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《About Love》 S1·E4 (25:15) HSK 2
qǐng wèn nǐ men zài yì qǐ duō jiǔ le

请问你们在一起多久了

“How long have you been together?”

《About Love》 S1·E4
TIMECODE: 25:15 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN dì yí gè wèn tí

第一个问题

“First question.”

qǐng wèn nǐ men zài yì qǐ duō jiǔ le CURRENT FOCUS

请问 你们 在一起多久了

“How long have you been together?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN yī nián duō le ba

一年多了吧

“A little over a year.”

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Scene: Daily Life
Function: REQUESTING INFORMATION
Tone: INQUISITIVE
Emotion: CURIOSITY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Relationship Status Inquiries

Asking how long a couple has been together is a common icebreaker question in Chinese social and media street interviews.

INTENT TAGS: #inquiry #relationship #icebreaker #interview
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
在一起 SPOKEN CHUNK

to be together in a romantic relationship

The standard colloquial way to say two people are dating or in a relationship.

多久了 SPOKEN CHUNK

for how long already

Used at the end of a predicate to ask about elapsed duration up to the present.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Indicates the ongoing duration of an action or state up to the current moment.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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