您之前不是跟祯娘说好了吗
“Didn't you promise me before?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
您 之前不是 跟祯娘 说好了吗
“Didn't you promise me before?”
您说
“You said”
“You already made a deal, so stick to it and stop causing trouble.”
Junior family members use respectful pronouns like 'nin' combined with gentle rhetorical reminders to dissuade an elder without causing direct loss of face.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
didn't... / wasn't it...
A classic rhetorical pattern used to point out an obvious fact or hold the listener accountable to a prior truth.
agreed upon / settled
Commonly used to indicate that a consensus or verbal promise has been reached between parties.
Forms a rhetorical question that prompts the listener to acknowledge what was previously agreed.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Didn't Zhen already make it clear?”
“you've ruined Zhen!”
“What am I supposed to do?”
“But where is Zhen now?”
“and isn't it the same for you and Zhen?”
“Looks like you are more insightful than I am.”