本来刚才想去找你来着
“I was just planning to go look for you.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我想着呢
“I've got it in my heart.”
本来 刚才 想去 找你来 着
“I was just planning to go look for you.”
“-Yet I fell asleep while lying down. -Hurry up.”
“Don't think I forgot about you—I intended to visit, but I just fell asleep.”
In close relationships, explicitly stating what one 'had planned to do' helps demonstrate care and prevent friction over delays or missed meetings.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
originally was going to... (past intention)
A classic Northern colloquial structure used to describe an intention in the past that did not end up happening.
to go find you / to go visit you
Everyday spoken Chinese phrase for meeting up or dropping by someone's place.
Functions as a sentence-final aspect particle indicating an action or thought that took place recently in the past.
