Sunday 6 June 2010
1b: Communication's Lost Addendum
I should mention that I alwasy find conversation a sruggle because there's more often than not at least one word I don't understand, but I never have writing materials on me when this happens [and no,using my phone hadn't occured to me!!] and I have such a bad short-term memory that by the time I try to file this one word/conversation away in my mind, it's lost in a black hole *spooky echoing voice* forever.
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I know the feeling. The key is to get to the point where it's fairly easy to ask people to explain things for you.
Just wondering though... how would one go about doing so?
Perhaps one answer is "trial and error." Of course, expressions like "***はどういう意味ですか？" make things easier. But, as you said, if there's more than one word that you don't understand, just asking about particular words may not work as well. Gradually, though, I think you find that the fog begins to clear, so to speak. Perhaps the most important thing is to be sure to let people know that you are having trouble understanding.
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