那个谁还在医院呢 明天出院
“My girlfriend is still in the hospital, getting discharged tomorrow.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我先走了
“I'll get going.”
那个谁 还在 医院 呢 明天 出院
“My girlfriend is still in the hospital, getting discharged tomorrow.”
“Don't forget someone is still in the hospital—aren't you going to check on her?”
Using vague labels like '那个谁' avoids awkwardness or allows speakers to test the listener's awareness before naming someone explicitly.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
what's-their-name; that person
A colloquial placeholder used when temporarily forgetting someone's name or deliberately avoiding saying it directly.
to be discharged from the hospital
A standard verb used when a patient completes medical treatment and leaves the hospital.
Highlights an ongoing state to subtly draw the listener's attention to the situation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Is she still in the hospital? No, I took her back to the dorm.”
“Are there any wounded in this ward?”
“you're about to leave the hospital, yet I still don't know your name.”
“who left the hospital first?”
“He's currently at a frontline hospital.”
“Out of my three best friends, one's in hospital and one's dead,”