有个事得麻烦你一下
“I need to ask you a favor.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我不在 我在新加坡呢
“No, I'm not. I'm in Singapore.”
有个事 得 麻烦你一下
“I need to ask you a favor.”
是这样
“Here's the thing.”
“I know it might be inconvenient, but I really need your help with this.”
Using words like 'trouble' (麻烦) before stating a request shows consideration for the listener's effort and softens the social burden.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
need to trouble you a bit
A staple polite preface when asking someone for a favor or assigning an inconvenient task.
there is something / I have a matter
A standard conversational opener to introduce an issue before explaining the details.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“There's something I might need to trouble you with.”
“There is something I need your help with.”
“I'd like to ask you a favor.”