); S/he should be willing to offer you the same level of assistance as you offer them; S/he should be patient and willing to slow down for you when you don’t understand; S/he should be willing to learn Jyutping or another romanization system to help you with your Cantonese (native Cantonese speakers don’t know any romanization systems, and certainly don’t know Cantonese tones); The exchange should be like speaking among friends – there shouldn’t be any commercial, romantic or activities of that nature in the exchange. …Yeah, now I think I understand a little more about why so many authors turn to telepathy. Over time, you can add on words to learn longer sentences. If you really can’t stand to see another ad again, then please consider supporting our work with a contribution to wikiHow. Thanks to all authors for creating a page that has been read 221,918 times. I do plan to call on her for assistance if/when I hit the point where I'm seeking publication for stories with Russian in them. Rule #6: Writing Dialogue in Dialect Is a No-No. -Nina Post For more tips, grab the Inspired by Limyaael booklet! reason to learn Cantonese. Here is a tutorial that will help you to configure your American keyboard to type these additional characters quickly and conveniently, under Windows. How does he cope with the looks of pity and horror he’ll get, and the quick, nervous apologies from people who forget he can’t talk? Perhaps, after all, your mute character does not have to go through so much. I'm writing a story where characters with different languages interact, how would I write someone speaking another language? And if she’s injured, especially if she injures her hands, she doesn’t have something else to fall back on the way that a speaking character wounded in the throat can fall back on her own hands. … Actually, the main bulk of the content here at Cantolounge is devoted to breaking down. Preschool Foreign language Asian languages (Chinese, Korean, etc.) As a result, I've got lines of dialogue (and sometimes full conversations) in, like, eight different languages. There are times where I'll simply have characters speaking a certain language and express that situation with prose, and I also have a universal translator character who will translate for anybody who isn't capable of speaking "Linguish", as I like to call it. Deciding on the cause of their muteness will influence the way you handle them. The hero will pat him on the shoulder and take care of it, while the mute character gazes at him in speechless adoration. Then try to write a sentence without these restrictions – any sentence that pops to mind that fits this structure. To learn how to say basic words and phrases in Chinese, scroll down! She may learn to understand it, eventually, but she won’t be able to speak it back. {"smallUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/5\/5d\/Learn-About-Tudor-England-Step-1.jpg\/v4-460px-Learn-About-Tudor-England-Step-1.jpg","bigUrl":"\/images\/thumb\/5\/5d\/Learn-About-Tudor-England-Step-1.jpg\/aid9491629-v4-728px-Learn-About-Tudor-England-Step-1.jpg","smallWidth":460,"smallHeight":345,"bigWidth":"728","bigHeight":"546","licensing":"