就说这不是英文嘛
“I told you, it's not Russian.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
要找就找卤蛋
“Neither of us know Russian, but the big dog's your best bet.”
就说这不是英文嘛
“I told you, it's not Russian.”
“Wait. Why exactly did you come to us? [sighs] Please, bro.”
“See? I was right all along, stop acting like I don't know what I'm talking about.”
The particle 'ma' here reinforces the speaker's vindication, showing mild exasperation that others doubted an obvious claim.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
I told you / see, I said so
A spoken discourse marker used at the start of a sentence to vindicate one's previous opinion.
Signals that the fact should have been completely obvious all along.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“[Yo Tzu] But you used to do coding.”
“let me rephrase it.”
“Isn't that just the literal meaning?”
“That's not true.”
“That's not it.”
“Of course.”