Do you like Mandarin Chinese language?
I have just started learning it and I find it so beautiful.
It is beautiful and not as challenging to learn as many people say. I learnt Mandarin Chinese for 3 years before moving on to Cantonese Chinese, which is even more colourful and expressive than Mandarin, and also correspondingly more difficult to learn, but it is a fun challenge.
Mandarin Chinese is one member of the LANGUAGE FAMILY called CHINESE. The Chinese languages are as different from each other as the European languages. For example, a Mandarin speaker would not be able to understand Shanghainese, Cantonese, or Min without having had lessons.
Compare Mandarin and Cantonese: Mandarin has 4/5 tones, 4 verbal aspects, and about 12 sentence-final particles, while Cantonese has 6/9 tones, 8 verbal aspects, and more than 30 sentence-final particles; how could two 'dialects' be so grammatically dissimilar unless they were in fact discrete languages?
I love it. I studied after I came back from living abroad in Japan… so learning the characters was super easy for me!
Loved it! I studied it many, many years ago, and would like to take it up again someday.
If you like hearing Mandarin, and you enjoy historical dramas, try to get hold of a DVD of The Emperor and the Assassin. It's a really good movie, plus it's in Mandarin with subtitles.
I'm a Chinese teacher from China, and I'm so happy to hear that you love Chinese language. Yes, Chinese is a beautiful language. In addition, with the rapid development of China, mastering Chinese will be great advantage for your future life. If you are wondering about how to learn Chinese or have any other Chinese related questions, just feel free to email me at Jennifer.zhu@echineselearning.com. I hope you enjoy your Chinese learning.