《The Glamorous Night》 S1·E22 (28:44)
HSK 5
zǒng gòng yě jiù sān tiān ba hǎo xiàng
总共也就三天吧 好像
“Just three days total, I think.”
《The Glamorous Night》
S1·E22
TIMECODE: 28:44
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
méi yǒu
没有
“Right.”
zǒng gòng yě jiù sān tiān ba hǎo xiàng
CURRENT FOCUS
总共也就三天 吧 好像
“Just three days total, I think.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
nǐ shuō
你说
“Has he found a better position elsewhere?”
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Scene:
Daily Life
Function:
ESTIMATING WITH UNCERTAINTY
Tone:
TENTATIVE
Emotion:
INDIFFERENCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“It really wasn't that long—maybe three days tops, if I remember right.”
INTENT TAGS:
#hedging
#estimating
#downplaying
#approximating
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2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
总共也就
SPOKEN CHUNK
in total, it's only/merely
Use this combination to emphasize that the total amount, cost, or duration of something is surprisingly small or insignificant.
好像
SPOKEN CHUNK
it seems; if I recall correctly
Tacked onto the very end of a sentence as an afterthought in spoken Chinese to soften a claim and show you aren't 100% sure.
Modal Particle「吧」 (ba)
CHANGE OF STATE
Expresses estimation and uncertainty, softening the statement 'just three days' into a rough guess.
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2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
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