妳是不是早就已经算到
“Did you already know”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你也太晚来了吧
“What took you so long?”
妳 是不是早就 已经 算到
“Did you already know”
“I wouldn't be able to understand your hints?”
“You planned this whole situation all along, didn't you?”
Chinese interpersonal communication often relies heavily on unspoken hints, leading speakers to constantly decipher whether an outcome was accidental or calculated.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
already long before
An emphatic construction used to emphasize that an action occurred far in advance.
to anticipate / to foresee / to calculate
Often used in spoken Chinese to imply predicting or scheming a particular outcome.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You knew all along, didn't you? What's going on?”
“Did you know it long ago?”
“You told me all this before.”
“You all knew it long ago, didn't you?”
“Haven't you already”
“Did you know all along”
“You guessed it long ago, didn't you?”
“Why do I feel like you planned this all along?”
“So you knew it all along, didn't you?”
“Did you figure out”