studying languages: happy new year!
Dec. 31st, 2025 11:25 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
petsohpstudying a language inherently different from my own native one and the other one I'm fluent in is certaintly a task that Humbles you. But I remember the taiwanese friends I had in my school, and while admittedly they had problems knowing the 汉字, the other counter block i've encoutered, the chinese tones, well they had that mastered. sure their parents were later aghast their kids couldn't quite read chinese, but when it comes to how tonal chinese is, they already were ahead of the curve from the rest of us. 1 +1 = 2, and at least they had 1 unlocked; the rest of us have 0.
ironic enough, I was thinking 'man, im never gonna get anything, right?'. But something happened that made me remember that god lord, maybe I won't get the tones, especially in my speaking pattern, but I should def stay in the path for the 汉字 learning.
of course i had to rush to see my girl carly rae jepsen performing in a venue that has actual money poured into the stage. and as always, the chinese had done their 汉字 translation in the corner. and wouldn't you know? Recognizing individual caracter meanings gave me a serotin boost!
Something in handy to myself: because I already know two languages, I recognize that direct translation many times ain't it in sentence structure. So reading the chinese characters in an individual manner as the english lyrics were also on display, with my litlle knowledge I could catch the times when they didn't direct translated the lyrics. I even caught '世界' (world) when carly uses it on 'run away with me'!
hah, its that survivor plane thing again, huh?
certaintly a small thing, but I feel happy with the reminder that The Small Things eventually become Big Things. It just so happens that many times, the Small Things are hard because we went to get to the Big Thing now.
ironic enough, I was thinking 'man, im never gonna get anything, right?'. But something happened that made me remember that god lord, maybe I won't get the tones, especially in my speaking pattern, but I should def stay in the path for the 汉字 learning.
of course i had to rush to see my girl carly rae jepsen performing in a venue that has actual money poured into the stage. and as always, the chinese had done their 汉字 translation in the corner. and wouldn't you know? Recognizing individual caracter meanings gave me a serotin boost!
Something in handy to myself: because I already know two languages, I recognize that direct translation many times ain't it in sentence structure. So reading the chinese characters in an individual manner as the english lyrics were also on display, with my litlle knowledge I could catch the times when they didn't direct translated the lyrics. I even caught '世界' (world) when carly uses it on 'run away with me'!
hah, its that survivor plane thing again, huh?
certaintly a small thing, but I feel happy with the reminder that The Small Things eventually become Big Things. It just so happens that many times, the Small Things are hard because we went to get to the Big Thing now.
