N1Grammar

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I said...!, I told you...!, !

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Examples

Older Brother: 'Hey, it's about time to switch on the game.'
Younger Brother: 'Aww, it's still fine!'
Older Brother: 'You've played enough! I said let me have a turn!'

Mother: 'Clean your room!'
Child: 'I said I'll do it later.'
Mother: 'Not later, I'm telling you to do it right now!'

Friend A: 'This movie is boring, isn't it.'
Friend B: 'No, it's not.'
Friend A: 'It's really boring.'
Friend B: 'I'm telling you it's interesting! Just watch it quietly.'

A: 'Yesterday, I met a celebrity on the street!'
B: 'No way, you're lying.'
A: 'I said I'm not lying! I really met them!'

Child: 'Buy me this toy!'
Parent: 'No. We promised we wouldn't buy anything today.'
Child: 'Please! Buy it for me!'
Parent: 'I said no! That's enough!'

Navigator: 'There! Turn right there!'
Driver: 'Huh? Where?'
Navigator: 'I said right there! Ugh, now we've missed it!'

Mother making a cake, to her child who is trying to sneak a bite: 'I told you, you can't eat it yet!'

Older Brother: 'Hey, are you done with the bath yet? I want to get in too.'
Younger Brother: 'Just a little longer!'
Older Brother: 'I said get out of there already!'

Girlfriend: 'I don't want to see your face anymore! I'm leaving!'
Boyfriend: 'Yeah, yeah, you'll just come right back anyway.'
Girlfriend: 'I'm telling you, I'm really leaving!'

Parent: 'Why were you so late coming home today?'
Child: 'It's because I had club activities.'
Parent: 'Oh really? I didn't hear you say that.'
Child: 'I told you this morning!'

Friend 1: 'Hey, hey, this book...'
Friend 2: 'Shhh. We're in the library.'
Friend 1: 'But this part is...'
Friend 2: 'I said be quiet!'

Mother: 'Taro, wake up!'
Son: 'Mmm... five more minutes...'
Mother: 'You're going to be late!'
Son: '...Zzz'
Mother: 'I said, Taro! Can you even hear me!?'