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《COURT!》 S1·E17 (34:50) HSK 2
yī máng gěi wàng le

一忙给忘了

“I just got busy and forgot.”

《COURT!》 S1·E17
TIMECODE: 34:50 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ

我

“I...”

yī máng gěi wàng le CURRENT FOCUS

一忙给忘了

“I just got busy and forgot.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ yí gè jiā tíng zhǔ fù yòu méi yǒu shēng hái zi

你一个家庭主妇又没有生孩子

“You're a housewife with no children.”

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Scene: Family & Home
Function: MAKING EXCUSES
Tone: DEFENSIVE
Emotion: APOLOGETIC
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't blame me, I had a lot on my plate and it just slipped my mind.”
INTENT TAGS: #excuse #deflecting_blame #apology #justification
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
一忙给忘了 SPOKEN CHUNK

got busy and forgot about it

A highly idiomatic, ready-made excuse in spoken Chinese when apologizing for a minor oversight; '给' adds emphasis to the accidental nature of forgetting.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Marks the completed action of forgetting as an established fact.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 3 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

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