Which Chinese language do you understand?

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Which chinese language do you understand?

Mandarin
7
64%
Cantonese
1
9%
A chinese Minority Language
0
No votes
1, 2 and 3
2
18%
1 and 2
0
No votes
1 and 3
1
9%
2 and 3
0
No votes
 
Total votes: 11
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Which Chinese language do you understand?

Postby Torkess_theCommie » Mon Jul 10, 2006 12:39 am

I guess this knowledge could come in useful later, but right now it's just to feed my curiosity :D
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Postby Lychee » Fri Jul 21, 2006 2:22 am

I speak Cantonese.... What do you speak?
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Postby wichita » Fri Jul 21, 2006 6:02 am

I voted for Mandarin since that is the one I am studying now, though that is a liberal use of the word speak. :D
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Postby johntsai » Fri Jul 21, 2006 6:14 am

Wichita, come to Asia for a few weeks and you'll be able to speak it no problem!! :)

(just have to find a major seminar to participate in, right? :) )
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Postby wichita » Fri Jul 21, 2006 6:22 am

:lol: Hopefully I would pick it up easier than I have absorbed Finnish up here for two months. But no offence, Chinese is much much easier to study than Finnish. I love the straightforward grammar and the flow of thought in word order.

And let's hear a hooray for not having to conjugate verbs!! :D With Finnish I have been having to learn how to conjugate the verb, noun, adjective, AND adverbs in a sentence, and make sure the cases of each compliment each other so that it says exactly what I need it to say. Tiresome... :lol:
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Postby johntsai » Fri Jul 21, 2006 6:37 am

I always wonder why people say Chinese is so hard to learn? Perhaps they are refering to the written form? But the grammar itself and structures are much easier, I think... :)
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Postby Lychee » Fri Jul 21, 2006 7:39 pm

Translating Cantonese to Manderin is easy...But I don't know which tone to use...since Manderin has four, but Cantonese has 9 tones. I think.

Kinda Like

Daw=Duo
Aw=uo
On=an
Cheen=Qian
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Postby Torkess_theCommie » Fri Jul 21, 2006 7:42 pm

Yea, I think it's easier to learn to speak than it is to read and write, unless you learn it from an earlier age. Now with the pinyin, it's alot easier to learn to speak/understand, and with online translators and dictionaries, you can write it as well using the pinyin.
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Postby Lychee » Sat Jul 22, 2006 12:49 am

johntsai wrote:Wichita, come to Asia for a few weeks and you'll be able to speak it no problem!! :)



Oooh, that sounds fun... I wish I could go to Asia.
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Re: Which Chinese language do you understand?

Postby mona88 » Mon Oct 10, 2011 1:06 am

I speak mandarin. :)
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Re: Which Chinese language do you understand?

Postby chikame » Mon Dec 17, 2012 2:06 am

mandarin.. cause im learning it at the moment

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