I’ve also learned Mandarin, or rather, I used to learn it. Now I’m learning Turkish in order to live in Turkey, but afterwards, I plan to hop right back in. Honestly, don’t be daunted by the number of hanzi you have to remember; just keep in mind that many non-Chinese learn thousands of hanzi just fine eventually. You will too.
Pinyin is not that intuitive. Stuff like Bo is more like Buo while stuff like Zhuo is correctly Zhuo and not Zho. Zho is actually Zhou. The ‘i’ sound has an extended consonant sound, unlike the ‘i’ that we’re familiar with in English which would sound like ‘ee’ or ‘ai’.
Also, Mandarin was my first language, grew up speaking it predominantly and I doubt I’m even close to knowing a thousand characters let alone be able to write them. In exchange for a stunted Mandarin, my English fundamentals are better than many of my peers. I’ve had colleagues who used to joke that I’m probably better than most USians and would ask me for help on words they were unfamiliar with.
It helps that Pinyin is really intuitive.
I’ve also learned Mandarin, or rather, I used to learn it. Now I’m learning Turkish in order to live in Turkey, but afterwards, I plan to hop right back in. Honestly, don’t be daunted by the number of hanzi you have to remember; just keep in mind that many non-Chinese learn thousands of hanzi just fine eventually. You will too.
Pinyin is not that intuitive. Stuff like Bo is more like Buo while stuff like Zhuo is correctly Zhuo and not Zho. Zho is actually Zhou. The ‘i’ sound has an extended consonant sound, unlike the ‘i’ that we’re familiar with in English which would sound like ‘ee’ or ‘ai’.
Also, Mandarin was my first language, grew up speaking it predominantly and I doubt I’m even close to knowing a thousand characters let alone be able to write them. In exchange for a stunted Mandarin, my English fundamentals are better than many of my peers. I’ve had colleagues who used to joke that I’m probably better than most USians and would ask me for help on words they were unfamiliar with.
Pinyin is very intuitive.
Well, be a good scientific socialist and demonstrate.
No
Then like the Xinjiang bullshit, i think it’s prudent that your assessment be dismissed.
No, because you didn’t’ prove anything either.
Read my 1st paragraph again. I gave examples actually. I’m only asking you to do the same.
You quibbled and nitpicked; a few small examples don’t prove anything.
Now stop attacking me every time I post somewhere.