你老实跟我说 你还咬没咬别人
“tell me the truth, did you bite anyone else?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
李尖尖
“Li Jianjian,”
你 老实跟我说 你还咬没咬别人
“tell me the truth, did you bite anyone else?”
笑你就
“Stop giggling.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Chinese parents often use direct and assertive demands for truth when confronting young children about troublesome behavior at school or in the neighborhood.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
tell me honestly; be upfront with me
A typical disciplinary phrase used by parents, teachers, or authority figures when demanding the truth.
did you or did you not bite (again)
An affirmative-negative question structure used in spoken Chinese to confirm whether an action took place.