我早就说过了 我那天不在体育馆
“I already explained. I wasn't at the stadium that day.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Everyone knew that back then! Then where were you at the time?”
我早就说过 了 我那天 不在 体育馆
“I already explained. I wasn't at the stadium that day.”
“That night, as soon as the accident occurred,”
“Stop suspecting me; I already told you I was not there!”
Using '早就' with past actions often highlights exasperation when one's honesty or previous statements are ignored or challenged.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
already said it long ago
Carries an impatient nuance that the listener is asking something that has already been clarified.
was not there that day
A concise denial of presence on a specific past occasion.
Signals completion and reinforces the speaker's stance that the issue was already addressed in the past.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I've been thinking these... I said it.”
“I told that stubborn mule long ago”
“I've known for a long time that he's not on my side.”
“I told you you're not an ordinary person.”
“I'd probably be in prison by now.”
“I told you this long ago. That place wasn't secure.”