那你不是说要多待两天吗
“Didn't you say you'd stay a couple more days?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“I'll book a ticket to go back after the meal.”
那 你不是说 要多待两天 吗
“Didn't you say you'd stay a couple more days?”
我有事
“I have something to do.”
“Why are you leaving so soon? You promised you would stay longer.”
Instead of demanding directly that the person stay, Chinese speakers often cite prior commitments or promises to indirectly express reluctance to part.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
didn't you say
A common spoken formula used to confront someone with their own previous words or plans.
stay a couple more days
Colloquial way to express extending one's stay by a short period.
Turns the rhetorical assertion into a question, prompting the listener to explain the sudden change of mind.