我特别想问他一个问题 就是
“I really wanted to ask him a question, which was,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
但是
“But...”
我 特别想 问他一个问题 就是
“I really wanted to ask him a question, which was,”
这么多年
“after all these years,”
“There is one burning question that has haunted me for years, and I need the truth.”
In Chinese discourse, introducing an emotionally heavy inquiry with an explicit announcement mentally prepares the listener and underlines the gravity of the topic.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
really want to / deeply desire to
A common spoken intensifier before desire verbs, conveying stronger emotion than just '想'.
ask him a question
Standard conversational phrasing used to frame an inquiry, often used as a rhetorical preface.