I've often heard it said that people speak Russian better after they've drunk vodka. Does that mean that people speak Mandarin better after they've drunk báijiǔ (白酒)?
I just had the really goofy moment where I thought "Hey, once I get far enough in Japanese to read Kanji, maybe I can read some of the things Ness writes!"
Seriously, though...I found that being able to read the small number of Chinese characters that I can was actually helpful in Japan. A lot of the place names made sense, for example, and basic stuff like exit signs were immediately useful.
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Date: 2010-02-11 05:13 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-02-11 02:55 pm (UTC)Seriously, though...I found that being able to read the small number of Chinese characters that I can was actually helpful in Japan. A lot of the place names made sense, for example, and basic stuff like exit signs were immediately useful.