My Chinese lessons seem to be going better. Of course, I've been pretty much the only one who's shown up for class over the last three or four weeks (three of the others came to one class last week). That means I spend a lot of time talking, and I get to ask about words and phrases useful for my life.
Now if I could only hear what people are saying! I did learn a new phrase yesterday for use in Beijing: "I can say more words than I can understand." I'm hoping that that statement coupled with the mildly impolite but appropriate "Speak very slowly" should get me through most of my language troubles.
Posted by at April 28, 2004 8:04 AM