谈了一个感情还不错的女朋友
“a girlfriend I was really close to in the city.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
在城里边
“I had”
谈了一个 感情还不错 的女 朋友
“a girlfriend I was really close to in the city.”
谈了六七年了
“We were together for six or seven years.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Chinese speakers often describe satisfactory romantic relationships modestly with phrases like '还不错' (pretty good) rather than extravagant praise.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
getting along quite well / having a solid emotional connection
A modest and natural way to describe a healthy romantic or interpersonal relationship without sounding overly boastful.
to have a girlfriend / to date a girl
A standard colloquial expression in mainland China for dating or having a romantic partner.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“for marriage.”
“[man] We had a good relationship. We were preparing to get married.”
“Are you seeing someone?”
“purely and passionately?”
“I've had a girlfriend for three years. We're preparing to get married.”
“finally has a girlfriend.”