你怎么管狗叫狗狗
“Why do you call it "doggy"?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
没事 不用管它
“It's fine. Just leave it.”
你 怎么管 狗叫狗狗
“Why do you call it "doggy"?”
没给狗起名字吗
“Haven't you given it a name?”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Modern Chinese pet owners usually give their pets distinctive names, so referring to a dog simply as 'Gou Gou' sounds amusingly generic or uninventive.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to call someone/something by a specific name
A very common spoken structure equivalent to 'call A B'.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“control your dog. You...”
“You accursed woman!”
“(Why are you fighting with dogs over food?)”
“-making a living for nothing! -What did you call me? Since there are three of us... You...”
“I'll call him whatever I want. You're lucky I didn't go with "brat".”
“Hold my dog for a sec. Thanks. It's fine. Check if it's swollen.”