15 Reasons Why Learning Chinese Is Easier Than English
1. Mandarin does not give a damn about tenses.http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr06/2013/8/9/12/enhanced-buzz-26979-1376066549-30.jpg
There are none!
2. The alphabet is totally phonetic
http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr03/2013/8/12/12/enhanced-buzz-32162-1376326523-9.jpg
It’s called Pinyin （拼音） and it makes the ABCs look pretty lame.:shakehead3:
3. It doesn’t have that many combinations of sounds.
http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr03/2013/8/12/14/grid-cell-30984-1376330739-16.jpg
As opposed to thousands in English.
4. Mandarin ain’t got no time for too many syllables.
http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr05/2013/8/9/13/enhanced-buzz-17172-1376069278-14.jpg
The majority of words only have one or two syllables.
5. You can usually understand people even if you can’t make out the tones.
http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr01/2013/8/9/16/enhanced-buzz-27511-1376080076-0.jpg
Tones = inflections. You can still figure out what people are saying through context.:loveliness:
6. You could even just learn spoken Chinese with Pinyin and be illiterate.
http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr02/2013/8/12/11/anigif_enhanced-buzz-15423-1376322389-5.gif
If you want a quicker route...;P
7. Don’t like articles? GREAT! Mandarin doesn’t either.
http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr01/2013/8/9/13/enhanced-buzz-13297-1376070294-49.jpg
There are none.
8. Nouns don’t have plurals.
http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr01/2013/8/12/11/anigif_enhanced-buzz-17007-1376322605-16.gif
Nouns do have “units” that you have to remember, but kiss those -es’s goodbye.
9. OR genders.
http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr06/2013/8/9/13/enhanced-buzz-4595-1376070792-15.jpg
There are gendered pronouns (like he/she), but that’s about it. China thinks that pineapple should have a choice whether it’s male or female.
10. All sentence patterns are fixed.
http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr06/2013/8/12/14/grid-cell-12250-1376330501-43.jpg
Subject + time + location + verb + object all day every day.
11. Vocaburaly makes more sense.
http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr06/2013/8/12/14/grid-cell-12326-1376330863-42.jpghttp://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr06/2013/8/12/14/grid-cell-12326-1376330861-40.jpghttp://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr06/2013/8/12/14/grid-cell-12326-1376330863-42.jpg
12. Mandarin and Cantonese characters are written the same.
http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr06/2013/8/9/14/enhanced-buzz-26975-1376071777-11.jpg
Killing two birds with one stone AMIRITE?
13. Numbers are used wayyyy more effectively and efficiently.
http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr03/2013/8/9/14/enhanced-buzz-4807-1376072405-0.jpg
Months, for example, are just number + word for month. So January is 1 month, February is 2 month, etc.
14. You don’t necessarily have to worry about dealing with different dialects.
http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr06/2013/8/9/14/enhanced-buzz-16867-1376072709-0.jpg
Though people will talk smack behind your back if you don’t speak Cantonese in Hong Kong or Hakka in a Hakka neighborhood, almost everyone understands Mandarin.
15. Some words actually look like the thing they describe.
http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr06/2013/8/9/12/enhanced-buzz-26952-1376066972-10.jpg
It’s kind of like reading a picture book. Ish. Which is always cool.
source: http://www.buzzfeed.com/nataliemorin/reasons-why-learning-chinese-is-easier-than-english
Last edited by Benzene on 24-9-2013 03:57 PM
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