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《River Sunset》 S1·E15 (33:55) HSK 1
dà dǎo duì zhǎng hái zài zhǎo nà ge měi guó rén ma

大岛队长还在找那个美国人吗

“Is Captain Oshima still searching for that American?”

《River Sunset》 S1·E15
TIMECODE: 33:55 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN tè zhǒng jǐng chá dà duì nà biān zěn me yàng le

“how are things with the Special Police Brigade?”

dà dǎo duì zhǎng hái zài zhǎo nà ge měi guó rén ma CURRENT FOCUS

大岛队长还在找那个美国人吗

“Is Captain Oshima still searching for that American?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN shì de

是的

“Yes.”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: INQUIRING STATUS
Tone: INQUISITIVE
Emotion: CURIOSITY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Title-based Address (职务称谓)

In Chinese institutional or military environments, referencing people by their surname plus official title (大岛队长) is standard and respectful.

INTENT TAGS: #inquiry #status_check #intelligence_gathering #clarification
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
还在 SPOKEN CHUNK

still / still in the process of

Placed before a verb to indicate that an action or search is continuously ongoing.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Turns the declarative sentence into a standard polar question seeking verification.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 6 GRAMMAR
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