3u speaking - how long did you speak for? (1 Viewer)

[luigi]

i spoke for like 9 - 10 minutes !!! too too long... arrgh
what about everyone else?

 

[icki]

i'm not quite sure

i spoke for 2m40s for the 1st one, but i can't remeber whether i reset my watch b4 i did my 2nd one...and the time read 5m 50 sumthing when i finished! ><!!! argh i hope i didnt reset....coz otherwise that means i spoke for bout 9 min aswell

 

[fleetingdreams]

i fink mine was around 8mins...
but i was amazed dat i didn't pause AT ALL...
like...i kept toking & toking....
not much eetoo....

 

[luigi]

thats good thats good
i think i made too many pauses
i tried to speak slower like the samples they gave us, cos i normally speak too fast and dont take enough time, but yeah this time it was like inverted!

 

[blake]

baka inu!

 

[luigi]

dare ga baka inu?

 

[hurrotisrobbo]

I believe that'd be "baka _na_ inu", since it's an adjectival noun.

Anyways... I spoke for 3-and-a-half minutes all up... It was WAY TOO F@#$ING SHORT!! AAAAAAAARGH!!!!!! DOOMSDAY HAST ARRIVED!!!!!

Etc.

 

[luigi]

haha no thats ok ~ it probably means that your speech was nice and concise, that you actually got to the point ---

 

[blake]

hey im no jap, only learnt that from going to japan

 

[luigi]

oh ok - did you learn anything else?

 

[bellicoseboy]

boku wa nihongo o benkyou shimasen. demo nihon ni ita. 12 nen sei nihongo wa muzukashii?

 

[luigi]

Originally posted by bellicoseboy
boku wa nihongo o benkyou shimasen. demo nihon ni ita. 12 nen sei nihongo wa muzukashii?

iie

2 unit wa yasashii ~~

 

[blake]

Originally posted by luigi_000
oh ok - did you learn anything else?

Yeah, that they are very small, the door ways are only 5feet tall, the bullet train is very fast, tokyo is a hole, their food sucks compared to chinese and they are generally nice people.

 

[luigi]

Originally posted by blake


Yeah, that they are very small, the door ways are only 5feet tall, the bullet train is very fast, tokyo is a hole, their food sucks compared to chinese and they are generally nice people.

"tokyo is a hole" - wrong

"their food sucks compared to chinese" - also wrong

 

[BlackJack]

Back to the thread:
However long I spoke for (3 minutes.. 4 'coz I'm being optimistic?), it must have been too short. I went through my spiel, then I started pausing 'n' stuff, then finally I whispered something like 'oh I just can't do this' and said finished. My teacher then whispered 'are you sure you're finished?'
I mean, 'wtf?' She's not supposed to say that!!! It's so demoralising... *sob*
On the side, which questions did you do? If you don't quite remember:
1st was the nursing and teaching not being popular jobs anymore.
2nd was the technology and generation gap.
3rd was Ozland being a tolerant society. :apig:

edit: that emoticon was supposed to be the red faced arguing one.

 

[BlackJack]

Stop that Adrian, deleting your replies... unless you're moving it into the French ghetto. I almost immortalised it with a quote...

 

[El Cid]

I felt guilty for invading the Japanese sanctum

 

[El Cid]

Well I did post a 3U speaking aftermath topic in the French forum, but no one replied. 3U Japanese is a lot more popular, it seems.

 

[BlackJack]

pffft.... it's doesn't matter if you invade the sanctum. It seems more people like Jap

 

[hurrotisrobbo]

I think most people who study French at Primary get turned off it - hence they don't study it at high school, and why the French class in our grade has/had... 3? 4 people? Maybe?