Chinese is fun.

[elsajeni]

I like Chinese. The only problem I'm currently having is that my prof likes to go around the room and ask everyone what their hobbies are, and then she asks follow-up questions. Like, "What kind of movies?" Or, "When do you watch baseball?" Or, "How long have you been playing the harp?"

My answers to these questions, in order:

"Um... *flip lots of pages in notebook* ac... tion?"
"... I don't know." (How the fuck do you say "during baseball season" in Chinese?)
"Uh... twenty. I mean, twelve. Years. I've been playing the harp for twelve years."

I like the part where she goes around the room and asks us what color various things are. Especially when she does fruit, because we tend to disagree.

"What color are mangoes?"
"Yellow!"
"Not yellow. Orange."
"Red."
"Green."
"I don't think you're supposed to eat them if they're green."
"Well, no one said we were talking about edible mangoes."

"What color are bananas?"
"White!"
"... seriously, your first thought when someone asks you what color bananas are is white?"

"What color are kiwifruit?"
"Blue!"
"I, uh, don't think that's what you meant to say."
"Oh. Um... how do you say green?"
"Wait, do you mean on the outside or the inside?"
"Hel-lo, kiwifruit are green."
"No, they're brown."
"They're hairy. How do you say 'hairy' in Chinese?"
"Oh, shut up."