#Person1#: You have been here for how long? Four months now?
#Person2#: Yeah, about.
#Person1#: Do you know Chinese better now?
#Person2#: Oh, definitely. I remember, when I first arrived in Guangzhou, my girlfriend was haggling with a sales clerk over the price of a mobile phone.
#Person1#: Oh, yeah. Many Chinese like to bargain. It happens almost everywhere.
#Person2#: I mean, I understand that. But the speed of the conversation got faster and faster, until it seemed to me that they would fight. My perception of the tone was that it was a violent shouting match. The truth was that it was a perfectly normal conversation.
#Person1#: A shouting match? You're so funny. You must be exaggerating. I don't believe it.
#Person2#: I am not exaggerating at all. I'm telling you the truth. That was how I felt at that time.
#Person1#: Yes, perhaps. Chinese usually don't notice that sort of thing. Maybe it's quite natural to us.
#Person2#: Yes, absolutely true.
#Person2# felt that his girlfriend's bargaining with a sales cleck in Chinese sounded like a shouting match. #Person1# thinks he must be exaggerating.
dicuss Chinese haggling
#Person1#: Sudah berapa lama Anda di sini? Empat bulan sekarang?
#Person2#: Ya, sekitar.
#Person1#: Apakah Anda lebih mengerti bahasa Mandarin sekarang?
#Person2#: Oh, tentu saja. Saya ingat, ketika saya pertama kali tiba di Guangzhou, pacar saya sedang menawar harga ponsel dengan seorang pramuniaga.
#Person1#: Oh, ya. Banyak orang Tionghoa suka menawar. Itu terjadi hampir di mana-mana.
#Person2#: Maksud saya, saya mengerti itu. Namun, kecepatan percakapan semakin cepat, sampai saya merasa mereka akan bertengkar. Menurut saya, nadanya seperti adu teriakan yang keras. Sebenarnya, itu adalah percakapan yang sangat normal.
#Person1#: Adu teriakan? Anda sangat lucu. Anda pasti melebih-lebihkan. Saya tidak percaya itu.
#Person2#: Saya sama sekali tidak melebih-lebihkan. Saya mengatakan yang sebenarnya. Begitulah perasaan saya saat itu. #Person1#: Ya, mungkin. Orang Tiongkok biasanya tidak menyadari hal semacam itu. Mungkin itu wajar bagi kita.

#Person2#: Ya, benar sekali.
#Orang2# merasa bahwa tawar-menawar pacarnya dengan seorang pramuniaga dalam bahasa Mandarin terdengar seperti adu mulut. #Orang1# mengira dia pasti melebih-lebihkan.
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