《Love Story in the 1970s》 S1·E18 (24:12)
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nǐ men liǎ zhǔn bèi shén me shí hòu yào hái zi a
你们俩准备什么时候要孩子啊
“When are you planning to have kids?”
《Love Story in the 1970s》
S1·E18
TIMECODE: 24:12
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
nǐ men liǎ zhǔn bèi shén me shí hòu yào hái zi a
CURRENT FOCUS
你们俩 准备什么时候要孩子 啊
“When are you planning to have kids?”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
shén me
什么
“What?”
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Scene:
Family & Home
Function:
PRYING AND PRESSURING
Tone:
INQUISITIVE
Emotion:
CURIOSITY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You need to hurry up and give us a grandchild.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Urging Marriage and Childbearing (催生)
During holiday family reunions, older relatives routinely cross Western privacy boundaries by urging younger couples to bear children.
INTENT TAGS:
#pressuring
#inquiry
#family_planning
#meddling
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2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
要孩子
SPOKEN CHUNK
to have a child / to plan for a baby
The most common natural spoken phrase for conceiving or planning to have children.
准备什么时候
SPOKEN CHUNK
when are you planning to...
Standard conversational structure used to ask about someone's future timeline or plans.
Modal Particle「啊」 (a)
CHANGE OF STATE
Softens the directness of an intrusive personal question to make it sound conversational.
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1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:
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《Love Story in the 1970s》 S1·E18 (24:12) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus