我很想你 一会一起吃饭
“(Zhou Xiaolong) (I miss you. Let's eat together.)”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
在干吗呢
“- I missed you too. - (What are you up to?)”
我很想你 一会 一起吃饭
“(Zhou Xiaolong) (I miss you. Let's eat together.)”
吃什么呀
“What should we eat?”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Inviting someone for a meal is the foundational romantic and bonding gesture in Chinese interpersonal relationships.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
in a little while, soon
Common spoken time adverb to indicate an action happening in the near future.
to eat a meal together
The standard romantic or social invitation formula in daily Chinese.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I miss you very much. Ma'am.”
“By the time you remember, I'll have cooked the next meal. I'm watching you.”
“When you decide what you want, just come to me.”
“Now that I think about it, every word I said and every move I made”
“If you miss me, tap it.”
“♪ They're listening to our story ♪ On the night you said you really missed me. ♪ I moved closer to you, and you moved closer to me ♪”