我想说的是 过去这段日子
“I want to say that the past few weeks”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
如果一定要想
“If I must think,”
我想说的是 过去这段日子
“I want to say that the past few weeks”
是自从我有记忆以来
“were the happiest time I had”
“Please listen carefully, because I am about to tell you something truly meaningful to me.”
Chinese speakers often rely on explicit introductory preambles to soften the suddenness of emotional disclosure and prepare the listener for seriousness.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
what I want to say is...
A framing discourse marker used to draw attention to one's core message or sincere thought.
these days; this period of time
Commonly used in spoken Chinese to refer to a specific phase or stretch of time recently experienced.
Forms a nominal phrase functioning as the topic of the sentence.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Have a seat. This incident happened quite a while ago.”
“It's just that it's been a long time.”
“If it were in the past, what you said might have been possible.”