我不是说了吗?暂时的啊
“I told you, it's temporary.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
那你们是有谁要死掉了吗?
“Then what, is one of you dying?”
我不是说了吗? 暂时的 啊
“I told you, it's temporary.”
我们周末还是可以碰面啊
“We'll still hang out on weekends.”
“Stop overreacting; I already told you this isn't permanent.”
Using '我不是……吗' is a direct conversational pattern in Mandarin used to deflect criticism by holding the other party accountable for failing to listen.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
Didn't I already tell you?
A common rhetorical retort used when repeating something that was already explained, often signaling mild annoyance.
temporary; for the time being
Used to downplay the permanence or severity of an undesirable situation.
Forms a rhetorical question emphasizing that the listener should already know the answer.
Adds exasperation and urgency to the assertion.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Didn't I tell you already?”
“Didn't I tell you?”
“Didn't I say it that day?”
“Didn't I say”
“So, just say whatever you remember.”
“I told you already. I went alone.”