《Go Ahead》 S1·E29 (28:31)
HSK 5
nǐ yào tā diàn huà gàn má ya wǒ wèn wèn tā
你要他电话干吗呀 我问问他
“Why do you want his number? I want to ask him”
《Go Ahead》
S1·E29
TIMECODE: 28:31
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
gěi wǒ
给我
“Give me the number.”
nǐ yào tā diàn huà gàn má ya wǒ wèn wèn tā
CURRENT FOCUS
你要他 电话 干吗呀 我 问问他
“Why do you want his number? I want to ask him”
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Scene:
Family & Home
Function:
INQUIRING AND EXPLAINING
Tone:
INQUISITIVE
Emotion:
CONCERN
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
💡 Cultural Insight: Family Financial Interdependence
In Chinese culture, financial hardship among family members is rarely purely personal; close kin feel a shared responsibility to intervene and offer support.
INTENT TAGS:
#inquiry
#clarification
#family_care
#intervention
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2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
干吗呀
SPOKEN CHUNK
what for? / why?
A colloquial question used among close peers to ask the purpose or motive behind an action.
问问他
SPOKEN CHUNK
ask him a bit
Verb reduplication used to make an action sound casual and non-confrontational.
Modal Particle「呀」 (ya)
CHANGE OF STATE
Softens the bluntness of the question '干吗' (what for).
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3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES
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Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
《Go Ahead》 S1·E29 (28:31) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus