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《Go Ahead》 S1·E22 (37:01) HSK 2
nǐ shì bú shì shēn tǐ bù shū fú a

你是不是身体不舒服啊

“Are you not feeling well?”

《Go Ahead》 S1·E22
TIMECODE: 37:01 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN bǎ zhī qián zuò de quán dōu chè le kàn néng bù néng gěi kè rén huàn yī kuǎn ń

把之前做的全都撤了 看能不能给客人换一款 嗯

“to withdraw the cake I made before, and ask if we can serve the customers with another type cake. OK.”

nǐ shì bú shì shēn tǐ bù shū fú a CURRENT FOCUS

你 是不是 身体不舒服 啊

“Are you not feeling well?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN méi yǒu a

没有啊

“No.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: INQUIRING WELLBEING
Tone: CARING
Emotion: CONCERN
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You seem completely out of it today—is something wrong with you?”
💡 Cultural Insight: Indirect Workplace Inquiries

When addressing underperformance, colleagues or managers often ask about physical health first as a tactful buffer to avoid direct blame.

INTENT TAGS: #inquiry #concern #probing #tactfulness
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
是不是 SPOKEN CHUNK

could it be that; is it the case that

Used to pose a gentle, tentative hypothesis rather than a blunt direct question.

身体不舒服 SPOKEN CHUNK

feeling unwell; under the weather

Standard polite euphemism used to ask or explain mild sickness or physical discomfort.

Modal Particle「啊」 (a) CHANGE OF STATE

Adds warmth and genuine concern to the inquiry, softening the questioning tone.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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