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Similar thing happened to a family friend. She had a stroke and lost her English and could only speak her first language, Mandarin. She was an English literatur
by appleiigs 8y ago
Similar thing happened to a family friend. She had a stroke and lost her English and could only speak her first language, Mandarin. She was an English literature teacher in Canada for 40 years. Her children only had basic Mandarin... not a good situation.
- thaumasiotes 8y agoNot good, but going from "native unexercised Mandarin" to "fluent" is a lot easier than suddenly having to learn a foreign language.
- rconti 8y agoI mean, other than not being able to communicate with her children or fellow Canadians.
- thaumasiotes 8y agoI was talking about the children.
- rconti 8y agoHm, "basic Mandarin" sounds like much less than "native, unexercised" to me, as I feel that the latter implies an earlier native fluency, but I see that could be a matter of opinion. Eg, it's possible they can fully understand her but can't speak it particularly well.