What is the best reaction
I had some opportunity to talk with native English speaker via Skype recently.
But I think........When I didn't understand the Japanese which exchange partner told or the replying wasn't make sense for my question, what is the best way to let them know about it. I don't wanna get them bad feeling and also pass the mistake for their studying.
Actually we usually don't use serious NO word in convasation and on business. So it's very hard to use the word to other people's. Because we think it might get them bad feeling. So if someone has good idea, please let me know :)
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What is the best reaction ?
I had some the opportunity to talk with a native English speaker via Skype recently.
But I think........When I didn't understand the Japanese which my exchange partner told spoke or the replying wasn't making sense to my question. What would be is the best way to let them know about it? I don't wanna ( "want to" is a more formal way) get give them a bad feeling and also pass the allow a mistake to go uncorrected and undermine their studying.
Actually We usually don't use serious NO word in conversation and during business situations. So it's very hard to use the word to other people, because we think it might get make them feel bad feeling. So if someone has a good idea, please let me know :)
Hope this helps you Michiko ☺
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We have just started talking with Michiko via Skype and find her very interesting and funny and helpful. Michiko, don't worry about offending English speaking people. You are so much more polite than us that I doubt you could ever say anything rude :-)
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I agree with Tony, you should correct them using chat or say what you think they meant then answer the question.
Though I think typing it out would be better since they would have the correction to look at later.
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Ask them to repeat it and if you still don't understand, repeat what you thought they had meant and ask them if that was what they wanted to say. If it was just a small grammatical error, you could just type the grammatically correct version in chat, as to not disrupt the conversion. If you can't understand what your partner is saying at all, you could politely say something like this, "Sorry, I don't understand what you are trying to say, Do you want me to repeat the question?" or "Oh, you like apples but I was asking what animals you like."
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