我是昨天听 听我朋友说
“Yesterday, I heard from my friend”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
赵黑子从他那儿借了十万块钱 他到现在都没还
“Zhao Heizi borrowed 100,000 yuan from him. He still hasn't paid it back.”
我是 昨天 听 听我朋友说
“Yesterday, I heard from my friend”
“that Zhao Heizi won 150,000 in cash at another card game.”
“Don't pin this on me if it's wrong; I'm only repeating gossip.”
Stuttering or emphasizing secondhand sources ('hearing it from a friend') is a common communicative tactic to distance oneself from potential legal or social trouble.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
heard from someone
Essential conversational formula for reporting hearsay or disclaiming direct eyewitness responsibility.