不过你要是今年住过我们那
“But if you stayed at our hotel this year,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
副的 副的
“I'm just the sous-chef.”
不过 你要是 今年住过我们 那
“But if you stayed at our hotel this year,”
说不准还真吃过我做的菜呢
“you might have actually tasted my cooking.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese social interaction, finding commonalities such as shared locations or food experiences is a standard way to warm up relationships.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
if you...
A common spoken conditional marker equivalent to '如果', used to introduce hypothetical scenarios.
our place / our hometown / where we live
A highly idiomatic spoken phrase referring casually to one's home area or hometown.