sechan19 | Funny dream.

I had a dream recently where I was on my way to a clothing store to exchange some things that didn't fit. When I got to the store, I looked at the proprietress, opened my mouth to speak, and realized that I was about to speak to her in Chinese. (The fully formed sentence Wo keyi huan zhe jian yifu ma? [May I exchange these clothes?] was right on the tip of my tongue.)

I knew she'd never understand me, but for some reason I couldn't seem to get the Chinese words out of my head in order to offer a coherent sentence. So I just stood there for a minute, with my mouth hanging open, while she looked at me quizzically.

Finally the right words came:

Sumimasen, chugokugo de hanashitakattan desu kedo, chugokugo wo hanasu to wakaranai kana to kidzukimashita. Kono fuku wo kaeraremasen ka? (I'm sorry, I wanted to speak Chinese, but I realized that if I did you probably wouldn't understand. Can I exchange these clothes?)

Clearly, it was a Japanese dream - not a Chinese dream.

Silly me.