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Is It Rude to do This? (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 1 month ago by augusto@lemmygrad.ml to c/china@lemmygrad.ml

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Hello! I'm a Mandarin learner from Brazil (very much a beginner). I know how to write some ideograms, how to say some everyday things, etc.

Close to my home there is a small market with Chinese workers. I'm not sure if they're speaking Mandarin or Cantonese, but I wanted to know if it's rude to say a "hello, are you speaking Chinese?" cause I wanted to strike a conversation with them. I don't want to be mean or sound like an nuisance to them.

谢谢！Thank you! Any more details you might want just let me know

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[–] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

lol could you manage to understand him? i thought i was doing well with chinese until i first went to talk to a chinese person lol

[–] augusto@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

late reply sorry

he spoke portuguese to me lol, he said he spoke mandarin and was chinese