对了 忘了告诉你件事
“Oh, I almost forgot to tell you something.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
像你们四房这样 经营得宜 那是少之又少
“Families like your fourth branch, who manage so well, are extremely rare.”
对了 忘了告诉你 件事
“Oh, I almost forgot to tell you something.”
昨日你父亲 带着你的妹妹
“Yesterday your father took your younger sister”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Sharing domestic updates serves as social currency to build solidarity and maintain informal communication channels between family branches.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
by the way; oh right
A classic conversational opener to switch topics or introduce a sudden thought.
forgot to tell you
A natural way to introduce news or updates in casual to semi-formal conversations.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“There's something I forgot to tell you.”
“Oh right, I forgot to tell you.”
“There's one thing I forgot to mention:”