你来了江城 当然应该住我那
“You came to Jiangcheng, so naturally you should stay in my room.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“mine instead? Because Jiangcheng is my hometown.”
你来了 江城 当然应该 住我那
“You came to Jiangcheng, so naturally you should stay in my room.”
“Mine has a bathroom. It's more convenient. I don't get up at night.”
“You are my guest and special to me, so going anywhere else is out of the question.”
When friends visit one's home city, Chinese social norms dictate that the local host must take full charge of food and lodging; letting a close friend stay in a hotel can be seen as cold or negligent.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
naturally should / of course ought to
Used to frame an action as an undeniable, socially obvious obligation or natural expectation.
stay at my place
A very colloquial spoken shorthand for staying at someone's home (where 那 means 'that place of mine').
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You're here. Come in and speak.”
“I'm relieved you're here.”
“What brings you here? How dare you ask me that?”
“Since you are here, it means you still have me in your heart.”
“Why are you here? You might not know where things are.”
“Since you're already here, why don't you go up and sit for a while?”