你告诉我 昨天晚上你回来那么晚 是不是你干的
“Tell me. You came back so late last night. Was it you?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
说不说实话你啊
“Tell me the truth!”
你告诉我 昨天晚上 你回来 那么晚 是不是你干的
“Tell me. You came back so late last night. Was it you?”
还要我说多少遍
“I've told you.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Family elders assume full right to investigate the moral conduct and late arrivals of family members under patriarchal duty.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
tell me
Used as an imperative command demanding an immediate and honest answer.
was it you who did it?; did you do this?
Direct accusatory collocation used to hold someone responsible for a misdeed.
Marks the focus on the agent responsible for the past action in a 'shi...de' construction.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I thought you weren't coming back tonight.”
“You come back so late every day.”
“As for what you said to me yesterday, I've given it some thought.”
“Why are you back so late today?”
“Why are you back so late today?”
“Weren't you supposed to be back only at night? That meeting was boring,”