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| lichtrausch Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5961 days ago 525 posts - 1072 votes  Speaks: English*, German, Japanese Studies: Korean, Mandarin | Message 17 of 54 27 February 2010 at 9:23pm | IP Logged | ||
Most people in the world learn English not so that they can go live in an English speaking place. Same applies to Chinese. I'm sure there are other threads listing dozens of reasons for learning Chinese besides wanting to go live there so have a look at them. Edited by lichtrausch on 27 February 2010 at 9:24pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| aquablue Senior Member United States Joined 6383 days ago 150 posts - 172 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, Mandarin | Message 18 of 54 27 February 2010 at 11:18pm | IP Logged | ||
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Really, I doubt it? I don't see any.
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| TixhiiDon Tetraglot Senior Member Japan Joined 5465 days ago 772 posts - 1474 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese, German, Russian Studies: Georgian | Message 19 of 54 27 February 2010 at 11:39pm | IP Logged | ||
Of course you don't see any, you live in America, where the people who DO want to live in an English-speaking country come to live. I live in Japan, where there are literally millions of people learning English for all sorts of reasons, with the vast majority of them quite happy to continue living in Japan. I'm sure that you can add many millions more to that number from all the non-English speaking countries of the world. If you want to learn Japanese or Korean with a view to living in one of those countries, that's great - go ahead and get started! If environmental pollution in China concerns you to such a great extent, don't bother with Mandarin. To be honest, I really can't see what you're worried about. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| aquablue Senior Member United States Joined 6383 days ago 150 posts - 172 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, Mandarin | Message 20 of 54 28 February 2010 at 12:30am | IP Logged | ||
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Hmm... Chinese is a great language and the language of a developing superpower. I'm interested in the language and country, but the place has severe problems and I probably won't be living there soon. However, I think its worth learning the language to at least an advanced level, as things will probably improve in the future and it could be useful for business (even in western jobs) and tourism reasons.
I would like to learn Japanese or Korean too, not both though. However, I wouldn't know which to pick, as it seems Korea is on track to surpass Japan in GDP/capita and cultural exports yet Japan has always interested me. ? Edited by aquablue on 28 February 2010 at 12:38am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Pyx Diglot Senior Member China Joined 5736 days ago 670 posts - 892 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: Mandarin | Message 21 of 54 28 February 2010 at 2:03am | IP Logged | ||
And you're sure that's the kind of motivation that'll keep you going for years and years, hunched over thousands of tiny characters with no helpful indication of how you should read them, being tormented by third-class dubbed movies, or - worse - original Chinese movies, to acquire just a modicum of listening comprehension (which won't help you shit when you get in an area where people speak with accent), and.. ah, just forget handwriting, if you want to get anywhere in the next 10 years. Are you sure? Just saying.. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| aquablue Senior Member United States Joined 6383 days ago 150 posts - 172 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, Mandarin | Message 22 of 54 28 February 2010 at 2:35am | IP Logged | ||
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What is the purpose of your reply? It sounds like you have an agenda to me. What are you trying to say, just don't bother? Not everyone can live in China BTW. Work doesn't phase me, this is a language learning forum.
Oh, and it doesn't bother me to learn the language over 15 years slowly at all. Edited by aquablue on 28 February 2010 at 2:42am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| TixhiiDon Tetraglot Senior Member Japan Joined 5465 days ago 772 posts - 1474 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese, German, Russian Studies: Georgian | Message 23 of 54 28 February 2010 at 5:04am | IP Logged | ||
You make it sound as though this is something you can do over coffee one morning!! And as others have said, Korea won't be overtaking Japan in terms of GDP any time soon, probably not even in your lifetime. Not that that should deter you from learning Korean, if that's what you want to do. Edited by TixhiiDon on 28 February 2010 at 5:05am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| aquablue Senior Member United States Joined 6383 days ago 150 posts - 172 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, Mandarin | Message 24 of 54 28 February 2010 at 5:35am | IP Logged | ||
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Yes, thats right... i'm not going to respond to that first remark.
Edited by aquablue on 28 February 2010 at 5:39am 1 person has voted this message useful |
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