《About Love》 S1·E20 (41:00)
HSK 5
nǐ shì bú shì jīng cháng chàng gē gěi nǐ lǎo pó tīng a
你是不是经常唱歌给你老婆听啊
“(Do you sing to your wife often?)”
《About Love》
S1·E20
TIMECODE: 41:00
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
hǎo bàng a
好棒啊
“(That's amazing.)”
nǐ shì bú shì jīng cháng chàng gē gěi nǐ lǎo pó tīng a
CURRENT FOCUS
你是不是 经常 唱歌给你老婆听 啊
“(Do you sing to your wife often?)”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
nǐ chú le hē jiǔ jiù shì nǐ nà xiē gē
“All you ever do is drink and write those songs.”
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Scene:
Social & Dating
Function:
PROBING INFORMATION
Tone:
TEASING
Emotion:
CURIOSITY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You're such a romantic singer; does your wife get to enjoy this at home?”
💡 Cultural Insight: Casual Probing of Marital Life
In Chinese social conversations, asking lighthearted questions about a person's spouse is a common way to build rapport and show warm interest.
INTENT TAGS:
#teasing
#curiosity
#rapport_building
#probing
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2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
是不是经常
SPOKEN CHUNK
is it often the case that...?
A common conversational structure for making an educated guess or probing someone's habits.
唱歌给...听
SPOKEN CHUNK
to sing to someone
Standard directional pattern (给 + person + action) expressing an action performed for another's enjoyment.
Modal Particle「啊」 (a)
CHANGE OF STATE
Softens the inquiry, making it sound friendly, relaxed, and conversational.
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2 EXPR · 3 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
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