"Curious to know how you justify your interest in a foreigner who displays skepticism when you explain you are learning their language?
If you don't have an explicit reason such as work for learning a language, how do yo explain learning a language for love of the process of learning, inexplicable feeling towards language, girls ect...
This is in order to come across congruently. Because for many people the idea of doing this is not in their psyche."
I get asked this question all the time. It's a simple method of making conversation. In my case, I speak Japanese, and barely any white people speak Japanese, so people are always interested.
Handle it like you would handle anything else.
If it's a serious conversation where a serious answer is required, give a real answer. "I like learning things." "I wanted to expand my horizons." "The language is beautiful."
If you're talking to a girl, give a joke answer. A few of my favorites are, "I learned it from aliens." "It's a mystery!" or sometimes "I actually am Japanese." (I'm a large white guy.)
If someone is really suspicious to the point that they're giving you a hard time about it, go talk to someone else.
If you don't have an explicit reason such as work for learning a language, how do yo explain learning a language for love of the process of learning, inexplicable feeling towards language, girls ect...
This is in order to come across congruently. Because for many people the idea of doing this is not in their psyche."
I get asked this question all the time. It's a simple method of making conversation. In my case, I speak Japanese, and barely any white people speak Japanese, so people are always interested.
Handle it like you would handle anything else.
If it's a serious conversation where a serious answer is required, give a real answer. "I like learning things." "I wanted to expand my horizons." "The language is beautiful."
If you're talking to a girl, give a joke answer. A few of my favorites are, "I learned it from aliens." "It's a mystery!" or sometimes "I actually am Japanese." (I'm a large white guy.)
If someone is really suspicious to the point that they're giving you a hard time about it, go talk to someone else.