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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel
my golly, i am in rather in awe of you right now. not that it's completely unheard of for an occidental to speak fluent japanese (*and* chinese o_O), as i said i have a girlfriend who does ; but then, i'm rather in awe of her as well... that's amazing.
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No, no-- I'm not fluent in either of these languages!
Well, Ok, I'm sort of fluent in Chinese, but only when talking to kids. I can say things like, "What do you want to eat?" "We don't have that." "Do you need to use the bathroom?" "
Really?" "Have you brushed your teeth?" "Don't touch that!" and "Go to bed!" Chinese adults crack up (start laughing) whenever I say these things, especially women. Apparently I've got the "mom" intonation down perfect. I can't carry on a normal conversation with an adult, though.
As far as Japanese goes, I know "about" Japanese more than I "know" Japanese, if you get my meaning.