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《The Dark Romance》 S1·E12 (40:28) HSK 4
nà nǐ bú shì shuō yào duō dài liǎng tiān ma

那你不是说要多待两天吗

“Didn't you say you'd stay a couple more days?”

《The Dark Romance》 S1·E12
TIMECODE: 40:28 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ chī wán fàn jiù dìng piào huí qù le

“I'll book a ticket to go back after the meal.”

nà nǐ bú shì shuō yào duō dài liǎng tiān ma CURRENT FOCUS

那 你不是说 要多待两天 吗

“Didn't you say you'd stay a couple more days?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ yǒu shì

我有事

“I have something to do.”

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Scene: Social & Dating
Function: QUESTIONING INCONSISTENCY
Tone: QUESTIONING
Emotion: DISAPPOINTMENT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Why are you leaving so soon? You promised you would stay longer.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Indirect Grievance in Close Relationships

Instead of demanding directly that the person stay, Chinese speakers often cite prior commitments or promises to indirectly express reluctance to part.

INTENT TAGS: #challenging #clarification #reluctance #probing
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
你不是说 SPOKEN CHUNK

didn't you say

A common spoken formula used to confront someone with their own previous words or plans.

多待两天 SPOKEN CHUNK

stay a couple more days

Colloquial way to express extending one's stay by a short period.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Turns the rhetorical assertion into a question, prompting the listener to explain the sudden change of mind.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 3 GRAMMAR
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