上次摩托车案子 一直想感谢你来着 你感谢我
“About that motorcycle case, I've wanted to thank you. You thank me?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Wait. You're already here. We can just watch it together.”
上次 摩托车案子 一直想 感谢你 来着 你 感谢我
“About that motorcycle case, I've wanted to thank you. You thank me?”
“Little Qian should be the one thanking me.”
“I'm using this case as an excuse because I just wanted to hang out with you.”
In Chinese social interaction, owing a favor (renqing) is a conventional and convenient social pretext to initiate personal contact or invite someone out.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
have been wanting to all along
Commonly used to express a long-held intention or lingering wish before finally acting on it.
past marker indicating an ongoing state or past intention
A quintessential colloquial sentence-final marker used to recall a past thought or event.
Marks a past continuous intention or reminds the listener of a previous state of mind in a casual tone.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You could just call me to ask about the motorcycle.”
“Where's my motorcycle?”
“I'll pass. I've heard motorcycles aren't safe.”
“I haven't touched a motorcycle in ages.”
“My motorcycle is missing, so Ma Kai must have taken it.”
“and finish talking before letting me back in.”