说是家里人都死了
“He said his whole family is dead.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
啥尔
“-He's what? -He's what?”
说是 家里人都 死了
“He said his whole family is dead.”
只剩他一个
“He's the only one left.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Prefacing statements with '说是' distances the speaker from total responsibility for the factual accuracy of sensitive news.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
it is said that / rumor has it
A handy conversational preface when passing on hearsay without vouching for absolute accuracy.
family members
Common spoken term for family or household members.