那不跟他们在一块儿呗
“then don't hang out with them.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不快活
“makes you unhappy,”
那 不跟他们在一块儿 呗
“then don't hang out with them.”
你跟我们
“You can stay with us.”
“If they make you miserable, dump them and hang out with us instead.”
The speaker uses the particle 'bei' and boundary language to validate the listener's feelings and draw them into their own inner social circle.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
together; hanging out together
Colloquial Northern Chinese phrasing for being or associating together.
Indicates that the suggested course of action is obvious, natural, and effortless.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“[Theory of Relativity] No, just ignore their nonsense. Whose team are you on?”
“Right. You won't mix with those kids.”