等你妈妈过生日的时候
“When it's your mother's birthday,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“We both discussed this.”
等你妈 妈 过生日 的时候
“When it's your mother's birthday,”
“we would give her a VCD player.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese families, birthday gifts for parents or spouses are often practical household appliances (like a video player) that the whole family can enjoy together, rather than purely personal items.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
when... (in the future); by the time...
A high-frequency structure used to introduce a future time clause before stating a planned action.
to celebrate a birthday
The standard verb-object collocation in Chinese for having or celebrating someone's birthday.
