Yi, er, san; san er yi.
Clap, clap hands; clap clap hands.
You clap hands, I clap hands.
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What the heck?! Well, at 15+, I'm learning Mandarin from scratch, literally. I'm like a banana, yellow on the outside, totally white on the inside.
Best part: I'm the second oldest. The icing on the cake: the teacher won't speak English and she gives instruction in Chinese. ... Lost in translation. So, the upside of learning Mandarin is that i will not encounter this problem.....
Chinese fella: What's your name?
BananaBie: Kai [chicken and ...]
Chinese fella: What do you think of my sister's party?
BananaBie: Wo pu che tau [I dont know]... Wo ai ni [I love you]
Chinese fella: Okay...What time are you leaving?
BananaBie: San [3]!
Chinese fella: Oh, 3am? that's late. Would you like to go back earlier?
BananaBie: Pu Yao! [dont want!]
Chinese fella: Then what would you like to do?
BananaBie: Wo pu che tau. Che bananas!! [eat bananas!]
Chinese fella: Okay, freak job.... 
BananaBie: Wo xi huan leng chai? [i like handsome guys?]
Chinese fella: SHOO, pyscho!!
BananaBie: OK!
Bu Yao wang ji, wo hui yong yuan ai ni!! [DONT FORGET, I LOVE YOU FOREVER!!] note: i learned up that phrase for a long time. =)
Therefore, one must learn Chinese as a Chinese. Till then, hope nothing like that happens to me. =)
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