x4740N@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-217 days agoPeople who started learning a second language, how has it made you aware how broken English is ?message-squaremessage-square128fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squarePeople who started learning a second language, how has it made you aware how broken English is ?x4740N@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-217 days agomessage-square128fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFlax@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·15 days agoLearning Mandarin. The stereotype of a Chinese person saying “Me no English” makes sense now considering the word is literally 我(Me)不(No)英文(English)
minus-squareDasus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·15 days ago“Do you speak English?” “I profusely beg your forgiveness, old chap, but my linguistic skills do not reach to the Anglican sphere and thus I am unable to converse in anything but my native language, Mandarin.” “So… yes or no?” " 甚麼?"
Learning Mandarin. The stereotype of a Chinese person saying “Me no English” makes sense now considering the word is literally 我(Me)不(No)英文(English)
“Do you speak English?”
“I profusely beg your forgiveness, old chap, but my linguistic skills do not reach to the Anglican sphere and thus I am unable to converse in anything but my native language, Mandarin.”
“So… yes or no?”
" 甚麼?"