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《Go Ahead》 S1·E4 (27:31) HSK 3
yì zhí dōu zhè ge jià a xiàn zài cài dōu guì le

一直都这个价啊 现在菜都贵了

“It's not. Vegetables are more expensive than they were.”

《Go Ahead》 S1·E4
TIMECODE: 27:31 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zhǎng jià le

涨价了

“The price is up.”

yì zhí dōu zhè ge jià a xiàn zài cài dōu guì le CURRENT FOCUS

一直都 这个价 啊 现在 菜都贵了

“It's not. Vegetables are more expensive than they were.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN zhè chéng lǐ de cài jiù shì guì a zhè zài wǒ men xiàn chéng zhè liǎng kuài qián

这城里的菜就是贵啊 这在我们县城这两块钱

“The vegetables sold in town are always expensive. I can buy one kilogram of it”

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Scene: Daily Life
Function: JUSTIFYING PRICE
Tone: DEFENSIVE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Bargaining Culture at Wet Markets

In Chinese street markets, vendors routinely fend off customer price inquiries by citing general market inflation and longstanding consistent rates.

INTENT TAGS: #justification #clarification #defense #explanation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 2 PARTICLES
一直都 SPOKEN CHUNK

always; continuously all along

Placed before verbs or predicate adjectives to indicate an unchanging status over time.

这个价 SPOKEN CHUNK

this price

Short colloquial expression for 'this price tag'.

Modal Particle「啊」 (a) CHANGE OF STATE

Adds an explanatory, matter-of-fact reassurance to clarify misunderstanding.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Marks a change of state indicating that market prices have recently gone up.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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