Why Chinese is hard to learn.

I don't think ill be able to get my foot in the door with this language.

Shi, shi shi shi "Shi" shi shi shi shi shi shi shi shi.

Umm...point taken?

p.s. I know Chinese.

...Just "what?"

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Haha! I couldn't stop laughing after the first line. This passage is a little more bearable to read in Cantonese, although most words still retain an s- sound.

*cough*

If you want to learn Chinese, start with the main dialect (Mandarin) and move from there.

I swear, theres like over 200 different dialects of Chinese.

Cantonese itself has like 26 different dialects, its brutal.

Ugh, I hate these... and I know Chinese. lol

The passage is in very traditional Chinese and even mandarin doesn't sound that fucked up now.

Some chinese people over here in France were explaining some things about their language to me. It's really bizarre how each vowel can pronounced in either a monotone, a descending tone, an ascending tone or a down-and-up tone.

That and all the different ideograms.

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That that is is that is not is not is that it it is

Languages are weird.

Btw, anyone find an answer to the chinese riddle above

Some chinese people over here in France were explaining some things about their language to me. It's really bizarre how each vowel can pronounced in either a monotone, a descending tone, an ascending tone or a down-and-up tone.

That and all the different ideograms.

Vietnamese has accent marks --diacritic-- for that.

It's not like in french where it changes the vowel entirely (e.g: e as uh -> é as eh -> è as err), but like you described.

Shi shi shi shi shi. Shi shi shi shi
Shi shi shi shi shi shi shi shi shi shi shi shi shi shi.
Someone read out that passage on Post #1...

English sentence structure is more complicated than Mandarin phonetics.
Mandarin phonetics are less complicated than English sentence structure.
English sentence structure is more complex than Mandarin phonetics.
Mandarin phonetics are less complex than English sentence structure.
English sentence structure is more confusing than Mandarin phonetics.
Mandarin phonetics are less confusing than English sentence structure.
The structure of English sentences is more complicated than the phonetics of Mandarin.
The phonetics of Mandarin are less complicated than the structure of English sentences.
The structure of English sentences is more complex than the phonetics of Mandarin.
The phonetics of Mandarin are less complex than the structure of English sentences.
The structure of English sentences is more confusing than the phonetics of Mandarin.
The phonetics of Mandarin are less confusing than the structure of English sentences.

OH SHI-

Sorry, but this had to be done.

Vietnamese has accent marks --diacritic-- for that.

It's not like in french where it changes the vowel entirely (e.g: e as uh -> é as eh -> è as err), but like you described.

Yeah, in french accent marks are either:
Phonetical: é, è, ê, ï, ü mainly
Differential: two words pronounced and written the same except for the accent mark (a and à, du and dû and many others).
Inherited by origin: generally the circunflex accent where there used to be an S (like hôpital)

In portuguese:
tonicity marking: to mark which syllabe is pronounced stronger.
differential: same as in french.
nasality: just for ã (nasalated A)

¨ has just been taken out of the portuguese language, it was used to differentiate the pronounciation of a U after a Q. Now we are left to guess how to pronounce correctly.

That that is is that is not is not is that it it is

Languages are weird.

Btw, anyone find an answer to the chinese riddle above

It's not necessarily a riddle. "事" can mean "event". I'm guessing it means to explain why the guy didn't realise the lions were made of stone until he attempted to eat them?

I'm not sure, actually. ._.

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I believe that is what we call in the business:

"Good game."

James while John had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher.

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God... fking... dammit...

This would explain why at one point in Khaini there was some moronic feggot that wouldn't stop yelling in every possible way "BUFFALO BUFFALO BUFFALO BUFFALO BUFFALO BUFFALO BUFFALO BUFFALO BUFFALO BUFFALO BUFFALO BUFFALO BUFFALO BUFFALO BUFFALO BUFFALO BUFFALO BUFFALO BUFFALO BUFFALO BUFFALO BUFFALO BUFFALO BUFFALO BUFFALO BUFFALO BUFFALO BUFFALO BUFFALO BUFFALO BUFFALO BUFFALO BUFFALO BUFFALO BUFFALO BUFFALO BUFFALO BUFFALO BUFFALO BUFFALO BUFFALO BUFFALO BUFFALO BUFFALO BUFFALO BUFFALO BUFFALO BUFFALO"