信 我们写了
“We wrote the letter.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
逼着他跟你们道歉
“and forced him to apologize to you.”
信 我们写了
“We wrote the letter.”
“We already complied with your demands, so stop pushing us.”
Fronting the object in Chinese highlights the fulfillment of reciprocal moral or social obligations during an argument or confrontation.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
the letter, we have already written it
Uses topic-comment fronting to strongly emphasize that the requirement concerning the letter has been fulfilled.
Marks completion of the action, emphasizing that the obligation has already been fulfilled.
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Did she ever write us a single letter?”
“Have you received the letter I wrote to you?”
“♪ In this world, is there anyone ♪ Then have you read all the letters ♪ Smarter than anyone else? ♪ I wrote to you?”
“and his sister. He could have put them all in one envelope.”
“Not bad. I knew there couldn't be anything seriously wrong with it.”
“Trust me. We'll go with that decision.”