你现在才记起来这件事？
“And you're just remembering this now?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我知道 她有份兼职工作 在那里当簿记员
“Yeah, I know. She has, like, a part-time job there as a bookkeeper.”
你现在 才 记起来 这件事？
“And you're just remembering this now?”
你爸爸说得对 你真是个傻子
“Your dad's right. You are a nitwit.”
“Why on earth didn't you mention this earlier?”
Using the adverb 'cai' (才) in a rhetorical question is a common conversational tool to reproach someone for being negligent or untimely.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
only now; not until now
Used to emphasize lateness or tardiness compared to what was expected.
to recall; to remember
A directional complement construction indicating the successful retrieval of a memory.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Have you forgotten?”
“Did something come back to you?”
“Did you remember something?”
“I've regained my memory,”
“Do you remember?”
“Did you remember it all clearly?”