我不是有给你写信回去吗
“Didn't I write to you?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“We haven't seen each other for so long.”
我不是 有 给你 写信 回去 吗
“Didn't I write to you?”
那不一样
“That's not the same.”
“I did not neglect you; I made an effort to keep in touch, so please do not blame me.”
Using the negative rhetorical question pattern '不是...吗' is a common colloquial way to playfully or defensively counter a loved one's mild grievance.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to write letters
A standard verb-object collocation indicating written correspondence.
haven't for a long time
Used to express the prolonged duration since an activity or meeting last occurred.
Forms a rhetorical question that prompts affirmation and emphasizes the speaker's defense.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I wrote to you, and you never replied.”
“If you miss the General, we can always write to him. I have to go back.”
“Did she ever write us a single letter?”
“♪ We'd never fall in love yet ♪ It's been a long time since I wrote to you.”
“Have you received the letter I wrote to you?”
“♪ Cutting off all connections, in the end ♪ I'll never write to you again. I don't. How could...”