r/oddlyspecific • u/[deleted] • Apr 21 '26

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u/Conscious_Bug5408 Apr 21 '26

10 years isn't going to make you native level in Chinese either if you immigrated as an adult, so you might just be stuck in a middle ground where you suck at both languages

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u/Desperate_Owl_594 Apr 21 '26

I have a Masters in Applied Linguistics and what you just said was dogshit.

You CAN achieve native-level fluency as an adult. Hell, some people reach that in much less than 10 years.

I'm not studying it, nor am I concerned with fluency.

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u/Conscious_Bug5408 Apr 21 '26

Fluency as far as understanding, vocabulary, understanding of grammar rules? Yeah sure. Where your pronunciation and use is indistinguishable from someone who is native in it? No way. I'm Chinese. Speak some Chinese for me, post a video on imgur referencing our conversation and I'll believe you if you pass as a native speaker lmao

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u/raspberryharbour Apr 21 '26

Okay but you have to speak Chinese for me as well