Hello, do you think that it’s capable to learn two languages at the same time? I have started learning French A1 and I want to continue to B2 level, but I also want to start learning Russian ( I’m half Russian but unfortunately I don’t speak, but I understand sometimes ) so I don’t waste time. What’s your advise? ☺️
This made me emotional. Thanks for sharing. I’m a Muslim from the U.S. (mixed Arab and white), but I instantly feel a connection to all my brothers and sisters in faith worldwide and throughout the centuries. It’s fascinating to see small glimpses of how things spread and endured. I would love to visit China one day!
Just a somewhat off-topic remark about one thing you said: I've always thought it really impractical for everyone to learn god knows how many languages. It makes much more sense for one language to be designated the lingu franca of the world, that way everyone can simply learn that as a second language and be able to communicate with anyone across the world.
As an Ang Mo with a Singaporean teochew wife I made the mistake before I met her of trying to learn Cantonese first. Hong Kong natives being who they are would burst into laughter at my pronounciations. The worst was when I said I eat (sik6) many people rather than I know (sik1) many people. Of course they would never correct me and used me as a form of amusement. Over the last 40 years I have found it easier to just pick up Mandarin words as there are fewer intonations and nearly all films/TV series are in Mandarin.
Your videos are usually inspiring, but this is very wholesome :) Best of luck in your new apartment! I hope you'll be able to continue making great videos there!
Thank you! You are the rare few amicable northerner that I have encountered. If more of your countrymen can be like you China+the world would be so much more a harmonious and beautiful place. Although the points you brought up and the advice you give is so wholesome and 到位／味+忠懇 at this point I feel finally I hear a human talk instead of 鬼妖怪 talking. 😂 <感動> If you search the web in chinese you would find many a mandarin speaking person claiming shanghainese/wu chinese is better learned/comprehended than cantonese. I personally cannot fathom at all how they come to that idea. Now that you know cantonese/ have it as a base, actually hokkien is not that hard to acquire or comprehend vs shanghainese. What are your thoughts?~
To me, who grew up speaking only Mandarin, Hokkien is definitely the hardest of the Chinese languages, and it makes sense, because Min Chinese bifurcated earliest with other Chinese dialects, and has the most contact with local peoples who spoke other langauges. So Min Chinese has more distinct vocabulary and grammar.
@@phoenixhou4486 Thanks for your reply. :） Yes indeed Hokkien has more 'native words' compared to mainstream chinese words contained in Cantonese, Hakka, Mandarin. etc. But I am also of the impression that Wu Chinese is like that too. like wash isn't 洗, s*it isn't 屎, the grammar words are all unrecognisable and even time is 辰光 not 時間~。Did the vowels or consonants in Hokkien got to you~？ Quanchew hokkien has the pinyin i sound in zi and the schwa e sound both not found in other varieties of hokkien。Me personally， hokkien varieties lacking these vowels are found to be lacking by me。
Wow! Your imagination far exceeds mine! You've managed to construct a brave new language world of the imagination. Did you do that on your own? Or maybe with the help of AI?!
If you're fluent in Uyghur, you can travel all around Uzbekistan and other Turkic countries without any translater. Believe me, you can have at least basic conversation with locals which is fine!😊
2-3 foreign is fine and this should be done properly: 1 in school + 1 in the university + 1 later. It's a time consuming thing and you need the time for other useful things and for the people(!) around you!
Love this video! I totally agree with with you about the “purity” of Chinese language family! A very thorough introduction for my Chinese-interested friends 🎉
बहुत ही अच्छी जानकारी ओर खोज की है आपने।आपका धन्यवाद।मै आपको डॉक्टर द्वारका नाथ कोटनिस की अमर कहानि नाम की फ़िल्म देखने की सलाह दूँगा।जिससे आपको पता चले की एक समय भारत और चीन के सम्बन्ध कैसै थे और आज कैसे है।
Very interesting as I have studied Italian languages and/or dialects. The variation is mind boggling for such a small country. BTW the plural of stratum is strata
