Learning Different Languages

[SilentSoul92]

lol, that's true.

Hm, let's see. Speaking Japanese really isn't that hard. I'm fine with that. But writing is a whole other story. (I almost flunked my written exam TT_TT but I got an A on the oral exam XD)

Chinese, well I grew up speaking Chinese and writing it, so I can't really put myself in your shoes, but remembering all those words is no easier than remembering Japanese kanji.

I LOVE SPANISH. I have like, 106% in that class XD It's a LOT easier compared to Chinese and Japanese.

By the way, how old are you?

[Ryokou]

[quote="SilentSoul92"]lol, that's true.

Hm, let's see. Speaking Japanese really isn't that hard. I'm fine with that. But writing is a whole other story. (I almost flunked my written exam TT_TT but I got an A on the oral exam XD)

Chinese, well I grew up speaking Chinese and writing it, so I can't really put myself in your shoes, but remembering all those words is no easier than remembering Japanese kanji.

I LOVE SPANISH. I have like, 106% in that class XD It's a LOT easier compared to Chinese and Japanese.

By the way, how old are you?[/quote]

Well, I'm 13. Why?

[Ryokou]

[quote="Fayore"]Speaking from the view point of someone who's studied both, I'd have to say that Japanese is harder. Not only does the pronounciation of a word change depending on how it's used, the grammar is is really difficult - like English, every rule of grammar in Japanese can be broken - and they're usually broken quite often, especially in casual speech.

Chinese, well, the only difficult part is learning the intonations. When reading, the characters rarely change pronounciation, though sometimes it happens. The grammar is almost identical to that of English, sentence-structure wise.

I'd advise learning Japanese first, though, despite how difficult it is. Learning Chinese gives you an idea of the meaning of the characters, and Japanese uses those characters (kanji) BUT they often do not have the same meaning as in Chinese. So, if you learn Chinese first, I guarantee you'll get confused by some kanji easily.

If you're good at concentrating and ignoring precedent, then Chinese will be easier to do first.

Whatever. Do what you want. Either way, they'll both end up confusing you when you start learning the other language, so. <<; Both will take a lot of dedication to learn if you're not familiar with it/have a background in asian languages. A romantic language will likely be easier for you at this stage.[/quote]

So either way I'll end up confused when I start learning the other language? Makes sense... Although I [b]do[/b] have Asian background, I have only learned a few words from who knows where.
I speak English.
Although I'm learning Spanish against my will in school, I can't even try speak any other language. ^^'

[infurno]

there are more people in china that speak english then people in america.

you'll probably have a better bet with japanese.
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