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Question of the Day: What is your non-negotiable item, device, or app for international travel?
scotty777
...doesn't know
I'm sure there must be a logical progression behind it though. English is a terrible language too, but from what i've heard, french is worse 
The_Pumpkin_King
Jedi Master
"Chinese" isn't a language....
blunomore
Honorary Master
I'm sure there must be a logical progression behind it though. English is a terrible language too, but from what i've heard, french is worse
If you start learning it as a young child, any language is possible to master. The problem comes as a grown-up when you have already "settled" on 1 or 2 languages and then come across a new one which differs a lot in terms of structure and usage.
I would love to learn French.
Geriatrix
Executive Member
Ok so which variant is this then mr smarypants? Mandarin, Cantonese , wu, yue, min, xiang or some of the other regional ones? Its all greek to me
porchrat
Honorary Master
By the power of Greyskull! That was INSANE!!!! :wtf:
NeonNinja
Neon Resident
That's crazy...
HavocXphere
Honorary Master
I tried French...didn't get far.English is a terrible language too, but from what i've heard, french is worse
The declensions make it very difficult. Same thing for German and Latin. There is no system and its either 1. Born with it or 2. Rote memorization. FTL
Im sure white is also very difficult to understand/grasp. Mandarin and Cantonese are completely different languages. Any language will look like gibberish if you havent studied it or spent a lot of time with people who speak it.
Geriatrix
Executive Member
Ok. I'm sorry I didn't start the thread with the funny pic by explaining which dialect of the the spoken language from the country called China it is represented in. FS people its a funny little example of a quirky language quirk. Geez. Apsergers seems to be running amok here.
You mean Aspergers... haha dont kill me. The video was actually insane.
Geriatrix
Executive Member
Hooked. Bait master suprememe. That's what I mean. Even that girl was like wtf.
blunomore
Honorary Master
I found German not too hard to learn ... it may be because my Afrikaans is very good.
Initially you have to focus hard and memorize a lot of things as you said, but if you continuously speak the langugage, it does get easier.
Seems on par with Linux..../runs
German is very pronounceable and there is a structure, its very similar to Afrikaans which is probably the best structured language to my knowledge
