Yesterday it was the last time it was the first time. Yeah, for this time. We had our first class in chinese practice, learning the very basics of its pronunciation.
We started with the six vowels a o e i u and ... hmm... where do I find the last one on my keyboard??? ... well, the u with two points over it. (I´m far too lazy to search for it know).
The teacher made us repeat and repeat and repeat ....
It was quite funny. There are four different tonal levels and all of us moved the head up and down when we imitated her sounds, over and over again.
A sort of body language but not the body language I am thinking of.
I think about our body language when we talk.
It is said that our words express only 10% of what we intend to tell. (???) The rest of our communication is expressed through our body language.
Well, if this is true, what happens when I want to learn a language so different from what my body is used to express. Total chaos.
And what more; writing here I am only able to express 10 % of what I really want to say.
Is that a relief for me? Will the reader miss 90 %?
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