这还真没听他说起过
“He hasn't mentioned it.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
他没告诉你吗
“Hasn't he told you?”
这 还真 没听他说起过
“He hasn't mentioned it.”
你知道男孩子 和女孩子不一样
“You know, boys are not like girls.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Chinese young men frequently withhold personal details from parents or relatives, making such mutual discoveries common among family members.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
really haven't / truly didn't
Emphatically denies having done or experienced something, often in response to an unexpected question.
heard him mention / heard it from him
A standard phrasing for conveying secondhand knowledge or whether an issue was previously brought up.
Aspect particle denoting past experience, indicating that no such mention has ever occurred.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Why didn't you tell me about it before?”
“Why didn't you mention this before?”
“You've never mentioned it before.”
“You never mentioned it before.”
“Haven't heard that in a while.”
“He didn't tell me that. I didn't know.”