别把这件事情 告诉你阿妈
“don't tell your mom about this?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你能答应阿爸吗
“Can you promise me”
别把这件事情 告诉你 阿妈
“don't tell your mom about this?”
好
“Okay.”
“Keep quiet about this or we'll both get into huge trouble with your mom.”
In Chinese domestic life, a parent asking a child to hide minor transgressions from the other parent (especially the matriarch) is a common pragmatic trope for avoiding domestic friction.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
this matter / this thing (as object in a disposal construction)
Standard disposal structure introducing the topic or object before the action verb.
tell your mother
Colloquial phrase often paired with negative imperatives to enjoin secrecy.