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Friday, January 28, 2005
jap vs eng... 0-0
today as i was queuing to pay for my lunch in the staff canteen, and turned ard and saw that one of my trainers, 福岡さん was in line behind me....
"昨日は面白かったですか。" he asked.
"ええ。" i said, wasn't sure if i catched the statement correctly, as he said it in the japanese cut-time speed.
"昨日は楽しかったですか。" he repeated. he changed the adjective i think in case i didn't understand the previous one.
"はい。楽しい。。。楽しかったです。" as usual, forgot to use past tense, then corrected myself when i realised.
"でも全然日本語で。難しかったです。” i continued.
"英語で説明したか。" he asked. i think it was something like that lah.. couldn't really catch.. too fast.
at this stage, i was totally lost... i gave him the stupified look, indicating that i dun understand what he just said.
"explain." he explained.
finally understanding what he said, i wanted to reply him some ppl explained in english, but dunno how to say "some ppl" in japanese. so after awhile, i just said, "some..."
"some.." he repeated, and laughed, presumably at my japanese skills, or rather the lack of.
wanting to know how to say "some people" in japanese, i then asked him, "how do you say that in japanese?"
he laughed.
thinking maybe he didn't know what i meant, i repeated again, "how do you say 'some people' in japanese?"
he laughed again, nodding his head, saying, "yes, yes..."
i repeated another time, "'some people explained in english' - how do you say that in japanese?"
again he nodded his head, smiling, saying, "yes, yes..."
at this point, i begin laughing too, and saying "ok, yes... haha" finally realising that i couldn't get the question across to him in english, and so gave up....
haha... another classic case of japanese inproficiency vs english inproficiency... score is tied at 0-0... everyone lose.. =p
posted by winz at 1:01 PM
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2 Comments:
ｈｍｍ。。。
とても おもしろいですね。
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Anonymous, at
1:46 PM
If I am not mistaken,
some people = some body = だれか
Not sure right or not.
Btw, it is normal lah. Whenever I talk to a Japanese it is like chicken talking to a duck. But sometimes, I really persisted and don't want to give up asking the question I wanted to ask. I will use all my body language, pen, paper and e-dictionary to describe the thing. Haha ...
+Bryan79
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Anonymous, at
4:20 PM
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