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0603, 2022

My Tamil as a mirror to my Mandarin Chinese

Singlanguages/ March 6, 2022/ Chinese, Grammar, Tamil, Vocabulary

My Tamil is at the point where I can ‘understand’ (some) spoken Tamil on TV if I can read English subtitles. In contrast, my Mandarin Chinese is at the point where I can understand news if I can read both in Chinese subtitles and listen to the Chinese. I’ve been feeling frustrated by the fact that while I can describe

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