What do you do when youre depressed? Learn Chinese with MODERN C-Dramas! ✍️Take good notes ✍️ ✨10 lines✨ Older brother(哥哥) who just got divorced is visited by his little brother(弟弟). Line 1-4 哥哥 whining. ♦️“I…” 我呀? wǒ ya? - used before expessing a personal view. - 我 - me, I - 呀 - (particle) used for emphasis after ‘o’ vowel ♦️“I don’t want anything” 我什么都不想要 wǒ shénme dōu bù xiǎngyào - 什么都 ‘anything’ + 不想要 ‘don’t want’ ♦️“Right now I just want to sit here” 我现在就想这么待着 wǒ xiànzài jiù xiǎng zhème dàizhe - 现在 - right now - 就 - ‘just’ - 这么 - like this - 待着 - stay (着=continued action) ♦️“What are you going to do about it?” 你管得着吗? nǐ guǎn de zháo ma Verb + Potential Comp. + Result Comp. - 管 (V) manage - 得(不) - can / cannot (potential) - 着 - ‘succeed at sth’ (result) - 管得着 ‘can manage’ - 管不着 ‘can’t manage’ - 吗 - Yes/No Question particle Line 5-8 - 弟弟 antagonizes his 哥哥’s attitude. ♦️“Sounds like me” 学我 xué wǒ lit. imitate me - 学 - imitate (alternate to study) ♦️”You’re talking like me now” 学我说话呢 xué wǒ shuōhuà ne lit. copying the way I talk - 说话 - talk - 呢 - indicates continuous action ♦️”But hearing you talk like this” 不过这话从你嘴里说出来 bùguò zhè huà cóng nǐ zuǐ lǐ shuō chūlái lit. but these words come out of your mouth Topic Comment - object first - 不过 - (conj) but, however - 这话 - (obj) this speech/word(s) - 从你嘴里 - from inside your mouth - 从 (from)…..里(inside) Verb + Directional Complement - 说 - speak - 出来 - out and towards speaker ♦️”it’s quite refreshing” 听着挺新鲜的 tīngzhe tǐng xīnxiān - 听着 - listening (着=continued action) - 挺….的 - quite - 新鲜 - fresh Line 9-10 - 哥哥 tells 弟弟 to leave. ♦️”Do you want something?” 有事没事 yǒushì méishì Pos - Neg structure = Y/N ? - 有事 - have a matter, have an issue - 没事 - not have ^^ ♦️”If not then leave” 没事赶紧走 méishì gǎnjǐn zǒu - 没事 - no issue - 赶紧 - quickly - 走 - leave 剧名：三十而已 sānshí éryǐ ‘Nothing but Thirty’ #cdrama #cdramalovers #learnchinese #lear#learnmandarindychinese #studymandarin #chinese #mandarin #learnchinesedaily #dailychinese #dailychinesephrases #chinesephrases #speakchinese #speakmandarin #chineselearning #中文 #学中文 #中文学习 #普通话 #汉语 #chineseteacher #mandarinlesson #mandarinkyle #chinesegrammar #chinesevocabulary #practicalchinese #电视剧