我还以为是他老婆干的呢
“I thought his wife did it.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我还以为是 他 老婆 干的 呢
“I thought his wife did it.”
为什么这么想啊
“Why would you think that?”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Unlike '觉得' or '想', '以为' almost universally indicates that the speaker's prior presumption was proven wrong.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
I mistakenly thought / I had assumed
Used specifically when contrasting a previous belief with newly discovered reality.
did it / committed it
A colloquial way to refer to committing an action, often bad or illicit deeds.
Softens the assertion while highlighting a contrast between previous expectation and actual fact.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I thought he liked me.”
“I thought there was a problem with my wife.”
“People would think it was me who did it.”
“I thought his passion would disappear soon.”
“But I think he lied to me.”
“More's the point. Did he do that?”