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| Hello |
I hate it when people assume I can speak Chinese. I can't. I have lots of non-Chinese friends who speak it well. And read it too! So saying that I speak Mandarin would be a lie and quite unfair to those who have studied it seriously.
What I can do in Mandarin is get by. And get the stuff I need. I call it "functional" Chinese, and although I am occasionally embarrassed that I am not a bit more proficient, I confess that I know almost all the Mandarin I want to know.
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