怎么 想家了
“What's wrong? Homesick?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
也不知道 爹爹他们最近吃得怎么样
“I wonder if Dad and the others have been eating well.”
怎么 想家了
“What's wrong? Homesick?”
范云
“Fan Yun.”
“I can tell you're missing your family; I'm here for you.”
In Chinese culture, worrying about whether family members are eating well is a primary way of expressing love and homesickness, prompting the listener to immediately recognize that she misses home.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to be homesick; to miss home
The standard, natural way in spoken Chinese to describe feeling homesick.
Indicates a change of emotional state, noting that the listener has started feeling homesick right now.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I really miss home.”
“Why are you talking about having a family?”
“Why? Want to get to know me?”
“What if he can't find home?”
“I would like to settle my family affairs first.”
“You don't know what they're thinking”