今天为什么要来逛街啊
“Why are we shopping today?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
今天为什么要来逛街啊
“Why are we shopping today?”
你想买什么
“What do you want to buy?”
“You don't usually do this—what made you decide to take me out today?”
Strolling through markets or shopping streets is a primary casual leisure activity and dating ritual in modern and historical Chinese culture alike.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
window shopping; strolling around the streets
A highly common daily term for casually browsing shops or wandering downtown.
why do (we) need to; why must
Used to ask the direct cause or intention behind an ongoing or planned action.
Adds a natural, relaxed interrogative tone to prevent the question from sounding like an interrogation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Why did you ask specifically”
“What are you doing?”
“What have you been doing lately?”
“they doing out in such a remote place?”
“why did we come here today?”
“Why do you go out strolling every day now?”
“...and what they are here for.”