你之前不是问我是不是生病了
“Didn't you ask me before if I was sick?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我说对什么了
“About what?”
你 之前不是问我 是不是 生病了
“Didn't you ask me before if I was sick?”
“Something is indeed wrong with my body.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese communication, severe personal news like serious illness is often prefaced by referencing the other person's prior observations rather than stated bluntly.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
didn't you previously...
Used as a rhetorical conversational bridge to bring up a topic the other party previously raised.
whether or not
Commonly embedded within reported speech or indirect questions to frame an inquiry.
Indicates a change of physical state, specifically having fallen ill.
