你不认得她？ 未曾听说
“You don't know her? Never heard of her.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
含笑是谁？
“Who is that?”
你 不认得 她？ 未曾听说
“You don't know her? Never heard of her.”
“There was a murder in Hanguang Lane a few days ago. Did you hear?”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Using polished classical vocabulary like '未曾' adds gravity and formality when denying involvement under official inquiry.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
have not yet / never before
A formal, slightly literary negator equivalent to 没有 used before verbs in formal speech.
to hear of / to hear tell of
Commonly paired with negators like 没 or 未曾 to deny knowledge of a person or rumor.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Do I know her? Can you stop asking?”
“Wait, who exactly is she? How did they even meet”
“You clearly know her. So why did you pretend not to?”
“I swear I really don't know her.”
“Do you know him? No.”
“Take a look. Do you know her? No.”
“People you know and people you don't,”
“we don't know that lady just now.”
“Do you know this woman?”
“Why did you keep mentioning her? I don't even know her. Then why did she know”
“No. Who would know her?”
“You don't even know that woman. She said she knows me.”
“I don't recognize them. Unfamiliar faces.”