Tuesday, December 2, 2008

A Note on Fluency

No matter how hard I practice, I seem to have a mental block about numbers. My brain can translate simple sentences into Japanese pretty easily, but if someone asks me about time or price, it takes me a lot longer to translate.
If my Okaasan asks me what time I went to bed last night, I always stare at my watch before I realize the answer isn't there. And then I stumble around for a bit before I manage to spit out 十一時 (11:00) or 十二時 (12:00).
Maybe it has something to do with right brain / left brain. But this really shouldn't be as difficult as it is.

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