- 你在警察局工作过？ - 算是吧
“- What, you worked for the police? - Sort of.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
大部分时候 只有我在追查
“I was the only one looking.”
- 你在警察局 工作 过？ - 算是吧
“- What, you worked for the police? - Sort of.”
算是吧？
“Sort of?”
“It's complicated, but technically yes, though I don't want to get into the details.”
Chinese speakers often use softening hedges like '算是吧' to avoid claiming full authority, maintain humility, or avoid scrutiny over formal institutional credentials.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
Kind of / you could say that
Use this spoken phrase to offer a qualified or hesitant confirmation when something is technically true but requires nuance.
Softens the assertion and introduces vagueness or reluctant agreement rather than a definitive affirmative.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“[Hsin-ping] I used to work as a clerk in a police station.”
“Haven't I been a cop all along?”
“I work in the police station. I've witnessed a lot, you know?”
“I filed a police report on it.”
“are you worthy of being a cop?”
“I've been a police officer for so many years.”