我们可以试着求求他呀
“We can try to beg him.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你说田先生啊
“You mean Mr. Tian?”
我们 可以 试着 求求他 呀
“We can try to beg him.”
但人家田先生 跟我们非亲非故的
“But Mr. Tian is not related to us.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Asking someone for a significant favor involves lowering one's own pride, so speakers often use softening devices like verb reduplication and gentle modal particles when proposing it.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to try doing (something)
Useful for hedging suggestions to make them sound less forceful and more exploratory.
to beg / to plead with
Reduplication of the verb '求' softens the plea, making it sound more colloquial and less solemn.
Softens the suggestion, making the proposal sound approachable, conversational, and gentle.
