面是我让人买的
“I had someone buy the noodles.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“when he's most likely to pull tricks.”
面是我让人买的
“I had someone buy the noodles.”
后厨老王
“Wang from the kitchen bought them and checked them thoroughly.”
“Don't be paranoid—I was the one who ordered someone to get those noodles.”
Using the '是...的' construction allows speakers to firmly emphasize who initiated an action when suspicions are running high.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
had someone buy it; asked someone to purchase it
A causative structure using '让' to indicate delegating an everyday errand to another person.
Used at the end of the '是...的' focus construction to emphasize the agent or origin of the action.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“these three from someone else.”
“I bought this place.”
“I didn't buy it. I borrowed it. You...”
“Who else would I sell it to other than you?”
“I bought you”
“being brought by that woman.”