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YoshidaYui

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4. I totally agree

Reply to hunter (Reply #2)

Sat Feb 21, 2026, 11:18 PM

7 hrs ago

I have friends who speak more then two languages and even one friend who speaks Korean, Japanese, Cantonese, Mandarin and English. She of course works out at our local airport as a translator.

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In China. How many languages do you speak? [View all] YoshidaYui 15 hrs ago OP

Serious question: Is "Chinese" a "language" and Mandarin, Catonese, etc. LoisB 14 hrs ago #1

YES YoshidaYui 8 hrs ago #3

Thank you. LoisB 7 hrs ago #5

So, since I'm studying Japanese, Wednesdays 6 hrs ago #7

ONLY if you plan on living there YoshidaYui 3 hrs ago #9

Too many people in the U.S.A. know very little about the rest of the world. hunter 12 hrs ago #2

I totally agree YoshidaYui 7 hrs ago #4

Forgive me for asking what apparently seems to have been thought of as a LoisB 6 hrs ago #6

AS THEY SAY... YoshidaYui 3 hrs ago #8