《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E29 (11:16)
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nǐ men liǎ jiā qǐ lái néng yǒu shí suì ma
你们俩加起来 能有十岁吗
“How old are you two?”
《Born to Be Alive》
S1·E29
TIMECODE: 11:16
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
nǐ zěn me mà wǒ ne
你怎么骂我呢
“Hey, language.”
nǐ men liǎ jiā qǐ lái néng yǒu shí suì ma
CURRENT FOCUS
你们俩加 起来 能 有十岁 吗
“How old are you two?”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
wú liáo de dà rén nǎ zán men bù lǐ tā ya
无聊的大人哪 咱们不理她呀
“Boring adult. Let's ignore her.”
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Scene:
Family & Home
Function:
PLAYFUL CRITICISM
Tone:
TEASING
Emotion:
AMUSEMENT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Stop acting like toddlers and grow up.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Humorous Exaggeration of Age
Comparing adults' combined age to that of a young child is a typical humorous Chinese trope to deflate tension during silly disputes.
INTENT TAGS:
#teasing
#scolding
#diffusing_tension
#calling_out
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2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
加起来
SPOKEN CHUNK
added together / combined
Commonly used to sum numbers, ages, or items in everyday conversation.
能有
SPOKEN CHUNK
can possibly reach / can be as much as
Used in rhetorical questions or estimates to express doubt about a quantity reaching a certain threshold.
Modal Particle「吗」 (ma)
CHANGE OF STATE
Turns the statement into a rhetorical question expressing disbelief or light mockery.
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1 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES
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Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E29 (11:16) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus