conversation without a shared language

01 December 2004 @ 23:33
my mood

Tonight, I called Andre...and spent a good amount of time talking, but not really talking, to his sister Monica.

Monica doesn't speak English. Eu falo um pouco de portuguese. Not much. Defintely not enough to get my point across.

And yet, it was probably the best conversation that I've had today. Monica and I were both saying things in our native languages and neither of us understood the other... And we both ended up laughing! She makes me want to improve my Portuguese, although I have a feeling that I still won't be able to hold a conversation with her without Andre around.

And that's a pity, since she seems to be really cool.
--Annie

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