小枫认不认识 我也不知道
“I don't know if Xiaofeng knew them either.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
这俩人我都没见过
“I've never seen either of these two people.”
小枫 认不认识 我也不知道
“I don't know if Xiaofeng knew them either.”
刘小枫的朋友呢
“What about Liu Xiaofeng's friends?”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
When interrogated or asked about third parties, Chinese speakers often emphasize personal detachment to avoid unwarranted liability.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
whether someone knows another person or not
An affirmative-negative question form used as an embedded clause to indicate an open possibility.
I don't know either
Commonly deployed to disclaim personal responsibility or knowledge regarding someone else's affairs.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“-Feng! -Stop looking! Don't you know he has a match today?”
“Where's Feng? Do you know where Feng is? Where's Feng? I don't know.”