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| duncan_ Newbie United States Joined 4621 days ago 2 posts - 3 votes Speaks: English* | Message 17 of 19 27 July 2012 at 6:56pm | IP Logged |
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I'm curious about Chinese -> Japanese myself, since they are my next two targets, in that
order. Despite them being not really linguistically related, I'd be interested in someone who's learned both's opinion on the transition from Hanzi to Kanji (and not vice versa). I'll also do some research myself now, I think. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| clumsy Octoglot Senior Member Poland lang-8.com/6715Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5178 days ago 1116 posts - 1367 votes  Speaks: Polish*, English, Japanese, Korean, French, Mandarin, Italian, Vietnamese Studies: Spanish, Arabic (Written), Swedish Studies: Danish, Dari, Kirundi | Message 18 of 19 29 July 2012 at 5:04pm | IP Logged |
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"Mandarin Chinese characters, then learning Japanese"
I would say that it would be ~30% vocabulary. The transition from simplified Chinese to Japanese is not so hard, but you have to learn quite a bit of new shapes (radicals and full characters). 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Ensign Newbie United States Joined 4576 days ago 1 posts - 1 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese, Korean, Mandarin | Message 19 of 19 29 July 2012 at 6:33pm | IP Logged |
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I'll be curious to see any language discount I'll soon be earning. I've been studying Japanese for years now and will
be adding either Korean or Mandarin Chinese in just a month or two. The general rule of thumb I've always heard when speaking with learners of these languages, perhaps a bit overgeneralized, is: Mandarin Chinese--Lots of Vocab, Some Characters-->Korean Japanese--Lots of Grammar, Some Characters-->Korean Mandarin Chinese--Some Vocab, Some Characters-->Japanese These hold true in the reverse, usually. (Japanese-->Chinese) for example. Not always, of course, but usually. Though again, a perhaps over-generalized example. I'd be happy to bow out to those with far more knowledge/experience than myself. It will be my third language (second "foreign"), which I've always heard is easier than the first foreign language you pick up, as well as gaining language discount. Should be exciting, whichever I choose. Now if only I could choose ;). 1 person has voted this message useful |
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