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《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E40 (13:17) HSK 3
nǐ kàn dào shì shuí bǎ tā jiē zǒu de ma

你看到是谁 把他接走的吗

“Did you see who took him away?”

《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E40
TIMECODE: 13:17 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN shāo le

烧了

“and burned it.”

nǐ kàn dào shì shuí bǎ tā jiē zǒu de ma CURRENT FOCUS

你看 到 是谁 把他 接走 的吗

“Did you see who took him away?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN méi yǒu

没有

“No.”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: SEEKING INFORMATION
Tone: INQUISITIVE
Emotion: SUSPICION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Disposal Construction (把) in Fact-Finding

Using the '把' construction highlights the decisive physical action taken upon the person, framing them as the affected object of removal in an investigative context.

INTENT TAGS: #interrogating #investigating #inquiring #witness_questioning
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
接走 SPOKEN CHUNK

to pick someone up and take them away

A common verb-complement structure referring to collecting or transporting a person from a location.

是谁 SPOKEN CHUNK

who it was

Used in embedded questions to focus specifically on the identity of the agent.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Standard question particle turning the statement into a direct yes/no question.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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