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How people react when you try to speak their language (lemmy.ml)

submitted 6 days ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz

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[–] Two9A@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

He/she is an interesting special case, as Mandarin didn't really have those as separate concepts until they were imported from Western languages; even now, they're pronounced the same. So I can understand your friend's confusion.

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