会是于奶奶的儿子吗
“Could he be Granny Yu's son?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
遇到什么仇家了
“that he ran into some enemies.”
会是于奶奶的 儿子 吗
“Could he be Granny Yu's son?”
“What exactly happened to him back then”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Calling an unrelated elderly woman 'Grandma' followed by her surname reflects common Chinese fictive kinship etiquette.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
could it be...?
Use this construction to propose a tentative conjecture or question the possibility of an identity or event.
Turns the tentative proposition into an open confirmation-seeking question.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Did you ask Granny Yu? What did she say?”
“We're here for Granny Yu. She'll be fine.”
“After all, she's Uncle's adopted daughter.”
“Was it born of my mother too?”
“He doesn't even know who his mother is.”
“Isn't she taking good care of your grandma now? Yes.”