别跟你说 我也就没跟你提
“not to tell you. So, I didn't mention that to you.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
但是她当时跟我说啊 说
“But at the time she asked me”
别跟你说 我也就 没跟你提
“not to tell you. So, I didn't mention that to you.”
你妈那人呢
“Your mom”
“Don't blame me for hiding it; she told me to keep quiet, so my hands were tied.”
In Chinese family dynamics, relatives often get trapped acting as secret-keepers or intermediaries between estranged family members, creating tension around when to disclose information.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
so naturally did not / ended up not
Use this spoken pattern to explain an action or lack thereof as a natural, passive consequence of a preceding condition.
mention it to you / bring it up with you
A common conversational collocation used when talking about sharing news or raising a subject with someone.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“to you. I'll find someone else.”
“You didn't tell her what I said to you?”
“Let me tell you.”
“Let's drop such heavy talk.”
“So I said let's chat.”
“Let me tell you. Your personality takes after your mom.”