... said to me by a girl from China, “and it sounds good!”
Haha, today in church, I was just speaking to 2 China students who are also studying at TU Delft. At first we were speaking in English, then one of them suggested, “Hey, since we’re all Chinese, why don’t we converse in Mandarin?” So that was just what we did.
Well, I uttered a line or two (couldn’t remember what though), and after that quickly apologised if they couldn’t understand me, since most people wld tell me to shut up once I started speaking in Mandarin in S’pore.
Then, one of them said to me, “No, your Mandarin sounds really good! Don’t worry!”
For a moment, I was thinking that she must be fu-yan-ing me, until she added, “You know, nowadays people in China are actually trying to speak like the way you do! Cos when they watch too much Hong Kong or Taiwanese serials, and hear the pop stars speak in a slang different from that in China, they think its fashionable and want to imitate.”
Whoa, I was surprised to hear that, but anyway, hey hey, my Mandarin is cool k! haha. Who are you to frown and tell me to shut up now when I speak. Haha.
Then she continued, “…while it is actually your English that sounds kinda weird.”
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Oh well, Singlish marh, what to do. Hahha.
Haha, today in church, I was just speaking to 2 China students who are also studying at TU Delft. At first we were speaking in English, then one of them suggested, “Hey, since we’re all Chinese, why don’t we converse in Mandarin?” So that was just what we did.
Well, I uttered a line or two (couldn’t remember what though), and after that quickly apologised if they couldn’t understand me, since most people wld tell me to shut up once I started speaking in Mandarin in S’pore.
Then, one of them said to me, “No, your Mandarin sounds really good! Don’t worry!”
For a moment, I was thinking that she must be fu-yan-ing me, until she added, “You know, nowadays people in China are actually trying to speak like the way you do! Cos when they watch too much Hong Kong or Taiwanese serials, and hear the pop stars speak in a slang different from that in China, they think its fashionable and want to imitate.”
Whoa, I was surprised to hear that, but anyway, hey hey, my Mandarin is cool k! haha. Who are you to frown and tell me to shut up now when I speak. Haha.
Then she continued, “…while it is actually your English that sounds kinda weird.”
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Oh well, Singlish marh, what to do. Hahha.
1 comment:
WAHAHAHA.. cool stuff!! we'll try not to tell you to shut up next time.. you can improve while talking to me muahaha :)
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