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Month: February 2011

Month: February 2011

Mandarin or Cantonese: which should I learn? What software do you recommend?

I am going to visit China next year with my HS for two weeks. I believe we are going to Shanghai, Beijing, Xian, the Great Wall, and some rural locales. Should I study Mandarin or Cantonese? And how similar are the two languages? If I knew Mandarin and heard somebody …

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Does any bilingual (Mandarin and English) person want to help me improve my speaking and grammar and such?

I’m beginning to learn Mandarin or 中文 and i need help with pronouncing, writing, and more. And I would really like some one to help me who isn’t going to charge me for anything.

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how do you write my name in chinese?

i would like to know how to write esther or marina in mandarin.

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Mandarin translation, Please?

I want to translate the phrase: "I love Beijing" Is it: "Wor ai Beijing" Thank you (xie xie nin) [For technical reasons I cannot ask Yahoo answers china]

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How long will it take for me to learn Mandarin Chinese?

I already know many others such as: Greek, French (from my mother), Estonian(from my father), Italian, Spanish, and German. I know two out of the three of the Filipino languages, and I studied Latin for 3 years while others think that it is a dumb and dead language. So I …

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What are my chances of working in Taiwan as an mechanical engineer?

I hope to move there one day, but for now i am focused on finishing school in America. I am a Taiwanese person, i cant read it but can somewhat speak mandarin. When i finish school i hope to work here for a couple of years then if i can …

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In terms of pronunciation, what language is the most beautiful?

Here’s the Following: Can you arrange them in order of beauty? ( in descending order ) ? Or you have other ideas of other beautiful langauges? Share your views, thanks Cantonese Mandarin Chinese French Italian English German Spanish Russian Finnish Swedish Arabic Japanese

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Which language originated first, Cantonese or Mandarin?

I am curious, if supposedly Mandarin came before Cantonese, how can it be explained that poems, existing before the Ming dynasty which supposedly when Mandarin originated, have more rhythm in Cantonese?

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Is it hard to learn Mandarin ( a.k.a Chinese) ?

Is it hard to learn Mandarin and will I be able to learn it? I am half Chinese and half White. I am 13 years old and I am taking Mandarin as my language in High School. Lastly, I might be going to Tiawan when I am 16 to learn …

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What does it mean if a guy calls you beautiful?

So there’s this guy I really like and today when we were at Church he came up to me afterwards and told me that I looked beautiful, and since we both speak mandarin he said ‘piao liang’. It does mean beautiful right? Do guys usually go around calling girls beautiful?

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