你说这事奇怪不奇怪
“Isn't it strange?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Did he get hurt or not? I just don't know.”
你说这事 奇怪不奇怪
“Isn't it strange?”
是谁要杀田先生
“Who wants to kill Mr. Tian?”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Phrasing opinions as A-not-A questions is an interactive spoken strategy that prompts active concurrence rather than a mere factual yes or no.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
tell me; what do you say
A discourse marker used to open a conversation or pull someone into agreeing with a viewpoint.
isn't it bizarre
An A-not-A question form used rhetorically to emphasize how strange an event is.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Isn't that strange?”
“Don't you find that strange?”
“Isn't this utterly bizarre?”
“Anyway, it's really strange. As an investigative reporter,”
“Her cake shop. It's very far from the crime scene. Don't you think that's strange?”
“don't you find this strange?”