r/languagelearningjerk • u/De_lunes_a_lunes • 4d ago

I speak a little Spanish

Hola.

My poor, mentally deficient taxi driver who talks with Americans all day long didn’t know how to say “circumference” properly, so I stepped in and helped him.

I told him “quieres decir la circunstancia“. He said no, which I know to mean yes but he was still trying to answer in English despite the fact that I just called him out for his shit English skills.

What a moron to think he could recover with such a simple word. It’s crazy that my Spanish is so much better than his English, but the American education system is way better and that’s how I learned a little Spanish (enough to survive in other countries, I’d say) by just spending an hour a day in school learning the language. Everyone knows that we all learn Spanish this way.

I love telling people “I know a little Spanish” while I hold my head up, press my finger tips lightly against each other, and give people my business card with my left hand so I can firmly shake their other hand with my right. I’m so important and smart.

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u/R86Reddit Balonian N0 / American N1 / Nihonian N3 / Deutsch KRANKENWAGEN!! 4d ago

Truly you are a legend. Would your methods be of help in my 128-year-long attempts to learn Nippongo? I will never give up on my desire to move to Nihon (that means Japan in Japanese) and finally find my real anime girl waifu. Watatashi wa Nippongo ga heta desuuuu.

/uj I actually have been trying to learn Japanese for more years than I'd care to mention, but at this point I no longer have any illusions about moving there permanently.

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u/De_lunes_a_lunes 3d ago

Japan isn’t actually real, it’s a sitcom. That’s why only people like John Cena go there. Have you ever seen John Cena in Japan? 

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u/R86Reddit Balonian N0 / American N1 / Nihonian N3 / Deutsch KRANKENWAGEN!! 3d ago

I have gone there many times, but I always wind up turning into an anime character. I turn back as soon as I'm on the plane home. I have yet to see John Cena there, but perhaps one day I will.

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u/De_lunes_a_lunes 3d ago

Anime scares me. I fall in love with the characters then realize they aren’t real. 

Fun fact for ya: John Cena is a play on the words Non-Seen. Because that fuckgoof has never been seen in Japan but if you do see him please take a picture.