What Is Hard about Learning Mandarin? | Easy Taiwanese Mandarin 24 

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Mandarin actually has some pretty convenient aspects to it, that make learning it easier than some other languages: no conjugation, no tense on verbs (say, says, said, saying), and a really familiar grammar structure to English speakers. Yeah, the tones can be tough to learn, and the written language takes a lot of study, but it ain't ALL bad.

Nice video! I'm learning a bit German with Easy German channel and so glad to see this channel for learning Mandarin. Thank you :)

I've been studying Mandarin for 3.5 years, Japanese for 1.5 years, and I'm just starting to study Cantonese. You can call me crazy, haha. I just love the grind of it! Specifically to Mandarin, I think the hardest part is just putting in the time and sticking with it. When you first begin it feels like a huge mountain (很大的山) to climb, but if you just put in a little bit each day. You'll start to chip away at it. Just little by little (慢慢来). So, if you are interested in studying Mandarin, don't let the fact that everyone says it's hard scare you away. If you find it interesting and you genuinely have fun with the challenge, then the fact that it's hard is what makes it fun in a way. It's a lifelong learning process! In terms of specific challenges, I think for most people, the biggest challenge is the pronunciation part of it and speaking the tones. A lot of people will speak a Chinese phrase to me and I won't understand it because their tones are so off! I'm like "Uh, what did you say?" Fortunately for me, that's not been that hard. My biggest challenge has been the listening part. I think in general I don't listen well! Haha. So, what you might find hard others might find easy and vice versa. One other challenge of Mandarin is just the differences in accents. I think this is why listening has been a challenge for me. People in Taiwan speak differently from people on the Mainland. It's the same language, but the accents are different. The way they pronounce things are different and that makes it tough. I think I'm more comfortable speaking with people from Mainland China than Taiwan because I've listened to more Chinese spoken by people on the Mainland. And then Mainland China vs. Taiwan isn't enough of a distinction. There's the accents of Southern China and Northern China that are different. Beijing and Dongbei using the "R" sounds, etc. And then just everyone being influenced by their regional dialects. So, I think getting used to the different accents is one of the bigger challenges that you'll face. But once again, it's not impossible to get a hang of. It's just gonna take time. I'm still working through it. And then as for the reading part of it. That part is hard, but it's straightforward, ya know? Once you know a character, you know it. Writing is tough if you wanna memorize stroke orders and all, but fortunately, we have computers and digital devices now! Anyways, those are my thoughts on studying Mandarin. If you are watching this video and thinking about learning Mandarin, go for it! RU-vid has a TON of amazing resources. Easy Languages being atop the list!

6:50 totally true. chatting on tinder and going on dates helped me improve faster than any class xD Taiwanese guys were really eager to show me around. I learned a lot about cultural differences this way. I also got my heart broken, which was overall an educational experience. 10/10 would do it again

These are great, keep them coming!

Great video, I'm learning a Chinese these days and this video helped me a lot. thanks for the great effort you made

對我來說，學一個語言是靠自己吧。如果那個人喜歡一定會覺得不會那麼難，但是如果那個人不喜歡的話他一定會覺得好難

Spanish is my mother language, I can pronounce single words correctly but when it comes to use it in a sentence I tend to change the tone of the word.

I'm from Brazil and Portuguese is my mother tongue, I think Chinese really interesting but definitely is so difficult🤣

make more videos about Taiwan🙏🙏🙏 . . I would love to watch it every series. .

I would say Korean is harder for English speakers to learn in terms of grammar and syntax, but its writing system is far easier than Mandarin (ironically, the Koreans used to use the Chinese script, but they created Hangul to simplify the writing system). I would really appreciate a Mainland "Easy Chinese/Putonghua" channel.

Love to watch your video

我在墨西哥，我真的爱Easy Mandarin Taiwanese

我覺得對我身為一個海外出生的中文母語者，講的和聽的還算蠻簡單的，寫的就比較困難一些，主要是因為不是常常有機會像在台灣或中國採用到中文文字，所以很容易就會忘字，因此寫作就比較難掌握。 講的，我覺得相對會比很多語言好掌握，因為中文被語言學家公認為速度講的比較慢的一個語言（尤其台灣國語和南方腔），因此對於新學者是很好掌握的。我學其他語言時發現母語者都講得超快，連最基本聽的那方面都覺得好像永遠都掌握不到一樣。 我覺得很多外國人說中文很難學是因為他們聽人說難就認為中文是很難，更本就沒自己嘗試去學過，有學過中文的外國人很多都說其實中文沒他們想像中那麼難，還有比中文還要難的語言。所以我不同意一般外國人對中文的看法，我甚至覺得這是一種貶低中文的一個手段，真真愛中文的人是不會這麼說中文的。

I consider myself a lower intermediate chinese learner. The biggest problem for me is understanding any word with j, q; zh, ch,; z, c etc.. Each pair sounds identical to me. I started learning casual and at one point there was no return and now Im investing a huge part of my free time in chinese without knowing if I ever really will be able to speak it. Chinese runied my life lol.

