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Grandma’s Crazy Phrasebook: Astrology
July 20th, 2009 | No Comments
“Do you believe in horoscopes?”
你相信星座嗎?
Ni3 xiang1 xin4 xing1 zuo4 ma1?
あんたは星座を信じますか。
Anata wa seiza wo shinjimasuka.
Grandma’s Crazy Phrasebook #15: If You’re Ever On a Reality TV Show…
July 13th, 2009 | No Comments
“I have no regrets.”
我毫無遺憾.
Wo3 hao2 wu2 yi2 han4.
私は残念だと思いません。
Watashi wa zannen da to omoimasen.
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Grandma’s Crazy Phrasebook #14: Tom Cruise
July 6th, 2009 | 3 Comments
“Has anyone told you that you look like Tom Cruise?”
有人跟你說過你長得像湯姆克魯斯嗎?
You3 ren2 gen1 ni3 shuo1 guo4 ni3 zhang3 de5 xiang4 tang1 mu3 ke4 lu3 si1 ma1?
タム·クルーズに似てるって言われませんか。
Tamu Kurūzu ni niterutte iwaremasen ka.


American-born Taiwanese girl who married a Japanese guy. And who forgot about six years' of Spanish grammar and most of the vocab.
Korean-American girl who blogs under a Spanish pseudonym because being culturally confusing is fun. Native speakers say that she has outstanding Spanish (which is a definite compliment) and outstanding German (which is most assuredly not).
American-born, Taiwanese guy who took five semesters worth of German and ended up with a major in Linguistics.