Month: June 2011

I know many more Indian immigrants than Chinese immigrants where i live in the US, and it seems that India is coming up to be a modern country even faster than China, meaning more people will be needed to understand their language. So would learning the most common dialect of …

am i gifted? whats wrong with me? i speak american english natively and then i speak spanish, russian, mandarin, egyptian arabic, german, french hindi and portuguese fluently; all of these i learned before age 15 and on my own. why am i able to speak so many languages and other …

So today we’re basically comparing the Mandarin Chinese language as spoken (and written) in mainland China vs. Taiwan. I understand mainland China uses simplified characters while Taiwan uses traditional characters. Native Mandarin speakers, please consider the following aspects: – grammar – pronunciation/accent – spelling rules (besides the simplified vs. traditional …

hi, i’m looking for chinese help (again) i want to say "i can only go ice skating on the holidays" i think, it’s this sentence: "我唯一放假的时候可以滑冰" "wǒ wéi yī fàng jià de shí hòu kě yǐ huá bīng" i’m worried about, if 唯一 and 可以are in the right spots, or …

I plan on signing up for these classes at city college. I’m not sure how Spanish IV will translate as credit at my high school (I am enrolled in AP Spanish for the fall). The reason why I want to learn these languages is because many of friends happen to …

Now I know it’s difficult to learn new languages, but would learning two completely different languages at the same time cause any extra hindrances? I will be going into my second year of college this fall, and I will be taking my second consecutive french course. I also want to …

I have heard from my teachers that Japanese, Korean, British-English, and French are ‘Fancy Languages’, because they don’t sound harsh when spoken, and are well mannered.

I know a fair bit of Chinese, but I just feel awkward pronouncing it with the tones. It’s not that I don’t know the tones, I’m just reluctant to say it. How can I fix this and be more comfortable in speaking Chinese..? I have Chinese friends, but their first …