THE FANTASY: I’m gonna learn Mandarin and talk fluently with native speakers, everything will work great!
MORE ACCURATE PREDICTION BASED ON RUSSIAN AND GERMAN: Native speakers will be amused, at least think I’m okay, but continue in English almost as good as mine if not better.
@Leucrotta This is a huge mood. We want to learn Japanese, but it's kinda daunting. (Barely started yet, and the only other foreign language we've ever done was Latin in school, so we don't have anything to extrapolate from.)
Also, considering how fucky English is, I am /amazed/ how everyone seems to be super good at it. We see people on forums going "sorry for my poor English" and like dude it's perfectly fine!