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《Go Ahead》 S1·E2 (28:28) HSK 2
nǐ shén me shí hòu gēn hè méi qù lǐng zhèng a

你什么时候 跟贺梅去领证啊

“when will you go to register for marriage with He Mei?”

《Go Ahead》 S1·E2
TIMECODE: 28:28 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN hǎi cháo a

海潮啊

“Haichao,”

nǐ shén me shí hòu gēn hè méi qù lǐng zhèng a CURRENT FOCUS

你什么时候 跟贺梅去 领证 啊

“when will you go to register for marriage with He Mei?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN méi dào nà bù ne

没到那步呢

“Our relationship hasn't gone that far.”

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Scene: Social & Dating
Function: INQUIRING RELATIONSHIP STATUS
Tone: PROBING
Emotion: CURIOSITY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You two have been together for a while; when are you finally going to make it official?”
💡 Cultural Insight: Urging Marriage (Cuihun)

In Chinese social culture, family members and close peers often actively inquire about and pressure adults to formalize relationships by legally registering their marriage.

INTENT TAGS: #probing #marriage_pressure #prompting #caring_inquiry
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
领证 SPOKEN CHUNK

to get a marriage certificate; to register a marriage legally

A highly common spoken term referring to officially registering marriage at the Civil Affairs Bureau.

什么时候 SPOKEN CHUNK

when

Standard conversational question phrase used to probe for timelines.

Modal Particle「啊」 (a) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the inquiry to make it sound like caring, casual prodding rather than an interrogation.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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