我有没有跟你说过不准乱跑
“Didn't I tell you not to run off?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
别打了
“Mr. Yonghui! Stop hitting me!”
我有没有跟你说过不准乱跑
“Didn't I tell you not to run off?”
说过
“Yes, you did.”
“You knew the rules and broke them anyway, so don't act like you're innocent.”
Traditional Chinese parenting often utilizes rhetorical affirmative-negative questions to extract explicit verbal admissions of wrongdoing ('说过') before or during physical discipline.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
have or have not (did you or didn't you)
An affirmative-negative rhetorical question pattern used to corner an interlocutor with undisputed facts.
to run about aimlessly, to wander off
Frequently used by parents or guardians to admonish children who wander off without permission.
not allowed to, forbidden to
A stern directive prohibition indicating unequivocal authority.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Have I told you not to touch my things?”
“I'll go then. Don't move around.”
“(Yao, have I ever told you?)”
“have I ever told you?”
“You must not wander off now.”
“"Once I return, I won't run off anymore."”