Who here do not know the chinese language (mandarin)?
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Despite my nick. Im chinese(not PRC).
But I do not know mandarin
Its quite common in Malaysia. But isit common here too?
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The Chinese here either know Mandarin or dun care to know.
No such thing as dun know. -
i know
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coz its the national education policy here?Originally posted by CoolMyth:The Chinese here either know Mandarin or dun care to know.
No such thing as dun know. -
me2Originally posted by curryman:Despite my nick. Im chinese(not PRC).
But I do not know mandarin
Its quite common in Malaysia. But isit common here too? -
My level is considered as 'know' here in SG
Go PRC is bordering on 'dunno' ...
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do not knw chinese langauge mean wat?
wo he ni shuo hua yu ni bu ming bai ?
hai shi ni bu hui kan hua wen zi?
hai shi ni xian zai ta me de dou bu ming bai wo zai shuo shen me?
na ni ming bai zhe yi ge ma?
knn?
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tiu kau leiOriginally posted by kiss_my (_i_):do not knw chinese langauge mean wat?
wo he ni shuo hua yu ni bu ming bai ?
hai shi ni bu hui kan hua wen zi?
hai shi ni xian zai ta me de dou bu ming bai wo zai shuo shen me?
na ni ming bai zhe yi ge ma?
knn?
jkjk...
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You need to be clear. Issit hua2 wen2 or hua2 yu3?Originally posted by curryman:Despite my nick. Im chinese(not PRC).
But I do not know mandarin
Its quite common in Malaysia. But isit common here too?
For example, the standard of mandarin in Hong Kong is appalling, but their chinese can knock most of us flat 'cos they come into contact with chinese more often (road signs, food stalls, books etc.)
The Malaysians I know .. their chinese and mandarin better than us. -
99percent of the malaysians who are good in mandarin have to trade their standard of english in return.Originally posted by Icemoon:You need to be clear. Issit hua2 wen2 or hua2 yu3?
For example, the standard of mandarin in Hong Kong is appalling, but their chinese can knock most of us flat 'cos they come into contact with chinese more often (road signs, food stalls, books etc.)
The Malaysians I know .. their chinese and mandarin better than us.
In other words, most malaysians who speak mandarin as a lst language have pathetic levels of english.
Similar singaporeans have way better english than their malaysians counterparts...although still inferior to english speaking malaysians.
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the malaysians u knw r in singapore isit?Originally posted by Icemoon:You need to be clear. Issit hua2 wen2 or hua2 yu3?
For example, the standard of mandarin in Hong Kong is appalling, but their chinese can knock most of us flat 'cos they come into contact with chinese more often (road signs, food stalls, books etc.)
The Malaysians I know .. their chinese and mandarin better than us. -
Firstly, we speak mandrain not Chinese.
Secondly, contrary to popular belief.Many Chinese in China know crap about communicating in Mandrain.This may shock you but its true.Not every single Chinese speaks or writes in Mandrain, there are many who still use dialect. -
Why didn't take POL/tuition when you were in S.R.K.?
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Nope, I dont speak chinese
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I can speak Mandarin, but I can't read or write much chinese words, but I can write hanyupinyin~
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I think it shouldn't be a problem as it has always been my 1st choice of language. So is dialect, although it's not used as regularly these days.
English is my 2nd language, and I suck at it. If you give me all words and no demo, I will go "huh" -
Be proud of your dialect as well.
I use a lot of Hokkien in Malaysia, because it's the easiest way to get things done. -
Yeah.Originally posted by darkhour:the malaysians u knw r in singapore isit?
But how come leh? If you think Singapore can bestow its residents (including PRs) a special english charm, then we natives should have got it long ago. -
Chinese, as an pictographic language, presents a steep learning curve. But once we get the hang of it, it is very interesting. Unlike english .. a super sucky and bastardized language.Originally posted by Darkness_hacker99:I can speak Mandarin, but I can't read or write much chinese words, but I can write hanyupinyin~
Life is so unfair. How come the Japs can use kana in their writings and we cannot use hanyu pinyin? The only place you find hanyu pinyin officially is books for children.
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demo..Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:I think it shouldn't be a problem as it has always been my 1st choice of language. So is dialect, although it's not used as regularly these days.
English is my 2nd language, and I suck at it. If you give me all words and no demo, I will go "huh" -
English is pretty hard to learn. There is no "economies of scale" to speak of.Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:English is my 2nd language, and I suck at it. If you give me all words and no demo, I will go "huh"
There is no guarantee when you see a similar word in future, it is pronounced the same way.
There is no guarantee when you see a synonym in future, you can recognize it.
There is no guarantee that when you see a word, you can understand its meaning.
There is no guarantee when you speak to an audience, they understand you. For example, I can understand British English better than American English. It got so bad that I think I can understand BBC News better than our own DJs talking.
Amazingly .. these problems don't surface for chinese. -
me tooOriginally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:I think it shouldn't be a problem as it has always been my 1st choice of language. So is dialect, although it's not used as regularly these days.
English is my 2nd language, and I suck at it. If you give me all words and no demo, I will go "huh"
i suck ar vocab and grammer, sadly. -
Maybe we should all write in Hangeul... It's pretty easy too... haha... ANd there is already a whole junk of chinese words in hangeul...Originally posted by Icemoon:Chinese, as an pictographic language, presents a steep learning curve. But once we get the hang of it, it is very interesting. Unlike english .. a super sucky and bastardized language.
Life is so unfair. How come the Japs can use kana in their writings and we cannot use hanyu pinyin? The only place you find hanyu pinyin officially is books for children. -
you never tell me!?Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:I think it shouldn't be a problem as it has always been my 1st choice of language. So is dialect, although it's not used as regularly these days.
English is my 2nd language, and I suck at it. If you give me all words and no demo, I will go "huh"
made me got a hard itme talking to you. -
u sure bo? ur english like v "powderful" lehz...Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:I think it shouldn't be a problem as it has always been my 1st choice of language. So is dialect, although it's not used as regularly these days.
English is my 2nd language, and I suck at it. If you give me all words and no demo, I will go "huh"