我记得以前 还有两个人住在这儿 哥儿俩
“I remember there were two people living here. Two brothers.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我记得 以前 还有 两个人 住在这儿 哥儿俩
“I remember there were two people living here. Two brothers.”
唐小龙 唐小虎
“Tang Xiaolong and Tang Xiaohu.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Adding the diminutive 'er' sound to kinship terms like '哥儿俩' conveys conversational warmth and natural colloquial rhythm typical of northern spoken Mandarin.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
as I recall / I remember
A common conversational opener used to introduce a recollection or verify a fact with the listener.
two brothers / a pair of brothers
A colloquial northern expression referring affectionately or informally to two male siblings or very close male friends.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“By the way, do you still remember our old house?”
“Even though we weren't living together before, and lived a bit far apart,”
“It's not like you two have nowhere to live. That won't do.”
“My brother and I often came here to play as kids.”
“This place is deserted. Do you think they'll be in here?”
“From now on, we'll be just like before, living here together.”