Why didn't you say so earlier in Chinese 你怎么不早说
How to say why didn't you say so earlier in Chinese? When someone tells you something and you feel like it's already too late. What do you say? There is one useful Chinese expression for this kind of situation - 你怎么不早说. Watch this Chinese video lesson and learn how and when to use this Chinese expression. Learn Chinese with ChineseFor.Us Speak Like A Native Chinese Course! Speak Chinese today!
Chinese expression in this video lesson
- 你怎么不早说？你怎麼不早說？
nǐ zěnme bù zǎo shuō
Why didn't you say so earlier? / You're telling me now?
Vocabulary
| Chinese | Pinyin | P.O.S | English | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 你 | nǐ | pr. | you (singular) | |
| 怎么 怎麼 | zěnme | q.pr. | how (come) | |
| 不 | bù | adv. | not | |
| 早 | zǎo | adv. / adj. | early | |
| 说 說 | shuō | v. | to speak |
Extra words
| Chinese | Pinyin | P.O.S | English | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 视频 視頻 | shìpín | n. | video | |
| 错别字 錯別字 | cuòbiézì | n. | wrong character | |
| 已经 已經 | yǐjīng | adv. | already | |
| 糟了 | zāole | phr. | oh no | |
| 也 | yě | adv. | also; too | |
| 带 帶 | dài | v. | to bring |
Dialogue
我们的视频里有一个错别字！
There is a wrong character in our video!
你怎么不早说？我已经发了！
Why didn't you say so earlier? I've already posted it!
糟了！我没带钱包！
Oh no! I forgot to bring my wallet!
你怎么不早说？我也没带！
Why didn't you say so earlier? I didn't bring mine either!
Example sentence
你怎么不早说她也要来？
Why didn't you say so earlier that she is also coming?
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what microphone are you using? its so clear!