Can you ask "Mandarin or Cantonese" instead of "Chinese"?
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yeah, I asked what language he spoke when I heard him last time. it went ok overall
I figured asking if they were Chinese could sound rude if they were not Chinese or something
it is definitely not rude but from experience overseas chinese are very hit and miss in regards to friendliness. i have tried speaking to many chinese people in my town, some went great and some went terrible lol. but you should definitely try it.
yeah, I tried it and he was not very friendly. he was nice, don't get me wrong, but he obviously was just trying to do his job and not talk much
overall it was nice though, he spoke mandarin!
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
I would just wait until you have learned enough Mandarin to the point of where you can differentiate the two. there are many videos on the subject of the tonal differences and once you learn enough Mandarin it will become glaringly obvious