我都不知道这个人是谁
“I don't even know who that is.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“I told you I don't know the person.”
我都不知道 这个人 是谁
“I don't even know who that is.”
不说是吧
“You won't talk?”
“Back off! I have absolutely nothing to do with this person.”
Using inclusive markers like '都' to stress total ignorance is a common conversational device in Chinese to reject false accusations or break through an impasse.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
I don't even know
The adverb '都' is used here to emphasize the extreme degree of not knowing, signaling exasperation or forceful denial.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I don't know who this person you're talking about is.”
“I really don't know her!”
“I have no idea how he deals with all the pork and offal.”
“Do you?”
“how could I not know who my employer is?”
“I thought she was a Korean celebrity.”
“I really don't know who he is.”
“I wouldn't even know my own blood type to this day.”
“but we don't even know who they are.”
“You know how she is.”
“Do you know who I am?”
“but… we didn't know who they were.”
“But if I don't know who I am,”
“Although I don't know who the mysterious person is”
“I really don't know who he was.”
“Don't you know who I am?”
“I don't know who he is,”