我还以为钱是你们出的呢
“I thought you were the one who paid for it.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我听说以前争论得很激烈
“I heard it was a fierce argument in the past.”
我还以为 钱 是你 们出 的 呢
“I thought you were the one who paid for it.”
“Turns out the money is still your father's.”
“You made it look like a perk, but we were paying for it all along.”
Conversations around money often involve indirect probing; calling out who actually footed the bill indicates shared intimacy or dropping diplomatic pretenses.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
I thought / I mistakenly assumed
Commonly used when discovering the truth contradicts a previous belief, often carrying a tone of mild surprise or mild reproach.
Softens the assertion while underscoring the speaker's mild lingering bewilderment.