跟你说不能去那边了吧
“I told you not to go over there.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不听话是吧
“Are you disobedient?”
跟 你说 不能去 那边了吧
“I told you not to go over there.”
“Go the other way. Understood?”
“I already warned you once, so why are you deliberately defying me?”
Chinese speakers often use rhetorical questions prefixed with reminders to assert authority and demand compliance after rules are broken.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
I told you; didn't I tell you
Commonly used in spoken Chinese to emphasize a reminder or express frustration when advice is ignored.
cannot go; not allowed to go
Used to denote prohibition or strong inadvisability regarding a destination.
Marks the completed state of prior instruction and underscores the consequence.
Used rhetorically at the end of a question to elicit confirmation while expressing irritation.
