Bei uns in der Schule darf man Portugiesisch, Französisch, Spanish oder Deutsch lernen.
-- Und was ist mit Chinesisch? SCHAU!
I found this read clever (even funny) as well as humbling. I am interested in your comments, especially on any of the following 9 points. (The link again:)
WHY CHINESE IS SO DAMN HARD by David Moser University of Michigan Center for Chinese Studies . . .
Summary of 9 points:
1. "Ridiculous" writing system
2. Alphabet??
3. Not very phonetic
4. Cognates don't exist
5. Dictionaries are "user-hostile"
6. Classical Chinese is "untouchable"
7. Romanization methods? BOO!!
8. Tonal languages are weird.
9. Cultural divide remains enormous
First published in Schriftfestschrift: Essays on Writing and Langauge in Honor of John DeFrancis on His 80th Birthday (Sino-Platonic Papers No. 27, August 1991) edited by Victor H. Mair.
i would never learn chinese, i rather stick with more fimiliar languanges to me like german/ or french/norwigen. It be to much to remember especially when you know 2 diffirent languages at once and still learning on one of them.
ReplyDeleteIt may sound weird but I would love to try to learn Chinese. Just because it's not like other languages I know. I feel like it would be easer. German has words that are similar to engilsh but also other words that are completely different. So its harder to remember what words are like english and what words are nothing similar. Words that are like nothing i know are easier to remember.. Its weird and hard to explain. even just to learn how to speak it.
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