不是 江城大学的吧
“No. From Jiangcheng University, I think.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不是 江城大学的 吧
“No. From Jiangcheng University, I think.”
“She's been coming to watch practice lately.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In socialist and transitional China, identifying individuals by their affiliated factory (chang) or university was standard social categorization.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
affiliated with Jiangcheng University
A common colloquial way to identify someone by omitting the noun 'student' or 'person' after the possessive particle 'de'.
Softens the assertion into a tentative conjecture, inviting the listener to confirm.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I'd heard Jiangcheng University was beautiful.”
“I did go to this university.”
“A senior in the Mathematics Department at Jiangcheng University.”
“Could it be that Tongzhou University”
“About Fang transferring to Jiangcheng University,”
“specifically, at the Jiangcheng Design Institute, right?”