我 我也不知道你们要查多久
“I'm unsure how long you'll be investigating.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“It's just that last time I saw you, you didn't look so good.”
我 我也不知道 你们 要 查 多 久
“I'm unsure how long you'll be investigating.”
“You really need to take care of yourself.”
“I want to know when your investigation will end, but I don't want to sound suspicious.”
Expressing one's own ignorance about a sensitive topic is a common conversational tactic in Chinese to prompt the other party to reveal details voluntarily.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
also don't know / have no idea
A spoken hedge used to soften statements, reduce directness, or pretend detachment from the topic.
how long the investigation or check will take
A practical colloquial construction combining the verb 'to check/investigate' with a duration question.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I don't know why this is taking so long.”
“they could have been lost under my desk for ages.”
“You also make videos. Don't you know how long it'll take?”
“who knows how long I'll have to wait again.”
“or how long I would have to wait.”
“Now with this family causing trouble, who knows how long it'll drag on again?”