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2010.04.23 Friday

Today I went to a cafe to write blog posts there. My friend likes to study at a cafe, so I asked her for a recommendation of a cafe. It was actually nice, and I am satisfied with the amount of the posts I wrote.

Westerners often ask questions like “Ca va? (how is it going?).” I realized these are asked in order to give someone an opportunity to talk. This works when a person hesitates to make comments or ask questions. Following the answer “Oui/Non,” the person will feel easier to make comments. For example, when you have difficulty with understanding a lecture but hesitate to say that, you will be given an opportunity to express the difficulty by those questions like “Ca va?”