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《The Truth》 S1·E27 (25:53) HSK 3
tā yě shì pá lóu tī shàng qù de yīng gāi shì ba

他也是爬楼梯上去的 应该是吧

“Did he take the stairs too? Probably.”

《The Truth》 S1·E27
TIMECODE: 25:53 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN jiān kòng yě méi pāi dào tā

监控也没拍到他

“The camera didn't catch him either.”

tā yě shì pá lóu tī shàng qù de yīng gāi shì ba CURRENT FOCUS

他 也是 爬楼梯 上去的 应该是吧

“Did he take the stairs too? Probably.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN zhè liú xiǎo fēng a zhī qián gàn guò quē dé shì

“Liu Xiaofeng had done bad things before.”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: SPECULATING
Tone: TENTATIVE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

INTENT TAGS: #speculation #hedging #hypothesis #deduction
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
爬楼梯 SPOKEN CHUNK

climb stairs; take the stairs

Standard colloquial way to describe walking up staircases rather than taking an elevator.

应该是吧 SPOKEN CHUNK

most likely; probably so

A very useful hedging chunk to soften a statement when you lack definitive proof.

Modal Particle「吧」 (ba) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the assertion into a tentative guess or assumption.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 3 GRAMMAR
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