I had a revelation today about speaking Chinese. It can serve a whole other purpose in my little expat world, I discovered when WeChatting with a couple of friends.
To preserve their privacy, I won't name these friends.
But one of them offered me a glass of wine at her house the other day. Another unnamed friend's little one eyed my red wine and yelled out "SHUI!" (water)
"No, honey, that's Mommy Shui," I said.
Another friend admitted just now that she told her ayi she was going in the bedroom to "study" when she was really planning to nap. Why she needed to keep that information from the ayi is not clear, but it gave me an idea for a new term.
"Xue xi" -- naptime. After all, studying a language is only as good as the uses you can put it to.
Now I'm going to get a glass of water and study.
To preserve their privacy, I won't name these friends.
But one of them offered me a glass of wine at her house the other day. Another unnamed friend's little one eyed my red wine and yelled out "SHUI!" (water)
"No, honey, that's Mommy Shui," I said.
Another friend admitted just now that she told her ayi she was going in the bedroom to "study" when she was really planning to nap. Why she needed to keep that information from the ayi is not clear, but it gave me an idea for a new term.
"Xue xi" -- naptime. After all, studying a language is only as good as the uses you can put it to.
Now I'm going to get a glass of water and study.
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