tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9246360.post116612503556192111..comments2023-04-01T19:28:55.373+08:00Comments on Musings of a Foreigner: Not Exactly What I Meant... (take 2)Dennis and Valeriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09612373406933060997noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9246360.post-71044014810969308202011-06-10T01:10:05.186+08:002011-06-10T01:10:05.186+08:00I just saw this, hilarious and scary since I end u...I just saw this, hilarious and scary since I end up using google translate so much!! <br />BAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9246360.post-43495901728679572552011-06-05T13:12:19.819+08:002011-06-05T13:12:19.819+08:00Hey Mom,
Did you read the whole thing, or just the...Hey Mom,<br />Did you read the whole thing, or just the story part that was in broken English? <br /><br />It was about my language helping session. Ate Beth is one of our teachers at the school. I call her "Ate" because she is older than me and it is a sign of respect for me to call her that. Ate means "older sister," but it is also appropriate to use in context of a friend when you want to imply that there is a relationship of some kind between the two of you. <br /><br />So the story is about how Ate Beth, Quinnie and I visited the doctor for Quinn's sores on her leg. I took Beth with me and then later I used that as a culture event to learn the nouns, verbs, and phrases about the event. That is why I drew the story out on paper.<br /><br />The point of the blog entry is to show how google translate messed up my story- it was in perfect Tagalog to begin with, but when I entered it into google translate it spat out that almost incomprehensible story. Hence my last statement about not using google translate for anything too important.<br /><br />I hope that clears up some of your questions. Sorry I wasn't able to communicate that in the first place to you- and English IS still my first language! ;)Dennis and Valeriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09612373406933060997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9246360.post-70187845460127859522011-06-05T10:16:28.230+08:002011-06-05T10:16:28.230+08:00Question? "Ate Beth"??????Question? "Ate Beth"??????pat venoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9246360.post-64672008527902318832011-06-04T21:07:13.819+08:002011-06-04T21:07:13.819+08:00see I can't even speak English anymore :)see I can't even speak English anymore :)beitna our homehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08548635789265334023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9246360.post-55849272147280633132011-06-04T21:06:31.062+08:002011-06-04T21:06:31.062+08:00Oh my I soooo undertstand twhat you mean...lang. l...Oh my I soooo undertstand twhat you mean...lang. learning with a newborn and other kiddos is tough stuff...you're doing great! It's good to laugh at it and keep trying. Lang is tough stuff when you're a youn Momma. Proud of you guys xobeitna our homehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08548635789265334023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9246360.post-64187190015948832982011-06-04T19:32:57.976+08:002011-06-04T19:32:57.976+08:00I am afraid the story and pictures are Babel to me...I am afraid the story and pictures are Babel to me. We you or Q. telling the story? It is a good drawing, though. Did you do the drawing?pat venoreply@blogger.com