已经住了将近两个月了吧
“you've been living here for almost two months, right?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
胡小姐到今天为止
“Ms. Hu, up until today,”
已经 住了将近两个月 了吧
“you've been living here for almost two months, right?”
你说这要是两三天 我还能假装不知道
“If it were just two or three days, I could pretend not to know.”
“She has overstayed her welcome, and we can't let this slide anymore.”
Chinese interpersonal norms encourage enduring minor impositions from acquaintances, but exceeding clear boundaries eventually forces confrontation.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
nearly / close to
Placed before duration or quantity words to indicate an approximate number close to a round figure.
up until today / as of today
A common temporal chunk used to mark the current endpoint of a continuous timeframe.
Marks the completion of a progressive duration up to the present moment.
Softens the assertion into a rhetorical question to elicit agreement from the listener.
