我们可太期望您来了
“We were really hoping you would come.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“You have no idea how much we missed you.”
我们 可太期望您来了
“We were really hoping you would come.”
really(真的吗) Yeah(当然)
“Really? Yeah.”
“You are our honored guest and we want to make you feel exceptionally important.”
Effusive hospitality phrases using the respectful pronoun '您' (nin) serve to honor the guest's face (mianzi) and display warmth.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
so very... / extremely...
A colloquial northern construction used to intensify emotions or opinions enthusiastically.
Functions with '可太' to complete the exclamatory intensification pattern.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You finally came.”
“We're already here.”
“Actually, I'm quite happy you came.”
“You're finally here.”
“I'm relieved you're here.”
“Why did you come? If I don't come now,”