那你今天中午 还在这儿吃吗
“Are you eating here for lunch today?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Checking the poachers' backgrounds helps us work better.”
那你 今天 中午 还在这儿吃吗
“Are you eating here for lunch today?”
“Yeah. I need to borrow some meal tickets from you.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In traditional Chinese institutions and work units (danwei), colleagues frequently eat lunch together in communal canteens, historically using shared meal tickets (fanpiao).
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
eat here
A very common colloquial phrase used when deciding whether to dine at the current location or go elsewhere.
Turns the statement into a simple polar yes-no question.