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《River Sunset》 S1·E29 (21:44) HSK 3
jiàn dào guò tā lí kāi ma

见到过他离开吗

“Did you see him leave?”

《River Sunset》 S1·E29
TIMECODE: 21:44 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN tā shì kāi zhe mó tuō chē lái de

他是开着摩托车来的

“He arrived on a motorcycle.”

jiàn dào guò tā lí kāi ma CURRENT FOCUS

见到过他离开吗

“Did you see him leave?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN yě jiàn dào guò

也见到过

“I saw that too.”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: SEEKING CLARIFICATION
Tone: PROBING
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Direct Fact-Checking in Hierarchies

Superiors or investigators posing questions in hierarchical setups use crisp, straightforward syntactic structures without excessive polite softening.

INTENT TAGS: #probing #verification #investigation #witness_questioning
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
见到过 SPOKEN CHUNK

have seen / witnessed before

Used to confirm historical observation or eyewitness experience.

离开 SPOKEN CHUNK

to leave / to depart

Standard formal-to-neutral term for departing from a location.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Closes the yes-no question seeking factual verification.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 2 GRAMMAR
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