March 3, 2005 is a day that will live in infamy with The Stevo. No, there was no sneak attack, unless you count The Fates: The Stevo’s constant nemesis, up to their mischievous tricks. I had been a resident of mainland China for 6 days. I was settling into a routine in my new country,…
Tag: Language
a snippet from a conversation with my computer guy
A humorous translated conversation with my Chinese computer guy.
Learning Chinese: Where are the clothes?
An English teacher in China struggles to speak with a Mandarin speaking grandmother over where to buy the clothes.
Speaking Chinese: Playing dumb
Playing dumb, I have found, is extremely useful. A somewhat lackluster student of Mandarin, or Putonghua, I understand much more than I am given credit for.