Thoughts On My Chinese Language Skills

My Chinese language is beginning to come back. The words are starting to flow out a bit easier, and now I’m even starting to think in Chinese a little. There are four different tones in the Chinese language, so even though I may say the correct word, but use the wrong tone, I’m not understood. Language is such a huge part of one’s personality and being. When you can’t express your thoughts, people do not have full conversations with you, just a couple of sentences here and there. When we are with a group of people, I can understand a lot of what is being said, but by the time I form what I want to say in my mind, the conversation moves on to another topic. I just end up listening and not speaking much. Hopefully, my brain and tongue will continue to remember what I learned years ago. Then I’ll be able to be converse more soon.

It rained a lot today, with heavy thunder and lightning. In fact, the electricity went out around 7 pm. It worked out well, because the kids were tired – so we called it a night and all went to bed early.

The boys: Kevin’s favorite Chinese food is ‘you bing’ (a type of flakey, layered flatbread that is fried). Justin’s is rice with soy sauce and fried/scrambled eggs. Brian eats a bit of everything.