A embarrassing story
I'm ashamed to write this story but I'd like to share it.
The story is when I just started to learn English.
At that time, I've known only some words in English such as I, You, Yes, No, Thank you and Sorry etc.
A man going on a trip to Kyoto in Japan asked me the way to his hotel when I was sitting at a station.
Actually, I was traveling to Kyoto as well.(My home town is Nagoya.) So I couldn't teach him which way is correct one exactly.
I thought I had to tell him that I can't teach you anything.
However, I had no idea how I can tell him it in English.
I did want to run away there but didn't give up and did my best.
I said "I, No. I, No."
I mean "I don't know. I don't know."
As you can see, he understood I said "I know. I know."(No=Know)
After that, of course, he said "Tell me the way! Please!"
We talked such this conversation each other again and again.
Looking back, I clearly was using wrong words by mistake.
I sometimes remember this story and am ashamed by myself.
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A embarrassing story
I'm ashamed to write this story but I'd like to share it.The story is when I just started to learn English.
At that time, I've known only some words in English such as I, You, Yes, No, Thank you and Sorry etc.
A man going on a trip to Kyoto in Japan asked me the way to his hotel when I was sitting at a station.
Actually, I was traveling to Kyoto as well.(My home town is Nagoya.) So I couldn't teach him which way is correct one exactly.
I thought I had to tell him that I can't teach you anything.
However, I had no idea how I can tell him it in English.
I did want to run away there but didn't give up and did my best.
I said "I, No. I, No."
I mean "I don't know. I don't know."
As you can see, he understood I said "I know. I know."(No=Know)
After that, of course, he said "Tell me the way! Please!"
We talked such this conversation each other again and again.
Looking back, I clearly was using wrong words by mistake.
I sometimes remember this story and am ashamed by myself.
This story happened (is maybe clearer)
... I knew only few words ...
he understood what I said ...
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An embarrassing story
I'm ashamed to write this story but I'd like to share it.The story is when I was just starting to learn English.
At that time, I only knew a few words in English such as I, You, Yes, No, Thank you and Sorry etc.
A man going on a trip to Kyoto in Japan asked me the way to his hotel when I was sitting at a station.
Actually, I was traveling to Kyoto as well.(My home town is Nagoya.) So I couldn't tell him which way is correct one exactly.
I thought I had to tell him that I can't tell you anything.
However, I had no idea how I can tell him it in English.
I wanted to run away there but I didn't give up and did my best.
I said "I, No. I, No."
I meant "I don't know. I don't know."
As you can see, he understood what I said as "I know. I know."(No=Know)
After that, of course, he said "Tell me the way! Please!"
We talked about this conversation to each other again and again.
Looking back, I clearly was using wrong words by mistake.
I sometimes remember this story and I am ashamed of myself.
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There's nothing to be ashamed of ;) That's part of the learning process going steadily and improve oneself day by day! ^^
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