Boring Bangongshi - S01E18

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Comic Transcript

女：现在你忙吗？

男：不忙，什么事儿？

女：你帮我把那个什么拿过来。

男：那个什么是什么？

女：你知道的，就是那个什么。

男：到底是什么！

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Relevant Grammar Points

  1. Using "ba" sentences

  2. Expressing "in the end" with "daodi"

  3. Expressing "some" with question words

Editor Comments

You often hear it said that Chinese is inherently vague when compared to English. That’s not always true, but Chinese can certainly be used in a super vague way! Hence today’s comic strip.

Be sure you’re clear on different ways of interrogative pronouns like 什么 in order to get today’s comic strip.

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