啊哈哈哈 真的好可爱 我也想做easy chinese 的host！！

It's so interesting that native Taiwanese think zhuyin and tones are so difficult to western learners. As someone who grew going to 中文學校 learning pronunciation and bopomofo is tough, but it's probably balanced out by its simpler grammar. Every language has its own tones and inflection too, you just learn them more naturally rather than systematically. I think the reason it's hard is because like they said there's multiple meanings for every pronounced word, so listening is very hard. Tonal inflections are much more important when the meaning will change based on the tone, and if they are speaking fast you have to use a lot of context to understand the meaning. So I think it's not hard to learn and memorize tones or zhuyin fuhao, but developing listening comprehension for all these toned words is very difficult (for me personally)

Its really a difficult language, even for us.

The baby is soooo cute 😍

I think learning Mandarin takes a lot of effort. I started studying on December 26, 2019. I studied for 4-6 hours a day for 2 months straight and reached Hsk 2 level. I studied Hsk 2 on and off for another 3 months. I stopped for over a year but continued watching dramas. I started learning again last year but only a few days week. I finished Hsk 2 level 4 times and hsk 3 level 3 times. What I've learned so far is this, if you go hard with learning, go hard forever 😆 Don't lose your momentum. If you lose your momentum, study the common words that will help you build a conversational foundation. Don't study random vocabulary like "Foam", " Marbles" and "Scales of a fish". Study common verbs, adjectives and grammar structures. Just enough to build a strong foundation. Then, and only then, can you slack a little. Also, learn vocabulary in categories and build dialogue around that. Do it like a phrasebook but make it more cohesive. If you like watching dramas, learn how to describe characters, actors, what you like about the production and what you don't like, what you like about the wardrobe, what dramas you favor and why etc. Get descriptive. Hsk Series is really a good series to build a basic B2 level foundation. They say it's higher but I don't agree because the conversations presented are really high intermediate basics. You can talk to a child with Hsk 1-5. As for 6-9, I think it can touch C1 level. That's my opinion. Anyway,as long as you remain consistent and study what's practical, understanding will fall in place. Also, try to listen more than you speak. I noticed alot of languages learners want to talk and show what they know before they try to listen to understand what they are hearing. Even when corrected for improper pronunciation and grammar use, it's easy for them to become upset and mention how long they've been studying and what certifications and degrees they have in their target language. Don't be that person. A native speaker will always be 99 percent better at pronunciation than you. 🥴 Oh yes, STUDY PRANK VIDEOS AND RU-vid CHANNELS. THESE PEOPLE REPRESENT COLLOQUIAL DIALOGUE. 好好学习天天向上

What the name of the song used in most of videos ??!!

對我來説，學中文的困難就是寫字吧 還有要記住每一個字的聲調。但是 ，我不覺得中文是最難的語言。每一個語言都有它們自己的特色。雖然中文有很多語言與方言呢，你也可能會感覺國語很難學的。因爲國語不是我的母語我感覺發音可能有點難。

I can easily understand what is said, but I can't speak Mandarin myself! And I can read some of it, but not write Mandarin.

7:08 exactly

Its really hard the bopomofo and tones

I'm Vietnamese .my country is close to China so my mother tough be influented tremendously in the past .For that I can understand and signify very clearly these word have the same way of prouncing 是 事 式 释 市 ...，见 建 剑 箭..... .now It's gonna be very hard for me to listen in the different accent in Chinese .i got used to listen to people from china but when it come to people from Taiwan I'm almost misunderstanding .But from now on I'm gonna train my brain to get used to this kind of accent in Taiwan . The girl has a special accent ,So weird (in a cute way)

不仅特别难，而且今年水平考试加了三等级 :(

i can speak mandarin ut i cant write it

I really want Chinese Friends 😭❤️

你推荐什么连续剧 ? Other Easy Languages have asked that in the past. 谢谢 !

Taiwanese accent sounds so nice unlike dongbei accent which sounds atrocious

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所以要推行简体字 而且看得懂简体也看得懂繁体

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在台灣🇹🇼冠狀病毒🦠嗎？

你自己都用中文词眼了，还加个，Taiwanese.又有什么意义

You have strong accent!!! This is not manderin!!!

This is not manderin!!!