Learning Japanese 思い出1: You don't have to speak perfectly to gain understanding.

 

⭐思い出１⭐

 

I started to learn Japanese 5 years ago.　

I attended Japanese school once a week.  At first, my class was at weekdays, from 7.45 pm.to 9.45pm. Because of work, very often I was late for class. I ran to the class panting and  thinking how would I say

 " sorry for being late. I have been caught in traffic jam ...", 

instead all I had uttered was "すみません。車、車、、、".  

Teacher was very understanding.  She said a long sentences of Japanese on my behalf.

Another time was because of meeting,  all I could say was "会議、"、my teacher again understood me perfectly.
 
After class, we usually had some homework,  but I was not good at
submitting on time. So teacher asked,
 

"Robin san 宿題をしますか?" 

My replies were, "仕事、時間、、" 

As usual,  my teacher would fill in gaps and complete into sentences.  

You see, you don't have to speak perfect language to gain understanding. (Not excuse though)