Chinese language
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I have actually been learning chinese for quite some time and I would say that you are right on the money with some of the cons you talk about. Writing is difficult because there is no alphabet and there are 4 tones which are quite hard to get the grasp of. Normally it would take about 3 years to learn, however if you are really hardworking you can apply to an intensive course such as China pod intensive learning, I have known some people to speak it well in two after that.
Mr. Spinner.
Major wast of time... China is poised to become the Worlds largest English speaking country within a few years. Thanks to the Olympics being held there, speaking English is now considered a premium skill.
Google - "china to become largest English speaking country".
Google - "china to become largest English speaking country".
I spent 1 year in China, and I was able to speak basic Chinese by the end of the year. (Basic meaning: getting to know people, asking about their work/school, asking for directions, asking about food/drinks in restaurants, etc...)
Learning to speak Mandarin is easier than most people think. They don't have tenses and their phrase structure is easy: subject verb complement. They don't have 5 words that mean the same thing like in English. They pretty much always use the same verbs/nouns.
Now learning to write/read is the true challenge. Over 2000 characters to learn... that's fucked up. Stick to PinYin (Chinese written in English alphabet) as a start...
I highly recommend the Rosetta Stone software to anyone that wants to learn any language. It's simply the best learning software ever made!
Learning to speak Mandarin is easier than most people think. They don't have tenses and their phrase structure is easy: subject verb complement. They don't have 5 words that mean the same thing like in English. They pretty much always use the same verbs/nouns.
Now learning to write/read is the true challenge. Over 2000 characters to learn... that's fucked up. Stick to PinYin (Chinese written in English alphabet) as a start...
I highly recommend the Rosetta Stone software to anyone that wants to learn any language. It's simply the best learning software ever made!
Not sure if serious. Or maybe you missed a word "hundreds", like few hundred years. That might happen, sadly we won't witness it.
Haha yeah, this.
I'm learning Mandarin, but mostly just for the mental exercise over any practical application.
Also if you're not ready to spend 3 years before becoming fluent in any language, then you might as well not even start because you'll fail unless you speak French/learn Spanish or another set of very similar languages like that.
Been learning chineese(mandarine) for 3-4months. Cause of bigger and bigger influence on China, some economits saying that in 15-20 years China will be the center of worlds(economy,money,etc...)
The problem is this language is super difficult - speaking - it's kind of tonal language - and music/tones is my weakness. People leaving in different areas of China sometimes don't understand each other - they speaking the same language - chinese(mandarine) but different dialects)))) so these are the people who were born and raised in China - imagine how it's for people from other countries...
Chinese will be deffinetely important in future, but not in near - it's good idea for the kids though... since when you are a kid you can learn language much easier.
The problem is this language is super difficult - speaking - it's kind of tonal language - and music/tones is my weakness. People leaving in different areas of China sometimes don't understand each other - they speaking the same language - chinese(mandarine) but different dialects)))) so these are the people who were born and raised in China - imagine how it's for people from other countries...
Chinese will be deffinetely important in future, but not in near - it's good idea for the kids though... since when you are a kid you can learn language much easier.
I'd say it translates to Western Culture as Chinese) but it's means
[zhong]=middle/center
[wen]=speech
cause for Chinese . China is CENTER kindom, they kind believe that they live in center and all other countries around(like sun)
so the beauty of mandarin(chinese) - it's kind of language of symbols.
for example subway = iron+earth
that's what i remeber from what i've learnt 2years ago...