没呀 她不是和你在一起吗
“No, wasn't she with you?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
看见晓兮了吗
“Have you seen Xiaoxi?”
没呀 她 不是和你在一起吗
“No, wasn't she with you?”
她要是联系你
“If she contacts you,”
“No, I haven't. Weren't you two together? Did something happen?”
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
isn't it...? / aren't they...?; expresses a rhetorical question or seeks confirmation of an existing assumption
A high-frequency rhetorical sentence pattern used when the speaker assumes a certain fact and seeks confirmation from the listener or expresses slight surprise.
to be with someone in the same place or acting together
Commonly used in spoken Chinese to describe people being in the same location or accompanying each other; it can also refer to a romantic relationship, though here it means the former.
Used at the end of a sentence to soften the bluntness of a denial, making the response sound natural, friendly, and casual.
Used at the end of a rhetorical question to intensify the questioning tone and prompt the other person for an explanation.
