我从来没见过我父亲这么开心
“I've never seen my father so happy.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
真的我非常感激你
“I am really grateful to you.”
我 从来没见过 我 父亲 这么 开心
“I've never seen my father so happy.”
这都是你的功劳
“It's all thanks to you.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Making someone's parents genuinely happy is one of the highest compliments and forms of support in Chinese social and romantic dynamics.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
have never seen before
Used to express astonishment or emphasize an unprecedented occurrence.
this happy / so cheerful
A natural degree modifier commonly used to describe someone's emotional state.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I haven't seen my dad in a long time.”
“Your dad looks really happy.”
“I met with dad.”
“I haven't seen him in a year.”
“will that make you any happier?”
“I never saw my dad again.”