GAMD: Voice and Language Challenge 12-March-2022, Macau
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elusivekAnother thing I’ve found out as I’m using DW is that, I can’t just share a post… so I guess I’ll need to cross-post community posts.
This month’s Glimpse At My Day Voice and Language Challenge! Cross-posted from LJ and DW community. Origin post here.
Will you need a script? I'll just summarize:
Portuguese: Can speak well enough to live and travel in Portugal, not sure if can work there. No confidence when talking to strangers.
Chinese (Cantonese): People are surprised seeing someone looking as I do speaking fluent Cantonese. More fun in Hong Kong.
Chinese (Mandarin): a very poor attempt, there isn't much to translate anyway LOL. Studied a bit of Mandarin in the last year of secondary school. Because of fewer intonations I think it's harder than Cantonese because you can get plenty more same-sounding words.
Japanese: I loved playing Japanese RPG games as kid, in order to understand the storyline, I learnt a bit of Japanese on my own, especially the katakana writing system. Studied 3 years in Uni, got quite good at it, wrote a blog daily, but I've forgotten everything after graduating Uni because not much chance to practice.
German: I'm learning German, but there are no good schools for German in Macau. My Dad worked in China when I was a kid, so I never learnt with him.
This month’s Glimpse At My Day Voice and Language Challenge! Cross-posted from LJ and DW community. Origin post here.
Will you need a script? I'll just summarize:
Portuguese: Can speak well enough to live and travel in Portugal, not sure if can work there. No confidence when talking to strangers.
Chinese (Cantonese): People are surprised seeing someone looking as I do speaking fluent Cantonese. More fun in Hong Kong.
Chinese (Mandarin): a very poor attempt, there isn't much to translate anyway LOL. Studied a bit of Mandarin in the last year of secondary school. Because of fewer intonations I think it's harder than Cantonese because you can get plenty more same-sounding words.
Japanese: I loved playing Japanese RPG games as kid, in order to understand the storyline, I learnt a bit of Japanese on my own, especially the katakana writing system. Studied 3 years in Uni, got quite good at it, wrote a blog daily, but I've forgotten everything after graduating Uni because not much chance to practice.
German: I'm learning German, but there are no good schools for German in Macau. My Dad worked in China when I was a kid, so I never learnt with him.
