- 我说这个女的 - 哦
“I'm talking about the girl. Oh. What's her name?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我不是说他
“- But the thing is-- - Um, I don't mean him.”
- 我说这个女的 - 哦
“I'm talking about the girl. Oh. What's her name?”
她叫什么啊？
“Oh. What's her name?”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Using '我说...' directly pinpoints the conversational reference point when a previous misunderstanding or ambiguity occurs.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
I mean this one / I am talking about this
A very common colloquial device to redirect attention or clarify who or what you are referring to.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Let me say something.”
“Go ahead. Let me.”
“Who says so? I do.”
“I didn't say that.”
“To be fair, you do look quite sharp now.”
“Her speech was quite cathartic.”