不过 我没太听懂她在说什么
“But I didn't quite understand what she was saying.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不过 我 没太听懂 她 在说什么
“But I didn't quite understand what she was saying.”
爸 妈
“Dad, Mom.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Inserting '太' after a negative ('没太...') softens the statement, sounding less blunt than a direct '没听懂' (didn't understand).
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
didn't quite understand
A polite and natural way to soften an admission that you failed to comprehend spoken words.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I didn't quite understand.”
“I don't understand what you're saying”
“Ms. Li, I'm still a bit confused.”
“I don't get what you mean.”
“I don't quite understand them either, and I am still learning.”
“Um... I didn't understand.”