我 我也不太清楚
“I... I'm not sure.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你当事人呢
“where is your client?”
我 我 也不 太清楚
“I... I'm not sure.”
“I'm no longer representing him in this case. Then where is he?”
“Do not ask me, I am stepping back from this and do not want to be held accountable.”
Claiming lack of clarity ('not too sure') allows a speaker to protect themselves without directly refusing to answer.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
not very clear / not too sure either
A polite, standard hedging device used to deny knowledge or decline to answer firmly.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I... I don't really know the details.”
“Mr. Liao, I'm not quite following.”
“I don't quite understand them either, and I am still learning.”
“I may not know the situation. But I know you, Zhu Jiru.”
“I see. It's such a small matter. You decide.”
“I don't quite understand that.”
“It's all I know. It's all I know.”
“I... I don't know what to say.”
“Seems like you don't know me very well, either.”
“because I don't know him well”
“I-I really don't know about him.”
“right? I even know about that thing,”
“No, I set up my stall twice a day. I know it.”
“I... I don't know.”
“What else don't I know about you?”
“I… I don't even know how to say this.”
“Don't start with the sarcasm. I know what you're going to say.”
“I... I don't know.”
“I... I don't know how to say it. I have to...”
“I'm not really sure about that. Because I haven't seen him either.”
“I don't know either. It's just a guess.”
“I am not familiar with the rice trade.”