他还在元龙里碰到过我
“he saw me in Yuanlongli.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
1997年的时候
“Back in '97,”
他 还在 元龙里 碰到过我
“he saw me in Yuanlongli.”
2002年我又碰到了他 那次我觉得他认出我了
“I ran into him again in 2002. I thought he recognized me.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
When reconstructing memories for legal or investigative inquiries in Chinese, speakers often anchor events with specific local place names to substantiate credibility.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
have run into / have encountered
Combines the verb 'to bump into' with the experiential aspect marker 'guo' to indicate a past encounter.