@Sweet_Seats
Because of course, you need 2200 hours of mandarin class to be able to say the basic stuff.
Guess that's why it took the MC a year to learn and say Mary's name. Oh wait...
Have you ever travelled to another country which didn't use your native language ?
If so, ever took a book to learn the basic words/sentence of the language in that country ?
If so, did it take you years to learn to say "please can you help me ?" or "Hello" ?