That kind of colloquailism is narrowed only to very native people in that region.

[Silverobama]

I went to Chengdu, which is close to my city Chongqing, for traveling and I went to remote but picturesque village. The conversation took place between my friend and me.

Hook: How was your trip in Chengdu?
Silver: It was great; I went to a very beautiful village there. It's far away from the city center. People there are very old-fashioned. They almost don't use cell phones. Also, they grow food themselves. It's quite interesting.
Hook: Wow, that sounds great. How about the language there. Chongqing and Chengdu locals speak almost the same dialect. How about the people in that village?
Silver: I was about to tell you this. Yes, they speak something I don't understand. I could understand 70% of what they said. And some of their expressions were very diffcult to answer. You know. That kind of colloquailism is narrowed only to very native people in that region.
Hook: I see.

Is the italic sentence okay?

 

[tedmc]

I believe it is another Chinese dialect. or sub-dialect.

How about:
The dialect is spoken only by the natives of that locality (and not elsewhere).

 

[emsr2d2]

I went to Chengdu, which is close to my city Chongqing, for traveling to sightsee, and while I was there I went to visited a nearby remote but picturesque village. The following conversation took place between my friend and me.

Hook: How was your trip in Chengdu?
Silver: It was great; I went to a very beautiful village there. It's far away from the city center and the people there are very old-fashioned. they almost don't use cell phones. Hardly anyone has a cell phone. Also, they grow food themselves their own food. It's quite interesting.
Hook: Wow, that sounds great. How about the language there? Chongqing and Chengdu locals speak almost the same dialect; how about the people in that village?
Silver: I was about to tell you this about that. Yes, They do speak something a dialect I don't understand. but I could understand about 70% of what they said. And Some of their expressions were very difficult to answer. You know. That kind of colloquialism is narrowed only to very native people in that region.
Hook: I see.

Is the italic sentence okay?

Note my changes above. Two things:

1. We don't "answer" expressions. That's why I've underlined "answer". You need to reformulate that sentence because I don't know what you mean.
2. Your italic sentence doesn't work. However, there are lots of other ways to say it so why don't you see if you can come up with something clearer? Here's a hint - colloquialisms aren't narrowed.

 

[Silverobama]

Note my changes above. Two things:

1. We don't "answer" expressions. That's why I've underlined "answer". You need to reformulate that sentence because I don't know what you mean.
2. Your italic sentence doesn't work. However, there are lots of other ways to say it so why don't you see if you can come up with something clearer. Here's a hint - colloquialisms aren't narrowed.

1) My correction of the sentence "Some of their conversations and expressions were hard to understand".

2) My new attempt of the italic sentence "That kind of colloquialisms might only be understood among themselves in that village".

Much appreciated!

 

[teechar]

Two further comments:
1- You're still consistently making comma-splice errors.
2- "almost" means "nearly". It DOES NOT mean "most".

 

[Silverobama]

Two further comments:
1- You're still consistently making comma-splice errors.
2- "almost" means "nearly". It DOES NOT mean "most".

I already corrected those possible comma-splice errors in the OP.

 

[SoothingDave]

One is either native or not. "Very native" doesn't make sense.

 

[Silverobama]

2) My new attempt of the italic sentence "That kind of colloquialisms might only be understood among themselves in that village".

Note my changes above. Two things:

1. We don't "answer" expressions. That's why I've underlined "answer". You need to reformulate that sentence because I don't know what you mean.
2. Your italic sentence doesn't work. However, there are lots of other ways to say it so why don't you see if you can come up with something clearer. Here's a hint - colloquialisms aren't narrowed.

Much appreciated.

Could you please suggest one way of saying that?

 

[emsr2d2]

Could you please suggest one way of saying that?

I think I was pretty clear when I said ...

1. We don't "answer" expressions. That's why I've underlined "answer". You need to reformulate that sentence because I don't know what you mean.
2. Your italic sentence doesn't work. However, there are lots of other ways to say it so why don't you see if you can come up with something clearer? Here's a hint - colloquialisms aren't narrowed.

Come on, Silver. We can't do all the work for you!

 

[Silverobama]

Come on, Silver. We can't do all the work for you!

I did it in #4 by changing some words in the sentence in the OP soon after I read your suggestions. I am always trying my best to answer my own questions.

The following is my new attempt at #4. Is it better now?

That kind of colloquialisms might only be understood among themselves in that village.

 

[Silverobama]

If the new sentence in #4 isn't good, how about:

That kind of colloquialisms might only be understood among the people living in that village.

Since I could understand only a small part of what they were saying, I think both of this sentence and the one in #10 are okay.

 

[Tarheel]

If the new sentence in #4 isn't good, how about:

That kind of colloquialisms might only be understood among the people living in that village.

That's okay, but I would remove "kind of" there. And take the "s" off of "colloquialisms". Also, you could say, "the people of that village".

 

[Tarheel]

Say:

I think both this sentence and the one in #10 are okay.

 

[Silverobama]

Thanks a lot, Tarheel.

Could any BrE speaker help? I’m preparing for me C1 test and I hope I can hear from some BrE perspectives.

 

[jutfrank]

I'm quite a way from understanding the meaning. When you say 'colloquialisms', you mean dialect, I think. You're saying that the people in that village have their own unique dialect. Is that right?

 

[Silverobama]

I'm quite a way from understanding the meaning. When you say 'colloquialisms', you mean dialect, I think. You're saying that the people in that village have their own unique dialect. Is that right?

Yes. Only they can understand totally. I can understand a little bit of what they were saying so I think their colloquialisms only understandable to them.

 

[jutfrank]

So you don't mean dialect? You're talking only about certain expressions they use?

 

[Tarheel]

Thanks a lot, Tarheel.

Could any BrE speaker help? I’m preparing for MY C1 test and I hope I can hear from some BrE perspectives.

What's the C1 test?

 

[Tarheel]

Yes. Only they can understand totally. I COULD understand ONLY a little bit of what they were saying so I think their colloquialisms ARE only understandable to them.

 

[Silverobama]

So you don't mean dialect? You're talking only about certain expressions they use?

No, actually their dialect is what they are using and part of it is close to my dialect.