Itsmevinaforsure Pt. 8: Misunderstanding Leads to Friendship Good afternoon!!! I'm a bit confused about what I should write here in Italki, but I do really want to write everyday in English. I just remembered about my experience when learning Japanese. I've learned Japanese since 7-8 months ago and still do. One of my method of learning Japanese is posting something in Japanese then some native speakers review it, just like I do in Italki. One day, I wrote about my dream house. A section in my story should be 'I will place a bed facing a closet.' The reviewers commented in Japanese too (I really had hard time translating these, since I can't read Kanji well). The main point was 'Good! Good! You have improved,' so I thought they took the same meaning as I wished. Until the last reviewer commented in English, 'Wow! A bed inside a closet is really inspiring.' And I just shouted to myself, 'What?! Am I Doraemon or what?!' That made me curious about how the native speakers really thought. I asked the last reviewer to translate it frankly in English and we ended up talking a lot. Now he has become a friend of mine. ^^ Learning new languages always has this kind of story, but misunderstanding doesn't always lead to friendship. This is only one of my story. I hope you enjoy the story and never give up on everything you are now learning. ^^