我不认识你说的这个人是谁
“I don't know who this person you're talking about is.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
一定是误会
“This must be a mistake.”
我不认 识 你说的 这个人 是谁
“I don't know who this person you're talking about is.”
“Leave me alone, I have nothing to do with whatever mess you are pursuing.”
Quickly disclaiming knowledge of someone is a critical self-preservation strategy in Chinese interpersonal disputes to avoid guilt by association.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
do not recognize / do not know (a person)
The standard phrase for indicating no prior acquaintance or recognition of someone.
the person you are talking about
An essential spoken relative-clause structure used to refer to someone recently mentioned.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I don't know who you're talking about.”
“I really don't know who he is.”
“I don't even know who that is.”
“I really don't know her!”
“Although I don't know who the mysterious person is”