How many type of language u can speak?
1..2..3? or more?!
I can speak Mandarin, Malay, English and few Chinese's dialect..
Some of it i can't speak fluently, but i can understand it well~~ =)
When i :
Meet Malay friends, probably i speak Malay;
Meet Chinese freinds--> speak Chinese;
Meet Indian--> speak Malay / English..
i don't know how to speak Tamil..
I think mostly people do the same~~
BUT...
Sometime be FLEXIBLE la wei~~~
*ignore me if u are flexible..haha..i am quite flexible =P
SHORT STORY 1:
Today daddy went hospital with my bro..
Daddy saw a Chinese young nurse talk with an old Chinese lady..
Their conversation are:
Old lady: Miss, i am here to get my medicine..小姐,我来拿药的。*at the same time she showed a paper to the nurse
Nurse: No, this paper stated that u need to do a blood test..不是叻,这里写着是验血的。
Old lady: I very seldom come hospital, i am here to get my medicine 我很少来的,我要拿药的。
Nurse: U need to do a blood test at 26th..这里写叫你二十六号来验血。
Old lady: I live very far from here and i seldom come here, i came here to take medicine, i want my medicine..我住很远的,很少来这里,我要来拿我的药。
Nurse: ....*my dad leave..
The conversation sounds weird huh?
Actually the nurse speaks Mandarin, while the old lady speaks Hokkien..Both of them can't understand to each other..like chicken talking to duck?!maybe.. ~.~ haha..i don't know how the ending..i doubt the old lady will go back home with a lot question marks in her mind..my daddy want to help the old lady actually, but he was sick that time, so he leave there..=(
SHORT STORY 2:
My grandma told me this..She said a friend of her went for a surgery..Before he leave the hospital, the nurse gave him some medicine..
Then the nurse told him to consume the medicine 3 times a day..一天三次。。the nurse speaks Mandarin, while the old man can't understand Mandarin well, so he went back home and had the medicine three capsules per time..一次三粒。。means he consume 9 capsules per day!!over dose..==!
After few days, the old man felt his heart not feeling well, and went back to the hospital..
After he met to the doctor only he realized that he had made a big big mistake..and luckily he went back to the hospital earlier, or else he may die~~
We can't blame the nurse too, the old man should actually ask properly before he take the medicine..
Most of the old people they actually can't speak Mandarin, but some of them do understand and speak Malay..why don't we speak Malay to them if we can help them to understand better?!
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I know my stories not interesting, so i make CONCLUSION here..hiak hiak..
Next time when we want to talk to someone, we should make sure they understand us..or else the conversation is so meaningless u know..What's wrong if Chinese talk to Chinese using Malay language?Most important is the people who talk to us understand us..Sometime misunderstanding may bring to many trouble..try avoid the trouble..so be flexible la wei..=)