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So, I’m a student now~

So, I’m a student now~

Beginning the fourth week of studies at this university setting is a moment I’m viewing. My entire brain is inside-out. Grammar-wise that is. I’m putting the verbs later, stopping the use of the word ‘do’ and putting time up front. My mental reflexes aren’t all that are being reshaped. . . My physical experience of trying to learn to write is a new and different thing. The homework that’s being handed to me includes regular lists of 25-40 words that…

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Waiting out the time…

Waiting out the time…

Xianzai, I wanna think in Chinese. . . The Chinese known as Hanyu, Putong Hua, or Mandarin, depending on your perspective. It’s all the same language, and it’s why I’m not in a paid position this year, to study this language with many names. At the same time, I’m picking up Guangdong Hua, AKA Cantonese, in little bits, so that I can hopefully blend in with the local folks a bit more, communicate with my girlfriend’s family (they aren’t all…

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