这么多人 这得排多久啊
“How long will we queue with this crowd?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你好 你好 小鱼 小鱼 你好
“Hello. I'm Xiaoyu. Xiaoyu, hello.”
这么多 人 这得 排多久啊
“How long will we queue with this crowd?”
我能插个队吗
“May I cut in line?”
“This line is ridiculously long; there is no way I want to wait this out.”
Vocalizing frustration about a long line in public is often used as a conversational opener with people ahead in line before attempting to ask for a favor, such as cutting in due to an urgent matter.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
how long will we have to line up for this
A natural rhetorical structure ('这得 + Verb + 多久') used when dismayed by a task or wait that looks endless.
Amplifies the speaker's exclamation and frustration at the end of the rhetorical question.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“When did so many people get here?”
“But the line was too long.”
“I didn't expect so many people.”
“So many people are here. Wait.”
“We ended up queuing for hours.”
“It's not even 8 o'clock yet, and there are already so many people in line.”