你今天本来是要住酒店 还是回去的
“Were you planning to stay or go home tonight?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我不吃了
“I'm not eating.”
你 今天 本来是要 住酒店 还是 回去的
“Were you planning to stay or go home tonight?”
皓哥说我们住在别的地方 我还在等他通知呢
“Hao said we're staying somewhere else. I'm waiting for his update.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Checking on travel and accommodation arrangements is a standard way in Chinese culture to express care and coordinate communal movement.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
originally intended to; had originally planned to
Used when asking about or stating original plans that may have since changed or become uncertain.
to stay at a hotel
The standard collocated verb-object phrase for lodging in a hotel.
Affirms the nominalization of the intended course of action in a past inquiry.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You're staying at a hotel? Yes, I sold my apartment.”
“I came today to express my gratitude for your thoughtful hospitality”
“You want to go back now? Then I'll go back too.”
“will you stay here overnight again today?”