• TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        5·
        19 days ago

        Yah I’m trying a bit but now I’m old and stupid shoulda done it when I was young and impressionable.

        All I really got so far is 我吃麻辣 and 他不吃麻辣 to help me and the boyfriend get the right food at restaurants lmao

        • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
          6·
          19 days ago

          Hell yea, lmao! Yea I can’t speak or read Mandarin in any capacity, I’m learning a different language currently.

      • TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        2·
        19 days ago

        Yah I’m trying a bit but now I’m old and stupid shoulda done it when I was young and impressionable.

        All I really got so far is 我吃麻辣 and 他不吃麻辣 to help me and the boyfriend get the right food at restaurants lmao

    • eldavi@lemmy.mlEnglish
      101·
      18 days ago

      rednote is helping me a lot w this.

      it’s nice knowing how to clap back at chuds online in another language. lol

    • anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      5·
      18 days ago

      My grandparents grocery store has a cashier, that studied Chinese, intending to become a translator.
      Turns out it’s cheaper to hire a Chinese worker that know German than a German that knows Chinese.