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genuine question, has anyone talked to someone who’s foreign/ learning English?
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Anonymous 7w

yeah growing up w my parents lmao

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Anonymous 7w

By talked do you mean romantically or friends or

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Anonymous 7w

Yes I saw this Russian guy freshman year of college. We didn’t understand too much of what each other said so we just made out 😭😂

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Anonymous replying to -> slutty_anakin 7w

Romantically

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 7w

Same w my mine but I’m talking romantically 😭

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 7w

Yes. Usually Spanish, but I have talked to two who mostly only spoke Arabic and Hindi respectively

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 7w

translation apps go a long way and most messaging apps have built in translators. but i will say it makes things a lot harder if neither are very comfortable speaking a shared language yet when it comes to video/in-person unless you want to continue a back and forth. i feel like it also makes it hard to actually get to know them since it heavily limits expression of personality, feelings, etc. like ex i can express myself freely in my native languages but when i comes to ones where i'm

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 7w

beginner/intermediate i come across completely differently than languages i grew up with. definitely doable though, and can be a fun shared goal if you learn each other's languages

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Anonymous replying to -> slutty_anakin 7w

He’s Moroccan and SUPERRR attractive. He speaks a bit of English and I also have Arabic background ( barely) so communication has been kind of difficult

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 7w

I feeel thattttt😭😭

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 7w

I think you just try to make really good eye contact and like speak with your body language. Be flirty. Let him read your lips while you talk more slowly. After a couple weeks his English got better

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 7w

Have you guys been able to use translators to text at least?

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