我原以为你会在外面 待个几个星期 再来找我
“I thought you'd wander out there for a few weeks before coming to me.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
小姐 人到了
“My Lady, he's here.”
我原以为你会在外面 待个几个星期 再 来找我
“I thought you'd wander out there for a few weeks before coming to me.”
没想到你这么早就来了
“I didn't expect you to come so soon.”
“You gave up on being on your own much sooner than I expected.”
Chinese speakers often express their assessment of someone's resilience or independence through playful observations about timing rather than direct critique.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
I originally assumed / thought
Used to introduce an initial assumption that turned out to be inaccurate.
stay for a few weeks
The insertion of '个' provides a casual, approximate sense to the duration.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Wait outside for me. I'll come out shortly. Yes.”
“I'll wait for you to come find me.”
“So could you find somewhere nearby to wait for a bit? I promise”
“I've been in bed for two weeks. What do you think? I'll come see you tomorrow.”
“I'll look for it somewhere else.”
“I'll return to find you.”