Dashan Interview Nov 2007 (Chinese) Part 2 / 采访大山 2007年11月 (中文) 2分之2

[superpotential]

我暈了

[initialoperator]

去scarborough town centre?! 哈哈

[fubintien]

Da Shan is not only an accomplished speaker of Mandarin, he's also an intelligent and well-rounded person. I liked how he took the opportunity to politely correct the interviewer on the East-meets-West question. She reflects the typical opinions of most mainland Chinese in a few of her questions, and I thought Da Shan handled them in a very nuanced and respectful manner.

讚!

[BlueTunisia]

I really love 大山!! Dashan is the man!!

我是美国人。请看我的中文录像。请给我评论！谢谢你们！ =)

[didUhaveNorgazm]

Is it just me or does it sound like she's getting turned on by him?

[BlueTunisia]

OMG I was totally just thinking the same thing! Wow

[snkfw000]

學一門外語能學出這種成就實在是............

厲害

[WizardWarriorGod]

when i can speak English as Dashan speaks Chinese

[muxiaoming]

说中文很好，但是看出来大山有点骄傲

[brucebruce2007]

So my question is.... As Dashan is so amazingly fluent in Mandarin, does he still think in English, or are all his thoughts regarding anything "Chinese" immediately processed in Mandarin??Would be interesting to know!! I couldn't imagine merely thinking about something in a different language...!!!

[kashuda]

Ha ha, Bruce, with all due respect, that is totally ridiculous. Communication is conceptual. Think about it. You can know what you are thinking of without knowing the words for it.

You don't think in any language.

[BlueTunisia]

Sorry, but this is totally wrong. When I'm doing anything boring or just considering possibilities on issues and such, I'm talking to myself (in my head) in English.

The answer to Bruce's question is hard to answer. I have a spanish friend who is great in English, now. He says that when he is busy at work (Disney) English words fly by in his head, but at home with his Spanish speaking family, he thinks about things in Spanish.

[superdog797]

People think in language all the time. A lot of philosophers have spoken and written about how language shapes and limits thought. But to answer the original poster's question - when someone becomes fluent in a language, they are able to think in the language.

In response to your comment 9 months ago from FDoEEt7QVps

[brucebruce2007]

Anybody know where we can watch this interview with English Subtitles????? Please!

[dpay02]

can somebody please tell me what "hua chuanr(?) 花?" is. It's the only part of the story ~I don't get and I wanna know why it's funny

[DashanTV]

Hua quan(r) 花圈, a wreath of flowers commonly presented at funerals.

[Rab1975bit]

He's spent 20 years in Beijing. That's half of his life.

[chinxstarrr]

lol scarborough town center

[google2com]

Yeah, I totally agree w/him...people connect with eachother a lot closer than we think...eastern or western...the media might be different but the end is the same goal

[is2pot]

amazing!