我还想问你 你怎么进来的呢
“Tell me how you came in.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你干什么 你怎么进来的 我当然输密码进来的呀
“What are you doing? How did you get in? I entered the password and came in.”
我还想问你 你怎么进来的 呢
“Tell me how you came in.”
我也输密码进来的呀 这是我家 这怎么成你家了
“The same way as you did. This is my house. Nonsense.”
“Don't interrogate me; you have no right to be here in the first place.”
Flipping a question right back onto an interrogator is a common pragmatic device in Chinese disputes to regain conversational control.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
I was just about to ask you
A sharp rhetorical device used to counter someone's questioning by throwing the suspicion back onto them.
how did (you) get in
Commonly used to demand an explanation when encountering someone unexpectedly indoors.
Marks a rhetorical challenge, giving a sharp and demanding edge to the question.
