Do you have trouble recalling certain information in one language and not the other?? There's certain info, that if rememberd in Chinese, I cal only recall in chinese. Then I have to translate the info to English. How about you?

When I count things in my head, I count in Spanish. Does that count? :D

Yeah, do you have to translate the results to english tho?

Like if someone asked you how many there were in english..

Originally posted by lourx8
When I count things in my head, I count in Spanish. Does that count? :D

I'm the same way! I remember my cell phone number in Chinese so I have to translate it in my head before giving it out to another person.

Hmm ... how come my post # is stuck on 1?

That's exactly what im talking about.. I do that to.. Chinese isn't even my first language.

Lounge posts dont count.

Originally posted by LiveToRev
I'm the same way! I remember my cell phone number in Chinese so I have to translate it in my head before giving it out to another person.

Hmm ... how come my post # is stuck on 1?

I have trouble reading out telephone numbers in cantonese, even if I know it like the back of my hand in english. :confused: Cantonese is my mother tongue, but I was born and raised in Toronto. I know many friends that no longer know how to speak their own language and that is a shame. :o I guess the reason I still use both fluently is because my mom doesn't understand english that much so it forces me to remember it.

The real weakness that I have is that I am illiterate. I would like to learn how to read but it's just too much remembering lol :p .

I learned both english and spanish at the same time, so I tend to think in them the most. I flip flop between them. I can still read italian and french no problem, and my portuguese is pretty decent. But english spanish are the oens I think with. Now, even so I do ocasionaly forget how to say one word in one language but can remember in the other, but it happens a lot less now than when I was a kid.

I only understand bit pieces of chinese, and I always have to mentally translate in French or Creole (my mostly used languages) to make sense of it. But I can switch between French, English and Creole without problem.

NB There are a lot of Chinese on this forum. The RX8 is a rice car?

I'm in the same boat as you.. I also speak cantonese.. and toisan

Originally posted by moRotorMotor
I have trouble reading out telephone numbers in cantonese, even if I know it like the back of my hand in english. :confused: Cantonese is my mother tongue, but I was born and raised in Toronto. I know many friends that no longer know how to speak their own language and that is a shame. :o I guess the reason I still use both fluently is because my mom doesn't understand english that much so it forces me to remember it.

The real weakness that I have is that I am illiterate. I would like to learn how to read but it's just too much remembering lol :p .

Originally posted by guy321
I'm in the same boat as you.. I also speak cantonese.. and toisan

I know a little toisan wa<---cantonese (only guy321 will understand) :D

I'm amazed that some of my cantonese speaking cousins cant understand my grandmother's toisan wa!

Originally posted by moRotorMotor
I know a little toisan wa<---cantonese (only guy321 will understand) :D

My grandparents also speak toisan wa! lol My friends don't know a word we are saying, when we talk, but I understand for the most part, everything they are saying lol What a coicidence. This is so cool.

I learned english and hebrew at the same time. As such I am pretty good at reading things backwards since you read hebrew right to left.

I've been trying to learn japanese for the last ten years, but it's been slow going.

Well, once I was giving out information to a receptionist, and she asked me, what church I went to, and no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't remember! I was thinking in english, while the name is in Portuguese....funny....
I felt real dumb at the time, but after I thought it was funny...

I'm monolingual, and I think in English. Hope this helps

Thanks for clearing that up.. now can you help with this rash??

Originally posted by Winning_BlueRX8
I'm monolingual, and I think in English. Hope this helps

Originally posted by hotpot
NB There are a lot of Chinese on this forum. The RX8 is a rice car?

That was an extremely racist comment. Shame on you. :mad:

Originally posted by jtimbck2
That was an extremely racist comment. Shame on you. :mad:
Shit another chinaman! :)

IMO
If you are of particular race or sex, talking about yourself has been socially acceptable (i.e., Wassup Nig, from me: hey Bitc*, etc.) This doesn't make it OK, but it has been traditionally accepted in the near past.
I would just rather not feed the stereotypes if it were me though.

Originally posted by hotpot
I only understand bit pieces of chinese, and I always have to mentally translate in French or Creole (my mostly used languages) to make sense of it. But I can switch between French, English and Creole without problem.

NB There are a lot of Chinese on this forum. The RX8 is a rice car?



A lot of Chinese people love motorsports (especially in HK and Macau), love spirited driving, appreciate a finely engineered/designed car, and are car enthusiasts. I don't see how that makes the RX-8 a rice car.

ANOTHER ONE? WTF?

This guy is bilingual.

That's just CREEPY!!! :eek:
(kind of like seeing a three-legged gypsy)

I bet he's very popular with the twins.

Originally posted by guy321
Yeah, do you have to translate the results to english tho?

Like if someone asked you how many there were in english..

Yeah, I translate afterwards. I mean I can do it both ways but for some reason I prefer to count in Spanish. Weird :confused:

Hotpot is riceist!

Originally posted by hotpot
Shit another chinaman! :)

Originally posted by guy321
Hotpot is riceist!
What do you expect? I eat rice twice a day.