但是我失眠 是这两年才有的
“but mine only started in the last couple of years.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我是失眠了
“I do have insomnia,”
但是 我失眠 是 这两年 才 有的
“but mine only started in the last couple of years.”
每次睡不着的时候
“Whenever I can't sleep,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In contemporary Chinese society, sleep problems like insomnia are widely discussed as direct physical reflections of modern work pressure and life changes.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to suffer from insomnia; sleeplessness
A common noun/verb used when describing sleep difficulties.
only started within the past two years
The pattern '才有的' emphasizes that something emerged relatively recently compared to expectations.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I was already sleepless for the first half of the night.”
“Your insomnia is pretty serious.”
“saying he suffered from severe insomnia”
“I've been sleeping for two days.”
“Two days and two nights without sleep,”
“I was so scared, I couldn't sleep for days.”