可能根本没有这个人呢
“Perhaps it was really an accident.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
可能 根本没有 这个人 呢
“Perhaps it was really an accident.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Combining '可能' with sentence-final '呢' allows the speaker to raise a radical, counter-intuitive hypothesis without sounding overly assertive or dogmatic.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
maybe; perhaps; possibly
Placed at the beginning of a clause to soften a conclusion and introduce a plausible theory.
simply doesn't exist; not at all
Emphatic negation used to underline the absolute absence of something.
Softens the speculative statement and invites the listener to consider this possibility.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I really don't know her!”
“so it's entirely possible they're the same person.”
“who doesn't hide from us is this guy, right?”
“I don't even know who that is.”
“But this person has never been found.”
“Given his current condition, I really can't find anyone else.”