I guess that’s what I’m asking. The reason why I’m asking is because I was helping a tourist with directions. The tourist only spoke Chinese, so I tried using google translate to help him. He then told me he didn’t know how to write or read Chinese. Sadly, due to this, I could not help him. I realise that this may not be a problem for the English language so I’m sorry for that.
Aboutfun OP t1_iu8dnep wrote
Reply to comment by ElDjee in Eli5: How is it possible for someone to speak English, but not be able to read or write it ? by Aboutfun
I guess that’s what I’m asking. The reason why I’m asking is because I was helping a tourist with directions. The tourist only spoke Chinese, so I tried using google translate to help him. He then told me he didn’t know how to write or read Chinese. Sadly, due to this, I could not help him. I realise that this may not be a problem for the English language so I’m sorry for that.