It must be nice to have the privilage to immigrate to wherever you want lol.
I mean I wasn’t even supposed to be here. It’s only pure chance that my family had relatives in the US. Less than 5% of Chinese live abroad, so… like imagine you ask a question like: “How many of you are actually fine with living in China”
I mean the wording implies that people living there are automatically supportative of the government or something.
Moving is hard, pal.
I had the advantage of being a child and learning English; now as an adult, I’d struggle learning French, German, or Norweigian.
It must be nice to have the privilage to immigrate to wherever you want lol.
Really they don’t. The only group that can switch countries painlessly is the super rich, and even then it’s not universal - some don’t want foreigners regardless of how much money they bring.
I’m in my 40s and learning Norwegian (roughly 75 days in spending maybe 30 minutes a day on average). It’s actually pretty easy. If you’ve never studied a Germanic language outside of English, you might have some word order issues to get used to, but that, so far, has been about it.
Depends. In some settings people switch to English the moment they realize English would get to the meat more quickly. But in others, people actually not only allow me but push me out of my comfort zone. That is very helpful.
It must be nice to have the privilage to immigrate to wherever you want lol.
I mean I wasn’t even supposed to be here. It’s only pure chance that my family had relatives in the US. Less than 5% of Chinese live abroad, so… like imagine you ask a question like: “How many of you are actually fine with living in China”
I mean the wording implies that people living there are automatically supportative of the government or something.
Moving is hard, pal.
I had the advantage of being a child and learning English; now as an adult, I’d struggle learning French, German, or Norweigian.
Really they don’t. The only group that can switch countries painlessly is the super rich, and even then it’s not universal - some don’t want foreigners regardless of how much money they bring.
I’m in my 40s and learning Norwegian (roughly 75 days in spending maybe 30 minutes a day on average). It’s actually pretty easy. If you’ve never studied a Germanic language outside of English, you might have some word order issues to get used to, but that, so far, has been about it.
You can do it. I learned Norwegian as an old man. Well, enough to get by. I still struggle, but it is possible.
Do people actually let you speak it, or do they just reply in English?
Depends. In some settings people switch to English the moment they realize English would get to the meat more quickly. But in others, people actually not only allow me but push me out of my comfort zone. That is very helpful.