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What language class should I take? Chinese (Madarin) or Japanese?

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Dragnov

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Leave a reason why if you could. 🙂

I'm trying to decide which language I should take this upcoming school year. BTW, I'm not Chinese or Japanese so I have absolutely no background in either if that matters.
 
Originally posted by: Radiohead
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Yeah. I want to test both languages but the way the school has it, the intro course is only available during the first quarter of the school year. So I have to basically choose one and stick with it, as I wouldn't be able to take another intro course again till an entire year later. 🙁
 
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Haha well I've actually read that before on here a long time ago, but I don't see how its so much different than Korean. And I don't see how Chinese is any better seeing as they don't even have an alaphabet. 😛
 
Originally posted by: Gr1mL0cK
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Haha well I've actually read that before on here a long time ago, but I don't see how its so much different than Korean. And I don't see how Chinese is any better seeing as they don't even have an alaphabet. 😛
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Pinyin 🙂

The most difficult area to master in Japanese is probably the particles, but considering how Korean has many more of those than Japanese, it's probably not too bad for someone of Korean background.
 
Originally posted by: joohang
Originally posted by: Gr1mL0cK
Originally posted by: Chaotic42
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Haha well I've actually read that before on here a long time ago, but I don't see how its so much different than Korean. And I don't see how Chinese is any better seeing as they don't even have an alaphabet. 😛
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Pinyin 🙂

The most difficult area to master in Japanese is probably the particles, but considering how Korean has many more of those than Japanese, it's probably not too bad for someone of Korean background.
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Ah good old Pinyin, I recall my intro classes where we would just repeat over & over: Bo Po Mo Fo, Bai Pai Mai Fai... haha


 
Chinese - sheer number of people who speak Chinese, Chinese economy will play very important role in global economics, many Asian languages are based off of or dervied from it, and because i'm biased and Chinese. 😀

Note both languages are extremely hard to lear especially if you have absolutely no background. Prepare todedicate large amounts of time if you're going ot learn them well.
 
learn spanish, by the time you graduate it'll be required to know if you want to eat fast food ever
 
Originally posted by: Radiohead
Originally posted by: joohang
Originally posted by: Gr1mL0cK
Originally posted by: Chaotic42
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Haha well I've actually read that before on here a long time ago, but I don't see how its so much different than Korean. And I don't see how Chinese is any better seeing as they don't even have an alaphabet. 😛
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Pinyin 🙂

The most difficult area to master in Japanese is probably the particles, but considering how Korean has many more of those than Japanese, it's probably not too bad for someone of Korean background.
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Ah good old Pinyin, I recall my intro classes where we would just repeat over & over: Bo Po Mo Fo, Bai Pai Mai Fai... haha
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zi ci si

ji qi xi

 

Chinese especially if you're thinking of going into manufacturing.
Japanese if you're getting into business
Spanish if you want to get anything done in the US.
 
I think at the moment Japanese would be more beneficial to most people. I'm currently trying to sell my machine to a company in Japan. I know lots of other people who also idependently started working on different projects where they all ended up needing to make deals with Japanese companies. Yet I've never heard of anyone I know ever needing Chinese. Yes China will be a big player in the world economy - but who knows when and how much. Right now, Japan is.
 
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I think at the moment Japanese would be more beneficial to most people. I'm currently trying to sell my machine to a company in Japan. I know lots of other people who also idependently started working on different projects where they all ended up needing to make deals with Japanese companies. Yet I've never heard of anyone I know ever needing Chinese. Yes China will be a big player in the world economy - but who knows when and how much. Right now, Japan is.
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True, but by the the time he learns any of the two fluently...
 
True, but by the the time he learns any of the two fluently...
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Well I'm not sure if I would be able to learn either fluently. I'm Korean and still learning that so I can at least manage to get by better in family get togethers. 😱

I only have about a year or so left in college, so it's not like I would be able to learn either fluently, but I'm hoping enough for the basics. Maybe I'll take some classes in the future beyond college, but I would like to stay in both China and Japan, as well as Korea, for an extended period of time so I can experience their cultures and really learn/use the language more.

Of course I would need to be able to maintain a source of income first which is no easy thing. 😛
 
I don't quite understand why people tell me learning Chinese is so important (for business/market/manufacturing reasons). I can see that it'll be an asset, but wouldn't most Chinese businessmen speak English any ways?
 
Originally posted by: joohang
I don't quite understand why people tell me learning Chinese is so important (for business/market/manufacturing reasons). I can see that it'll be an asset, but wouldn't most Chinese businessmen speak English any ways?
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then by your reasoning, nobody should learn any new language because most businessmen around the world can speak english.
 
Originally posted by: Imdmn04
Originally posted by: joohang
I don't quite understand why people tell me learning Chinese is so important (for business/market/manufacturing reasons). I can see that it'll be an asset, but wouldn't most Chinese businessmen speak English any ways?
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then by your reasoning, nobody should learn any new language because most businessmen around the world can speak english.
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Well, unless I fully master Chinese, it is not very useful for business purposes, is it? I guess that basic conversational Chinese would be quite helpful, but is learning Chinese (as in nearly fluent) as important as what some people argue?

And how do you get "nobody should learn any new language" from my post? 😕
 
I would think which one is more useful for you. I think chinese is generally more widely used than Japanese. But if you're going to Japan or something, then take Jap.
 
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