在他们家干挺长时间的了
“My mom has worked for them for quite a long time.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我妈啊
“My mom has worked for them for quite a long time.”
在 他们家 干挺长时间 的了
“My mom has worked for them for quite a long time.”
“When I was little, my mom was their nanny.”
“My mother knows that household inside and out because she has been with them forever.”
In Chinese society, a long-serving domestic helper (保姆) often becomes semi-integrated into the family dynamic, developing deep personal trust that transcends typical contractual work.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
worked at their home
The verb 干 is highly colloquial for doing manual labor or service work such as domestic housekeeping.
quite a long time
A very natural spoken collocation used to describe an extended duration.
Works in the construction '的了' to indicate an established situation with a descriptive emphasis.
Indicates the ongoing accumulation of time up to the present or relevant reference point.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“This project has been under construction for a while, right?”
“you still have your home where you've lived for many years.”
“You've been in this business for so long,”
“for ages.”
“If that's the case, they've been digging here for a long time.”
“They've waited for hours.”