我不知道该跟你怎么说
“I didn't know how to tell you.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
是
“Yes.”
我不知道 该跟 你怎么说
“I didn't know how to tell you.”
现在妈妈又倒下了
“And now, Mom has collapsed.”
“Brace yourself, things are terrible and I can barely find the words to explain.”
Speakers often use verbal hesitation as a psychological cushion before delivering severe shocks to close family members.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
don't know how to put it; hard to explain
A very common preface when delivering delicate, painful, or complicated bad news.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“and didn't know how to explain it to you”
“I don't know what to say.”
“I don't know how to tell you,”
“And I didn't know how to tell you.”
“and I don’t know what to say to her. I think you must have misunderstood me.”
“I didn't know how to tell him.”
“I don't know how to explain.”
“I don't even know how to explain...”
“I don't even know how to talk to you now.”
“I... I don't know how to explain it.”
“I didn't know what to say.”
“I don't know how to explain it to you.”
“I just don't know what to say.”
“I don't know how to tell you this.”