT TAGS: #inquiry #contact_seeking #checking_facts
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
有电话吗 SPOKEN CHUNK

do you have the phone number

A common spoken phrase used to quickly inquire whether someone has contact information for a person.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Turns the statement into a direct yes-no 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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