《Love Story in the 1970s》 S1·E16 (21:04)
HSK 2
tā shì nǐ qián nán yǒu zhè jiàn shì qíng
他是你前男友 这件事情
“whether he's your ex-boyfriend.”
《Love Story in the 1970s》
S1·E16
TIMECODE: 21:04
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
wǒ shì wèn
我是问
“I'm asking”
tā shì nǐ qián nán yǒu zhè jiàn shì qíng
CURRENT FOCUS
他是你 前男友 这件事情
“whether he's your ex-boyfriend.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
què shí shì
确实是
“Yes.”
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Scene:
Social & Dating
Function:
SEEKING CLARIFICATION
Tone:
PROBING
Emotion:
CURIOSITY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't avoid the topic; is he really your ex?”
💡 Cultural Insight: Topic-Comment Structure
Chinese frequently places the topical noun phrase at the end or beginning of a clause as a fragment to demand verification without forming a full grammatical question.
INTENT TAGS:
#interrogating
#probing
#clarifying
#fact_checking
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2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
前男友
SPOKEN CHUNK
ex-boyfriend
Standard conversational term for referring to a former romantic male partner.
这件事情
SPOKEN CHUNK
this matter / this issue
A common topic-prominent fronting device in spoken Chinese to focus discussion on a specific subject.
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1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
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