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Italian vs Mandarin- Which should I learn (pg. 2)
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| elFreak |
even if most of europe speaks english, more people speak mandarin.
the chinese do encourage learning english, but the salaries offered are not beneficial enough to draw native english speakers there to teach in big enough numbers. In 5 years this will be a very different case. |
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| Sushipunk |
| quote: | Originally posted by neo geo
After seeing the growth behind Shanghai I've realized that China will be up and coming economical power soon in the future. |
Please tell me you didn't JUST figure that out? :p |
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| Ian |
| quote: | Originally posted by elFreak
even if most of europe speaks english, more people speak mandarin.
the chinese do encourage learning english, but the salaries offered are not beneficial enough to draw native english speakers there to teach in big enough numbers. In 5 years this will be a very different case. |
Yeah, the world is changing, but a few years ago, they never taught german, spanish etc at schools, only french & latin, a generation later, we've moved on lots, so we'll see how things go. |
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| Thunder5 |
| You have to ask? |
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| TranceGiant |
From a cost-benefit point of view I'd say Italian, though. I know a friend who's invested 2 years in an intensive Mandarin language course and afterwards went to live in Wuhan, China for one year, and his Mandarin is still on basic to very simple everday level, still not able to fully read papers etc. Whereas if you had spent 3 years on Italian you could read works by Umberto Ecco or Dante and learn Danish on the side.
I'd say go for Russian. Hard, yes, but manageable and definitely very helpful. Cyrillic is a matter of 1-2 months till you read fluently...grammar is a bitch at first, but after half a year that's mostly understood as well. |
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| Silky Johnson |
| quote: | Originally posted by elFreak
If you think there is growth in Shanghai , wait till you see Beijing. |
There's a dick/boner joke in there somewhere. |
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| Intuition |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sushipunk
Please tell me you didn't JUST figure that out? :p |
Haha, I was thinking that too when I read it the first time. |
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| Abercrombie |
| quote: | Originally posted by trewqy
are gonna overbreed and take over the world. |
doncha mean arabic? |
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| elFreak |
| quote: | Originally posted by jennypie
There's a dick/boner joke in there somewhere. |
i am a dick and i always have a boner. |
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| Alex |
| Learning Chinese would be useful for knowing what those bastards are saying about you on the subway. |
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| The_G0dfather |
Italian, hands down
For one, think of the chicks, you wanna be able to pick up some tiny chinese thing or some gorgeous italian woman in a ferrari?? |
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