这么说现场还有第三个人吗
“So there was a third person at the scene?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
想把他从火场中拖出来
“This person likely wanted to pull him out of the fire.”
这么说 现场 还有 第三个人 吗
“So there was a third person at the scene?”
只要找到第三个人
“As long as we find the third person,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese investigatory contexts, framing a question with introductory phrases like '这么说' allows the speaker to test a hypothesis without making an outright definitive claim.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
in that case; so that means
Commonly used to introduce an inference or summary deduced from the listener's previous statement.
a third party; a third person
Refers to an additional outside person beyond the two primary people involved.
Transforms the statement into a standard yes-no question seeking factual confirmation.
