我是想问你说锺小右
“I want to ask you why Zhong Xiaoyou—”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
阿宏哥 你到底想说什么
“Hong, what are you trying to say?”
我是 想问你 说锺小右
“I want to ask you why Zhong Xiaoyou—”
来
“Here.”
“Since you asked so directly, fine—the real reason I'm here is to ask about Xiaoyou.”
In Southern and Taiwanese Mandarin, '说' (shuō) is commonly appended after communicative verbs like '问你说' as a spoken discourse marker before introducing the question.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
wanted to ask you
A colloquial Taiwanese Mandarin filler construction ('想问你' + '说') used to introduce a question gently.
what I actually wanted was...
Uses the cleft '是' construction to focus on the speaker's true intent or clarification.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Do you find Zhong Xiaoyou familiar?”
“Why did Zhong Xiaoyou keep saying you are...”
“So if I got Zhong Xiaoyou's identity,”
“Whether it's Zhong Xiaoyou or He Xiangyong,”
“Zhong Xiaoyou, let me sleep a little longer.”
“I admit that I have feelings for Xiaoyou.”