有件事 我还没来得及跟你说
“There's something I haven't had a chance to tell you.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“When I get to my parents' place, I'll eat with them.”
有件事 我 还没来得及 跟你说
“There's something I haven't had a chance to tell you.”
“Your mom came looking for you yesterday.”
“Brace yourself; I need to tell you something important before you go.”
Speakers often use conversational preambles to soften unexpected family news, allowing the other party a moment to mentally prepare.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
haven't had the chance/time yet
A common conversational softener used to excuse a delay in doing or communicating something.
there is a matter; there is something
Commonly used as an opening hook to draw someone's undivided attention before sharing news.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I have something to tell you.”
“There's something I haven't had a chance to say yet.”
“I didn't find a chance to tell you,”