Chinese, a waste of time

Shuimo   Thu Nov 12, 2009 5:08 pm GMT
Zapple Thu Nov 12, 2009 4:34 pm GMT
I have been studying for about 15 months on my own (albeit with a tutor)with Chinese Made Easier textbooks. I have lived as a teacher in China for 12 months. I am now at a low intermediate level. Though I can't have very deep conversations at all, and I can't read smack, I now have friends that only speak Chinese. I'm thinking it will take 2 more years before I really start to get fluent. Spanish was way easier to learn. Way. Easier. I probably learned the same amount of Spanish in about 3 or 4 months. But Chinese blows my mind so much more, baby! Ayayayayeeeeee!
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Keep up with yr hard work in Chinese learning!
Chinese can work magic in yr life when you really gain a sufficient mastery of it and the Chinese culture! Shuimo assure you!
?????   Thu Nov 26, 2009 1:32 pm GMT
Are there some missing posts here?
Evinória   Mon Nov 30, 2009 6:15 pm GMT
<<an American can study Chinese 10 years and he can speak it with a medium level (not enough to work in an Export department or other jobs)>>


Qual Americano? Mexicanos, hondurenhos, argentinos, chilenos, brasileiros, estadunidenses?
tupac amaru   Mon Nov 30, 2009 8:57 pm GMT
<<Qual Americano? Mexicanos, hondurenhos, argentinos, chilenos, brasileiros, estadunidenses?>>


"America" is a false friend.

In English: America = USA
In Spanish: América = North + Central + South America

Another example of a false friend is "red":

In English: red = rojo
In Spanish: red = net
???   Mon Nov 30, 2009 10:57 pm GMT
Chinese grammar is extremely easy by all accounts, having almost no morphology, and not even any tenses.