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《The Truth》 S1·E9 (26:19) HSK 7
bàn nián qián de jiān kòng hái yǒu ma yǒu

半年前的监控还有吗 有

“I'd like to know if you keep the footage from six months ago? Yes.”

《The Truth》 S1·E9
TIMECODE: 26:19 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ shì zhè ge gōng ān jú de wǒ xiǎng wèn yī xià zhè ge

“I'm from the police department. I'd like to know if you keep the footage from six months ago?”

bàn nián qián de jiān kòng hái yǒu ma yǒu CURRENT FOCUS

半年前 的监控 还有吗 有

“I'd like to know if you keep the footage from six months ago? Yes.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN tài hǎo le zài nǎ ér ne zhè biān hǎo

“Great! Where is it? Over here. Okay.”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: SEEKING INFORMATION
Tone: DIRECT
Emotion: SERIOUSNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Police Inquiries and Public Cooperation

In China, public and private security camera coverage (Tianwang and property surveillance) is extensive, making CCTV review standard police procedure.

INTENT TAGS: #inquiry #investigation #fact_checking #directness
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
监控 SPOKEN CHUNK

surveillance footage; security camera

Standard shorthand for security video footage or CCTV systems in everyday modern Chinese.

还有吗 SPOKEN CHUNK

is there still any left; do you still have

A common conversational question to ask if an item or record still exists or remains in stock.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Forms a standard yes/no confirmation question.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

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