我那儿不是有个小商行吗
“You know I have a small trading firm, right?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你要这玩意儿干吗
“Why do you need those?”
我那儿 不是有个 小商 行吗
“You know I have a small trading firm, right?”
有了派司
“With the passes,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Chinese speakers often invoke shared background knowledge using negative questions to make their rationale self-evident rather than making a direct assertive claim.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
isn't there / don't I have
A rhetorical device used in spoken Chinese to bring up a known shared fact to justify a following statement.
small commercial firm / trading house
A slightly historical or traditional term for a small business or trading venture.
Marks a rhetorical question seeking confirmation of background knowledge.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“This has nothing to do with us.”
“a convenience store?”
“I went from a street vendor”
“including street vendors,”
“No matter what, isn't he just a businessman?”
“No matter how small the business is, it's still business.”