说话的人

[Tony24]

大家好！

I’ve recently come across this sentence in one of my textbooks and haven’t come up with a solution yet.

Here is the sentence : 

说话的人，以前知道你帮助了他。

The whole phrase is not very clear to me but what puzzles me most is its first part, I mean 说话的人.

Any help?

 

我很需要你们的帮助啊！

 

[DavyJonesLocker]

I think you need context here or the preceding sentences.

 

说话的人 can have several meanings depending on context .

Perhaps take a photo of the paragraph? 

 

 

 

 

[889]

Ellipsed in context, maybe:

 

[咱们刚刚]说话的人，以前[我]知道你帮助了他 。

 

[roddy]

The speaker, although as indicated above, it may depend on other context. This looks like a listening multiple choice answer, at a guess. 

[imron]

13 hours ago, 889 said:

咱们

I don't think 咱们 is appropriate here.

[Beelzebro]

说话的人 means "the speaker" or "the person that speaks/spoke". You'll also see 说话人 which has the same meaning "the speaker“, and 听话人 "the listener".