人呢 人呢 喂猪着呢 快 快 快 快点 走
“Where is she? She's feeding the pigs. Hurry! Hurry up! Let's go!”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你以为呢
“- They mean Laidi! - Who else?”
人呢 人呢 喂猪着呢 快 快 快 快点 走
“Where is she? She's feeding the pigs. Hurry! Hurry up! Let's go!”
来弟 来弟 来弟
“- Laidi! - Laidi! Laidi!”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Placing '着呢' at the end of a verb-object phrase (like feeding pigs) is a vivid colloquial way in Northern Chinese to emphasize that someone is right in the middle of doing a chore.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
Where is he/she/everyone?
A very natural, ultra-short way to ask where someone went when you expect to see them.
hurry up / be quick
Used constantly in daily life to rush someone who is moving too slowly.
In '人呢', it turns a noun into a 'where is...' question; in '喂猪着呢', it indicates an ongoing action in progress.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Where is he? Over there. He ran that way.”
“Where are they? Find them! Don't let them get away!”
“Where are they? Yeah. Where are they?”
“Someone's here. Where's everyone?”
“I'm asking you! Where are they? I don't know either.”
“Hello? Where are you?”