《River Sunset》 S1·E10 (03:32)
HSK 1
nǐ bú shì qù le běi miàn ma
你不是去了北面吗
“Weren't you up north?”
《River Sunset》
S1·E10
TIMECODE: 03:32
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
wǒ qù le shàng hǎi
我去了上海
“I went to Shanghai.”
nǐ bú shì qù le běi miàn ma
CURRENT FOCUS
你不是去了北面吗
“Weren't you up north?”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
zěn me pǎo qù shàng hǎi le
怎么跑去上海了
“How did you end up in Shanghai?”
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Scene:
Social & Dating
Function:
SEEKING CLARIFICATION
Tone:
INQUISITIVE
Emotion:
SURPRISE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Wait, you were supposed to head north, so what on earth were you doing in Shanghai?”
💡 Cultural Insight: Rhetorical Questioning for Discrepancy
Using '你不是...吗' softens an interrogation while still demanding a logical explanation for an unexpected discrepancy.
INTENT TAGS:
#inquiry
#confrontation
#surprise
#clarification
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1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
你不是去了
SPOKEN CHUNK
didn't you go to...
A rhetorical question pattern used to express surprise when reality contradicts a previously held assumption.
Modal Particle「吗」 (ma)
CHANGE OF STATE
Turns the negative statement into a rhetorical question seeking confirmation and showing mild astonishment.
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2 EXPR · 12 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
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《River Sunset》 S1·E10 (03:32) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus