所以我很感谢他
“So I'm very grateful to him.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
这位秋老先生
“This Master Qiu...”
所以我很 感谢他
“So I'm very grateful to him.”
“Had a fight with Qi Mingyue? No.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Acknowledging help from seniors or benefactors reflects the traditional Chinese cultural virtue of remembering kindness received.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to thank him / to be grateful to him
Standard phrase to express sincere gratitude toward a third party.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Tell him thank you. What is he up to lately?”
“I just want to thank him in person again.”
“Alright then, thank you.”
“and he would be indebted to me for life.”
“We should go thank him in person.”
“I should be thanking you.”
“Then I'll thank you for him,”
“I only did that to thank him”