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01-26-2009, 04:12 PM
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| Should I learn Cantonese or Mandarin?
Which one is should I learn and why.
Cantonese or Mandarin
Simplified Chinese or Traditional Chinese
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01-26-2009, 04:14 PM
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mandarin. Many more people use the language around the world. but i'm cantonese :P i like canto better then mando.
Simplified is easier.
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01-26-2009, 04:23 PM
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Mando and traditional. That way you have a half decent chance on twangers.
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01-26-2009, 04:25 PM
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neither. I heard chinese in general is the hardest language to learn for non chinese people
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01-26-2009, 04:50 PM
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Originally Posted by vancouveray neither. I heard chinese in general is the hardest language to learn for non chinese people | so just because the language is hard does that mean I should stop learning it? I think not at least I'm not like that.
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learn mandarin
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01-26-2009, 04:54 PM
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I'd Say Mandarin because it's easier to learn and it's more widely used than Cantonese.
+1 for the twanger remark.
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Learn Mandarin, its more useful as the mainlanders are starting to get rich. That way you would be a better asset to a company that have customers from China.
also, simplified chinese, that shit is easier 
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learn french instead
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01-26-2009, 04:57 PM
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Mandarin.
Chinese is only useful in Hong Kong...rest of china speaks mandarin
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01-26-2009, 04:59 PM
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Mandarin and traditional
Mandarin is easier to learn than Cantonese
Btw, does anyone else think Taiwanese girls trying to speak Cantonese are cute?
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01-26-2009, 05:04 PM
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Cantonese is considered one of the most difficult languages to learn. There is no alphabet, and to make things worse, there are 6 tones to know. IMO, without an alphabet, it's pretty much memorization.
As for which language is more useful, I'd say Mandarin. Most good Cantonese speakers understand Mandarin anyways.
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01-26-2009, 05:07 PM
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Mandarin + Traditional Chinese = Taiwan
Mandarin + Simplified Chinese = China
IMO Mandarin + Simplified Chinese is more useful.
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01-26-2009, 05:11 PM
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mandarin
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01-26-2009, 05:13 PM
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Yea I'm banned.
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01-26-2009, 05:13 PM
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mandarin
most hongers know mandarin
so twangers, hongers and mainlanders are all good....
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01-26-2009, 05:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Volvo-brickster Mandarin.
Chinese is only useful in Hong Kong...rest of china speaks mandarin | Chinese isn't a language. It's Cantonese or Mandarin!
+1 Cantonese, learn that first and it'll be easier to pick up Mandarin.
Funny I say this because I'm Taiwanese and so I speak Mandarin...but it's harder to learn Canto.
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neither, learn a language with some beauty... italian, spanish, french
madarin and cantonese have to be the most ugly languages known to man - even german's better, and that's NOT an attractive language
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01-26-2009, 05:31 PM
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Traditional Mandarin; more practical.
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01-26-2009, 05:33 PM
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01-26-2009, 05:35 PM
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#21 | | DOES HE LOOK LIKE A BITCH?
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Originally Posted by 4444 neither, learn a language with some beauty... italian, spanish, french
madarin and cantonese have to be the most ugly languages known to man - even german's better, and that's NOT an attractive language | That's stupid. And you've probably never seen any traditional Chinese literature and philosophy.
Linguistically speaking, no one language is superior or inferior to another.
Cultures and subcultures cause the evolution of a language, not the other way around.
That's like saying the electricity that's used to power my laptop is higher quality than the electricity you're using to power your PC.
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Originally Posted by 4444 neither, learn a language with some beauty... italian, spanish, french
madarin and cantonese have to be the most ugly languages known to man - even german's better, and that's NOT an attractive language | wth are you talking about lol, using words like beauty, ugly, and attractive to describe languages
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01-26-2009, 05:48 PM
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russian. they will take over north american in the future.
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Mandarin.
Cantonese for your everyday talk with parents and everyone else.
Traditional or simplified is up to you.
At school (high school and Chinese school), I learned simplified.
But reading newspaper and watching tv shows and such you may encounter a lot of traditional characters.
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Mandarin for sure.
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