China is such an important country. I think it makes sense to try to better understand the place that supplies a good chunk of what we buy!
I think Chinese is a fascinating, beautiful language. I love the way it sounds- not perhaps the most beautiful-sounding language, but very unique. I don't think it is particularly difficult to learn- it is simply more time consuming than other languages because of the tones, and the individual characters. Other than that it seems doable.
my progress is ultra slow but I get great joy from the past nine years of learning. i get soooo side-tracked into poems, fables, general Chinese things.
and part of it is devising tricks and methods to keep it fresh and interesting.
i really enjoy working with pen and paper to get a character to look 'right'.
25 Aug 2012, 12:35 am
