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[–] 10 points 2 days ago (2 children)

im considering learning mandarin but it seems so intimidating

and i feel like theres a lot of other important stuff to be doing,,, sighs

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  • [–] 8 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    Downside: tones can be a healtrip and hard to figure out from an atonal language. There's nothing connecting it like romance languages or Germania languages and English. No real free leg up

    Upside: way simpler grammar, also no gendered pronouns. Typing can be done way faster.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 days ago

    well not like im any good at reading tone in english anyway lol

    i was just talking to my wife about wondering how chinese keyboards function, i should look into that

    i will eventually learn both mandarin and russian the question is do i want to get started now or save it for when life is less chaotic

    we sees

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