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Sentence + 来着 (recalling the recent past)

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"What was it again?"

  • to comelái(ongoing -ing)zhe at the end recalls something recent — or that you're groping to remember.
  • youjust now (variant of 刚才)刚才gāng cáivariant of 说shuōwhat什么shén meto comelái(ongoing -ing)zhe? = "what were you saying just now?"
  • Casual, and always about the recent past.

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