Ni Hao.
Wo hui shuo yidiar Puthonguah, ke shi wo shuo de bu hao.
While in Beijing recently, I read an article where officials were looking for public input on ideas of improving the city's water quality. The headline boasted of "democracy" working in the city of 12.5 million. As i continued reading the article, I stumbled upon the almost oblivious fact thirty persons had submitted their ideas in the past year. What democracy!
Wan an, wo pengyou!
That sounds about par for the course.
Everyone is probably wondering what's wrong with the water.....I mean, everything tastes fine that comes out of my water cooler. /sarcasm
I'm not that great at interpreting pinyin, especially when it doesn't have tone marks, but I know what you're saying.
It was a little difficult to improve my putonghua at first, because everyone here speaks the local dialect more often than not and that can be confusing, if not aggravating, at times.
Cheers!