没来得及跟你打招呼
“I didn't get a chance to tell you.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
都怪我
“It's my fault.”
没来得及 跟你 打招呼
“I didn't get a chance to tell you.”
你今天怎么了
“What's with you today?”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Acknowledging someone when meeting is critical for maintaining warmth; failing to say hello requires an explicit apology to prevent hurt feelings.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
didn't have time to / didn't get around to
Essential conversational chunk used to explain that lack of time prevented an action.
to greet / to say hello
Very frequent spoken idiom for exchanging greetings or giving a heads-up.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“so I didn't get to tell you—”
“and haven't had a chance to tell you.”
“You scared me. Is that any way to greet someone, Yonghui?”
“but without me, you think you'd win that award?”
“Didn't I tell you? Don't greet me in public.”
“we didn't have time to tell them.”
“He left without saying goodbye”
“Why didn't you let me know you were coming here?”
“You brat, you didn't even say you were coming back.”
“I didn't have time to greet you.”
“Why didn't you let me down?”
“(I didn't have time to greet him.)”
“why didn't you give me a heads-up before coming?”
“That's no way to greet someone.”
“You didn't even tell me earlier.”
“I didn't find a chance to tell you,”