我小时候听我奶奶说
“When I was little, I heard Grandma say”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你爸也不喜欢
“Not even your dad?”
我 小时候 听我奶奶说
“When I was little, I heard Grandma say”
我妈是为了跟我爸去广州
“my mom married my dad to go to Guangzhou and see the world.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Grandmothers in Chinese households frequently serve as the key preservers and narrators of family lineage and marital backstories to the younger generation.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
in one's childhood / when one was young
A very common conversational opener to recount personal memories or childhood background.
heard from someone that...
Used to cite hearsay or secondary information without claiming direct eyewitness authority.
