I've been on the Mandarin learning kick for about 5 years now and still have a long way to go. One method that proved most efficient for me was sentence mining, basically SRS flashcards flipping, with the goal of covering more than 10.000 sentences in total. I'm now on my 7th thousand and it took me 8 months to get here. I already feel practical results. BTW, I never bothered with learning how to write the characters, only how to read. 再见！

I really think the introduction post (usually the first ones) should be the only  ony in "introduceyourself" there is plenty of tags and it would help you boost your posts.

Haha Acidyo cracks me up! Definitely for me it's the pronunciations and intonations because it you say a word with a downward intonation it could mean something else. I speak Japanese and I found it easier to pick up over mandarin but they are all fun to learn u just gotta stick with it and find ways to interact with the language more.

@cryptogirly92 yeah for sure that is difficult but not impossible ... you're a young smart girl so you'll  not have problems :)

It is difficult to compare. By itself, the Chinese probably easier, but writing all the kills. You have to know thousands of 20 characters, if you compare it with 2 thousand characters in Japanese ... It is true that the components total 200 characters, but the combination of both can delight the lover of metaphors and make the logic of the brain.

I've been teaching myself for the past few years using a similar method to abcdoctor -- flashcards.  It is very difficult.  I'm American and learned German quickly in school.  Chinese? Wow, is it hard.  Part of the problem is that there are no multi-syllabic words as in English!  Seems most every word is a short sound and when they go by fast spoken by a native Chinese speaker, I have no idea what they're saying.  Then when you have to remember the correct tones... whew.

hey babe! "Perhaps it will depend on which country you came from. For example, a French native can basically learn and speak Italian faster compare to Americans, and the average of Americans can typically master German faster and easier compare to average Japanese, so on." It will definitely depend if you're not some kind a genius for learning languages. btw I FOLLOW YOU NOW, WANNA FOLLOW ME BACK? I POST ALL SORT OF STUFF! CHEERS

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