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《COURT!》 S1·E26 (26:09) HSK 1
wǒ nǚ péng yǒu jiào shén me lái zhe

我女朋友叫什么来着

“What is my girlfriend's name?”

《COURT!》 S1·E26
TIMECODE: 26:09 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN jiù shì tè bié ài fàng yán

就是特别爱放盐

“just a bit heavy on the salt.”

wǒ nǚ péng yǒu jiào shén me lái zhe CURRENT FOCUS

我女 朋友 叫什么来着

“What is my girlfriend's name?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN xiǎng bù qǐ lái le

想不起来了

“I cannot remember.”

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Scene: Daily Life
Function: RETRIEVING MEMORY
Tone: CASUAL
Emotion: CONFUSION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Lapse of Memory in Casual Chit-Chat

Using '来着' softens the awkwardness of forgetting something obvious by presenting it as a momentary mental lapse.

INTENT TAGS: #recollection #inquiry #prompting #forgetfulness
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
叫什么来着 SPOKEN CHUNK

what was it called again?

Use this sentence-final pattern when you momentarily forget someone's name or a term and are trying to recall it.

Modal Particle「着」 (zhe) CHANGE OF STATE

Functions here in the compound particle '来着' to indicate a past event or fact that is being recalled.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 4 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

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