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Which Language Should I Learn


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  1. 1. ddd

    • Mandarin
      30
    • Japanese
      17


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Like the topic suggests.I have always wanted to learn an asian language, and although mandarin is much more widely spoken, I feel as though japanese would be easier and japanese girls are cute.so you see my dilema

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definitely mandarin. more chinese restaurants than japanese... :club: seriously, learn either mandarin or cantonese. more populous

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I took one year of Mandarin my freshmen year of High School. It's basically all about memorizing characters. It wasn't too bad. I ended the year with a B and I can now hold my own in China with things like "where's the bathroom" "nearest hotel" and general tourist shit like that.

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I tried learning mandarin last year by buyin a english/mandarin dictionary and then randomly saying chinese shit to my co-workers who are from china.if they understoof, i considered it success.. i know like 3 things.so i think a class is needed

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China is taking over...Mandarin.I don't know much about Japanese, but I took Mandarin in school and it's kind of easy. It's very hard to read and write, but speaking it is easy because they use common sense in their words. For example, to say monday, you say the number 1 followed by day and tuesday is the number 2 followed by day...

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Like the topic suggests.I have always wanted to learn an asian language, and although mandarin is much more widely spoken, I feel as though japanese would be easier and japanese girls are cute.so you see my dilema
LOL, I've had the same dilemma. For the exact same reasons.You're a bit more of a pimp than I am, so you could probably pull it off.Japanese FTW
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Well if we're going off of the hotness factor of the women don't overlook thai. Plus it would be nice to know how to ask for a 13 year old in their native tounge when you visit.

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Well if we're going off of the hotness factor of the women don't overlook thai. Plus it would be nice to know how to ask for a 13 year old in their native tounge when you visit.
I always think of Thailand when A and W puts out ther "2 teens for $6" sign.
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I'd go with Mandarin more people speak it than any languge in the world and you can find it in chinese retaraunts all over the world, I learned a bit of Mongolian a few years back for work, that is an uber bizaro language, they switched to the Russian letters sometime durring Soviet domination but they don't pronouce the letters in order.

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Hebrew. Israeli chicks are amazing
Yeah, don't learn Japanese or Chinese, learn a language that like about a million people in the whole world can speak. That'll take you far.
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Yeah, don't learn Japanese or Chinese, learn a language that like about a million people in the whole world can speak. That'll take you far.
well screw you buddy, I spent 5 years learning to speak fluent aramaic
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Yeah, don't learn Japanese or Chinese, learn a language that like about a million people in the whole world can speak. That'll take you far.
You obviously haven't seen Israeli women. They're tanned and were in the army!And its about 10 million
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I voted Japanese just because it seems like such a classy language. My Vietnamese isn't getting much better after 7 years of marriage but I surprise myself sometimes with things I understand. Good luck.

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I don't know much about Japanese, but I took Mandarin in school and it's kind of easy. It's very hard to read and write, but speaking it is easy because they use common sense in their words.
Having taken classes in 6 foreign languages and owning about 80 different dictionaries and textbooks, I can say that it's really not. If you don't come from a tonal language background, Mandarin is quite a pain actually. (Also recognize that English is probably one of the harder non-tonal languages.) That said, I'm still interested in improving my ability to say more than Ni Hao and XiaXia.Royal, if you want an easy second language, go with Spanish or Italian. Your best bet on "easy" Asian languages will be Japanese. There are a number of free podcasts that helped me learn about 30 different phrases in a couple of weeks.
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