01-27-2017, 11:44 PM
Hello @MHJG and 
to GaySpeak. I'm glad you've found a forum to suit your purpose. I have not been to Honk Kong (Xiang Gang) but have some ties with the city as my grandfather was born there in 1900. He was from a Scottish family though, and returned to Great Britain when he was about five. I never met my grandfather as he died just when I was born.
It seems that your German isn't too bad for the moment, even if it is beginners' German. Come and live in Germany and you'll be understanding most of the language you hear within three months, another three months and you'll be speaking too. That's the time it takes when you are faced with the language daily, all day. It may take a little longer for people who speak languages with different origins like Cantonese of Mandarin, but you'll get it. French is quite difficult to learn, I'm afraid but you are welcome to try and learn it too. Huan ying he xin nian kuaile. I'm afraid I've only learnt some Mandarin phrases, so I hope you'll recognise Welcome and Happy New Year (Chinese year of the Rooster starting).
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to GaySpeak. I'm glad you've found a forum to suit your purpose. I have not been to Honk Kong (Xiang Gang) but have some ties with the city as my grandfather was born there in 1900. He was from a Scottish family though, and returned to Great Britain when he was about five. I never met my grandfather as he died just when I was born. It seems that your German isn't too bad for the moment, even if it is beginners' German. Come and live in Germany and you'll be understanding most of the language you hear within three months, another three months and you'll be speaking too. That's the time it takes when you are faced with the language daily, all day. It may take a little longer for people who speak languages with different origins like Cantonese of Mandarin, but you'll get it. French is quite difficult to learn, I'm afraid but you are welcome to try and learn it too. Huan ying he xin nian kuaile. I'm afraid I've only learnt some Mandarin phrases, so I hope you'll recognise Welcome and Happy New Year (Chinese year of the Rooster starting).
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