听我絮叨这么久
“and listening to me ramble on for so long.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
听我 絮叨 这么久
“and listening to me ramble on for so long.”
“Pardon me. Pardon me. I'm your student.”
“I've been rambling on and on, thank you for being so patient with me.”
Chinese etiquette encourages hosts or seniors to belittle their own words as '絮叨' (rambling) to elevate the guest's courtesy and patience.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to ramble; to babble; to talk endlessly
A slightly colloquial term often used self-deprecatingly by older speakers when apologizing for speaking too much.
for this long
A versatile phrase used after verbs to indicate an extended duration of an activity.