Comments on: No Hablo

By: austin

austin — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 14:58:51 +0000

double cousin…haven’t heard or used that in awhile…made me laugh…well, if you shoot over a list of vocab, i will gladly spout out the first thing that comes to my head for each one.
and trust me, i would love to visit you

By: Lance

Lance — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 08:33:30 +0000

Thanks, Ben. I’m glad you’re online again too!

By: Obiwan

Obiwan — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 13:30:25 +0000

Dude,

I am so glad you are keeping your blog up while you are in China. I am enjoying hearing about your experiences and especially your struggles with the language. I hope it clicks for you soon.

-Ben

By: HP

HP — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 11:51:50 +0000

its also intereting to see that half of the phrases i needed in my 2 weeks revolved around trying to get decent food and not have to eat the un-edible. the other thing i learned as i traveled China was that if i learned a phrase in one city, it didn’t necessarily get pronounced the same in the next. there were dialects and different accents in different regions to add to my confusion. much like in the States you get southern accents, Boston accents, WV drawls, etc.

and what do you mean by “high rolling”?

By: Lance

Lance — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 03:54:39 +0000

Austin, I think of those days in Spanish class often and desperately wish that Chinese was as easy to learn as Espanol was for us back in the day. Perhaps if my double cuz was here with me I’d be fine.

HP, thanks for the list. It’s actually hilarious to read your transcriptions of these phrases. Really funny. And it’s interesting to hear about your experiences here, now that I’m more acclimated. You definitely were “high rolling”, bro.

By: austin

austin — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 20:42:31 +0000

so you can’t memorize vocabulary 2 minutes before you need to know it?

By: HP

HP — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 14:48:09 +0000

found my list from when i got back from china. i know my spelling is way off…. but anyhow….

Mu-la-la-la-la-haaa = very very good food. i like much
haa hoor = good drink
eh-dey-r = just a little bit
Si bah leh = I’m full
Tsen Tsen = goodbye
Shee Shee = thank you
Booka chee = your welcome
Wall eye knee = i love you
show shey = lady
wey = hi (informal, like when you answer the telephone)
ni hao = hello, how are you
ping = cold (ice)

By: angie

angie — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 05:43:11 +0000

foiled again! but i’m still posting at a wee-er hour…

i can’t even imagine trying to learn mandarin… when its spoken it just sounds hard. you’ll get it tho. you’re so gonna own that language.

By: HP

HP — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 04:43:30 +0000

the only thing i remember is “Ni Hao” for “hi”, and something like “ping” to state i wanted my drink cold or with ice (never quite did catch on to the warm/hot water to drink thing, but i do miss the hot towels rolled up to wash my face with). Oh, and when i liked a meal or drink, i said something like “mulala, ha hur” or “ha chu” and then they would get me more of that good thing and less of the yucky raw fishees. oh, and i think “booka chee” was either thank you or your welcome.

By: HP

HP — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 04:36:30 +0000

your city’s name sounds too much like your car’s name! (i beat you to this post angie!)