我能不能单独跟您的儿子聊两句
“whether I may speak with your son alone for a moment.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
所以我才想问一下
“That's why I'd like to ask”
我 能不能 单独跟您的 儿子 聊两句
“whether I may speak with your son alone for a moment.”
不行
“No.”
“Please step aside so I can hear what he really has to say.”
Using the honorific '您' along with soft interrogatives demonstrates professional courtesy and softens potentially intrusive investigative requests.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
alone / in private
Use before an action verb like 聊 (chat) or 谈 (talk) to specify one-on-one interaction without third-party presence.
have a brief chat
A polite downtoner used to minimize the perceived burden or seriousness of an interview or conversation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“can you just tell your father?”
“No wonder your son avoids talking with you.”
“Can I stop doing this?”
“we can have a good talk with him”
“I want to talk to you.”
“we're not allowed to talk about this in private.”