你们来了也有段日子了
“you guys have been here for a while.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你看啊
“See,”
你们 来了 也有 段日子了
“you guys have been here for a while.”
那个
“Well,”
“You've been here long enough, so don't act like newcomers who don't know the rules.”
Chinese speakers often open difficult or transactional conversations with neutral observations about time or shared history to soften the upcoming demand.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
for quite a while; for some time
A colloquial way to refer to an extended period of time without specifying the exact duration.
Indicates a completed duration up to the present moment, emphasizing accumulated time.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Why are you here?”
“You came all this way.”
“Why did you come? If I don't come now,”
“I'm relieved you're here.”
“Why are you here?”
“We've been here quite a while.”