打从我记事的时候
“Ever since I can remember,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你爱我爸吗
“Do you love dad?”
打从我记事的时候
“Ever since I can remember,”
“you two argued all day and night.”
“Your fighting has defined my entire childhood, and I've noticed it for as long as I can remember.”
Many Chinese parents mistakenly assume small children do not register marital discord, leading to profound emotional scars once the child speaks up.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
ever since; starting from
An informal Northern spoken preposition indicating a starting point in time or origin.
to start remembering things as a child
Refers specifically to reaching the age of early childhood memory formation.