再早就是在他们家开那超市 还干过一段时间
“Even earlier, she worked at the supermarket they ran for a while.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“When I was little, my mom was their nanny.”
再 早就 是在 他们家 开那超市 还 干过 一段 时间
“Even earlier, she worked at the supermarket they ran for a while.”
“Back then, Yongguang only had one store.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Chinese speakers often highlight deep, multi-generational connections to explain current rapport, familiarity, or unspoken trust between families.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
even earlier; prior to that
A colloquial time marker used when tracing events further back into the past during storytelling.
worked for a period of time
A common spoken phrase used to describe brief past employment without sounding overly formal.
