好像还试图跟他交谈过 他说什么了
“to have even tried to talk to him. What did he say?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“do you still remember him? I seem”
好像 还试图跟他交谈过 他 说什么了
“to have even tried to talk to him. What did he say?”
他说自己叫什么了吗
“Did he say what his name was?”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Prefacing an inquiry with 'it seems' softens the interrogation, allowing the witness space to answer without feeling accused.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
attempt to / try to
A slightly formal verb indicating an effort to do something, often implying partial or questionable success.
what did he say?
A natural spoken question asking for details of what someone reported or uttered.
Indicates completion of the speech act being investigated.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I know just what to tell him.”
“I told him”
“Have you figured out how to tell him?”
“(You clearly still had something you wanted to say to him.)”
“He doesn't talk with me a lot.”
“We haven't gotten to that stage yet.”