你上次不是跟我说 你喜欢人家吗
“Didn't you tell me last time that you like her?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
那你对你们家房东锲而不舍了吗
“Then have you been persistent with your landlady?”
你 上次 不是 跟 我说 你 喜欢人家 吗
“Didn't you tell me last time that you like her?”
“I'm different. My situation is different.”
“Stop making excuses—you admitted to me earlier that you have feelings for them.”
Referring to someone as '人家' softens the mention of a crush or third party, adding a conversational, slightly gossipy intimacy.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
didn't you say to me...
A classic rhetorical pattern (不是...吗) used to remind someone of their own previous statement and challenge their current claim.
like that person / have feelings for them
'人家' is frequently used colloquially to refer to a third party or a crush in an affectionate, slightly gossipy tone.
Forms a rhetorical confirmation question, pressing the listener to acknowledge what they previously admitted.
