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Post by funkindagirl on Aug 29, 2006 18:54:10 GMT 8
some people think chinese is hard to learn... i have to agree form the point of view of a non-chinese... cos chinese words are the hardest to write... compared to japanese and korean and indian... haha yeh chinese characters are hard to learn its not like english where u only have the 26 letters and u just muddle them around to form different words. there's about 4,000 characters tht we need to know. but apparantly if u know chinese characters, its easier to learn japanese cos the writing is similar |
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Post by Aspire on Aug 29, 2006 19:08:15 GMT 8
but japanese have a different pronounciation... and one word has two or more pronounciation... so it's kinda hard for us, who don't study since we're young
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Post by funkindagirl on Aug 29, 2006 19:09:33 GMT 8
but japanese have a different pronounciation... and one word has two or more pronounciation... so it's kinda hard for us, who don't study since we're young one word has two pronouciations isnt that similar to chinese tho. one character can have 2 meanings and 2 different pronounciations |
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Post by Aspire on Aug 29, 2006 19:13:26 GMT 8
haha... i even have problem remembering the japanese symbols even tho they only have one pronounciation... and talk about the chinese words...
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Post by funkindagirl on Aug 29, 2006 19:14:55 GMT 8
haha... i even have problem remembering the japanese symbols even tho they only have one pronounciation... and talk about the chinese words... ive never learnt to write japanese words so i dnt no how difficult it is, i dnt think its similar to chinese tho i think it looks like korean writing cos they have those funny circle things |
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Post by Aspire on Aug 29, 2006 19:18:14 GMT 8
korean words are like abc... each stroke or circle or square represents one or two vowels/consonants... i'm learning that... haha... but it takes me TIME to actually read a sentence or just a few words... terrible learner...
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Post by funkindagirl on Aug 29, 2006 19:19:30 GMT 8
korean words are like abc... each stroke or circle or square represents one or two vowels/consonants... i'm learning that... haha... but it takes me TIME to actually read a sentence or just a few words... terrible learner... oh really that sounds easier. does that mean there arent as many characters in korean as chinese? |
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Post by Aspire on Aug 29, 2006 19:21:04 GMT 8
err.. dunno leh... i think almost the same amount.. hahaha
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Post by funkindagirl on Aug 29, 2006 19:27:12 GMT 8
err.. dunno leh... i think almost the same amount.. hahaha haha then i wont be learning korean writing. tht puts extra work ontop of my heavy load already. still learning chinese characters |
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Post by Aspire on Aug 29, 2006 19:28:27 GMT 8
haha.. yeah... we dont even know how to write some of the chinese words eh? talk about learning a foreign language...
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Post by funkindagirl on Aug 29, 2006 19:36:50 GMT 8
haha.. yeah... we dont even know how to write some of the chinese words eh? talk about learning a foreign language... lol exactly, think i should do a lot more studying of chinese before taking on another. do u do simplified or traditional? |
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Post by Aspire on Aug 29, 2006 19:40:01 GMT 8
simplified... i can read traditional ones but dunno how to write them... taiwaneses use traditional and they don't use pin yin... u?
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