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《Love Story in the 1970s》 S1·E3 (31:21) HSK 5
zài shuō le děng wǒ wài pó huí lái wǒ jiù yǒu qián le

再说了等我外婆回来我就有钱了

“Besides, I'll have money once my grandma's back.”

《Love Story in the 1970s》 S1·E3
TIMECODE: 31:21 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ yòu méi qián le wǒ zhè bù gāng hái nǐ ma

“You're broke again? Didn't I just repay you?”

zài shuō le děng wǒ wài pó huí lái wǒ jiù yǒu qián le CURRENT FOCUS

再说了 等我外婆回来 我就 有钱了

“Besides, I'll have money once my grandma's back.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN hóng táng bǐng jiù bù yòng le àn nǐ de guī jǔ hái wǒ sì máo jiù xíng

红糖饼就不用了 按你的规矩 还我四毛就行

“Skip the pancake. By your rules, just pay me forty.”

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Scene: Daily Life
Function: REASSURING
Tone: CASUAL
Emotion: DEFENSIVENESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Do not worry about my lack of money right now, I will definitely pay you back soon.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Relying on Family Support

In Chinese family dynamics, grandparents frequently provide pocket money or financial safety nets to grandchildren, making them a common reference point when justifying temporary insolvency.

INTENT TAGS: #reassurance #justification #excuse #borrowing
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
再说了 SPOKEN CHUNK

besides; furthermore; what's more

Used at the start of a sentence in spoken Chinese to introduce an additional justifying argument or excuse.

等...就... SPOKEN CHUNK

as soon as... then...; once... then...

A common temporal construction showing that an event or state will occur immediately after a condition is met.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Marks a change of state, indicating that having money will become the new reality once the grandmother returns.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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