My mother's English
Jul 15th 2009 13:51
My brother home-stayed in America during summer vacation when he was in high school.
One day he called mother, after a few minutes conversation she said.
“I want to thank your host family. Can I speak to them?”
I was beside her and really surprised. Could she speak English…?Then she began to speak.
“ Hello, musuko ga osewa ni natteimasu.” (息子がお世話になっています)
It was completely Japanese with English-like accent.( It sounded weird). I dropped my head.
But she looked satisfied.
”I didn’t understand what she said but I think I could express my feeling.”
……Really?
My mother worked at a tea room on the middle of the mountain where has a famous shrine every Sunday,
Many foreign tourists visit there and sometimes she has chances to talk with them.
“Today, I talked with a foreign woman who travel alone in Japan. She came from England. So I said, “BBC!” she smiled!”.
Maybe she had to smile.
One day he called mother, after a few minutes conversation she said.
“I want to thank your host family. Can I speak to them?”
I was beside her and really surprised. Could she speak English…?Then she began to speak.
“ Hello, musuko ga osewa ni natteimasu.” (息子がお世話になっています)
It was completely Japanese with English-like accent.( It sounded weird). I dropped my head.
But she looked satisfied.
”I didn’t understand what she said but I think I could express my feeling.”
……Really?
My mother worked at a tea room on the middle of the mountain where has a famous shrine every Sunday,
Many foreign tourists visit there and sometimes she has chances to talk with them.
“Today, I talked with a foreign woman who travel alone in Japan. She came from England. So I said, “BBC!” she smiled!”.
Maybe she had to smile.
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One day he called mother, and after a few minutes conversation she said,
It was completely Japanese with an English-like accent.( It sounded weird).
”I didn’t understand what she said, but I think I could expressed my feelings.”
My mother worked at a tea room in the middle of a mountain which has a famous shrine every Sunday.
“Today, I talked with a foreign woman who is traveling alone in Japan.
So I said, “BBC!” and she smiled!”.
My mother is sociable with everybody but she couldn't understand any foreign languages.Even now, she sometimes speak an English-like accent Japanese.....I said to her before "It was not English but Japanese." but she didn't care. (^_^;)
One day he called our mother, and after a few minutes of conversation she said,
Can I speak to them?” (Good job getting this right! Most native speakers even write... ?". )
I was beside her and was really surprised.
I dropped my head, but she looked satisfied.
Every Sunday my mother worked at a tea room in the middle of a mountain which has is a famous shrine.
Today, I spoke with a foreign woman who is traveling alone in Japan./ Today, I spoke with a foreign woman who was traveling alone in Japan.
I'm still laughing at my screen. I can just picture your mum sounding exactly like how I say Japanese. Slowly with a really thick accent. Good story! Great English!
Haha. I listen to the BBC every morning when I'm running late. It runs at 9am after my NPR (National Public Radio) news.
Slowly and thick accent, exactly!
I listen to the BBC,too.So my mother know the word "BBC". I never expected she memorized it and said to someone......
~songbug
She is friendly.I wish she would study English a little if she want to speak to foreign people.(･_･;)