Thinking about taking Mandarin next semester. Anyone with experience taking intro manadarin before? Was it difficult?
Luke Perez
>intro manadarin
KNEE HOW! WOAH YEOW JIGA SHAY SHAY
Jayden Allen
u wot?
Aaron King
Is it really that simple? Because that's the only thing I'm afraid of. Although it would make sense, all foreign languages in my University have about four courses just for their language and culture.
Is this correct? Wanted this to be the caption for pic related
>你知道将是好的新年如果你得到这张卡:
Isaac King
You forgot BOO YEOW and DOOUI BOO CHI
Cameron Butler
peru?
why are chinks going to SA to make money peru? what are they doing? are they really getting involved in the drug trade and exporting coke peru? peru?
Tyler Russell
which toe
Chase Johnson
I want to go to LatAm desu. Not to live there, just to experience shit. t. chink
Christopher Thompson
? Most of them come here to open chinese restaurants. Some stay here. I don't mind since they're good people.
James Bennett
don't you think her big toe looks like it's missing half the nail?
Joseph Peterson
>tones
Landon Cruz
It ain't that hard bro. Okay well to be honest, it's hard at the beginning, but the Chinese aren't BS-ing you when they say you'll get better with time. I know I did. What I would do towards the beginning of my Chinese studies was listen to audio clips of native speakers pronouncing syllables in 4 tones, and I would do my best mimic them.
Jason Perez
get out kraut stop posting feet
Cameron Green
aren't there more than 4 tones?
Lincoln Carter
In Mandarin there's only four, technically the neutral tone might count as a fifth though. The neutral tone is just kind of a non-tone, the way you pronounce it depends on the immediate preceding syllable's tone. But yeah, only 4 real tones, no more no less. It's Cantonese and those other way down south dialects that are crazy with tones. Some say Canto has six, others say nine.
Oliver Hernandez
mandarin has 4 tones cantonese has 6 but only mandarin is important
Gavin Scott
Hacked Chinese has 0 tones Winston knows this and never bothered because he realized Chinese is 100% context based and tones have no usage in conversations Winston is advanced native in that sense
Kevin Evans
this is why chinese will never overtake English s the lingua franca
Oliver Stewart
...
Benjamin Nelson
Who cares? Who wants to have an easy peasy language any moron with a 75 IQ can wrap their brain around. Chinese should only be understood by those who are woke, while the monolingual brainlets sit puzzled in confusion as the new bosses talk shop.
Jeremiah Wood
I mean look at how well the Japanese did for themselves without having their language go international... No one outside of Japan except for weebs and Japan specialists know Japanese, but they're the 3rd largest economy in the world and their products flooded the entire world with deep influence.
Daniel Ramirez
he is actually turning into an asian
Jayden Lee
kek. crooked ass fucked up monkey toe
Ian Collins
because lingua franca is free soft power. easier to conduct business and expand cultural power
Jordan Myers
/HK/ love allowed?
Went there for a month this summer.
Alot of qt's. Would definitely recommend if you looking for some qt's
Xavier Lewis
how many of you laowinners post on CC2 China circlejerk?
be honest
Christopher Gray
never have never will won't even read the unfunny posts there
Noah Cox
>no ZTE
They are the biggest Chinese phone producer and yet are missing from this chart
Lucas Taylor
Living in Asia does that
You assimilate, slowly but surely, and before you know it you are balls deep in a monkey wife and have weird goblino kids
How many girls did Johnny give the BTC (Big Taiwanese Cock) to?
Juan Wood
0
Caleb Watson
Hmm...
Caleb Thomas
>acquire HelloTalk to find someone to practice my mandarin with >lots of chinese people start messaging me asking for english help >the girls sound very cute trying to send me voice messages in their flimsy english >say goodnight to one girl since I have to sleep >"ok user, I will sing you a sleep song" >she actually sings me a lullaby
I'm now afraid to travel to china and be disappointed by all the normal people who don't need my help, because I'm sure most of them aren't diabetes-tier sweet like this
Aaron Reed
what's their worldwide marketshare?
(also explani your pic)
Aiden Cruz
Looks like Olivia is getting a sibling later this year.
Cooper Collins
>i'm lie literally lie so drunk rye now
hate her english desu would rather date mongrel english speaking sasha than a wannabe american chink
Camden White
Everyone would prefer sasha
Levi White
...
John Richardson
Sasha a CUTEEE
Colton Young
Sasha is a bucktoothed crooked smile gookshitter
Vivian is objectively more beautiful and has a face like a painting
Adam Brooks
>and has a face like a painting
Nathan Foster
True, but enough Chinese know English, and more will learn it better in the future, and enough laowai know Chinese that communication for business will be no problem. Lingua franca will probably not happen, but Chinese cultural exports may become stronger, they already are getting stronger as it is. If Kpop, Japanese anime, and Hong Kong action movies can become popular despite language, why not Mandarin stuff...
Robert Torres
Anyone read the Captain China comics? They're pretty funny
With the new Iran petrol pipeline, Turkmenistan gas pipeline, Kazakh petrol pipeline, trans-Pakistan pipeline, Myanmar gas pipeline, and Trans-Siberian pipeline all coming to full operation this year and next China’s energy imports through the Malacca Straits fell from a 90% share to a 50% share 2010 to present.
With more renewables coming online and a slower economy, China’s vulnerability to a U.S. naval blockade decreases daily. Oh, and China gets some new allies.
Eli Davis
How go your Chinese studies lads?
Landon Green
how much you wanna bet india will have a higher gdp growth than china in 2018?
Alexander Cooper
Tough one, according to news reports China is 6.5 to 6.8 (most likely 6.7) but India can be anywhere from 6.5 to 7.5 (most likely 6.7)
One thing to note is oil prices, China benefits from high oil prices more than India Since oil prices are rising, I'll bet on China numbers being higher
Cooper Hughes
>he unironically dislikes Xinjiang cuisine
Julian Davis
我们来乳包好不好 Let's insult president Xi
Connor Thomas
Sup chinks, Are you guys speaking English or Chinese? I see that you are writing sentences in the Latin alphabet however that does not mean you are speaking English. When you say "no" for instance you could be saying 某 as in yes, when using the plural -s you could be saying 私 as in singular and so forth. Chinks are just that vile, it was my interaction with them in places like California that showed me such. They almost fooled me into thinking they are American too.
what's with the zz and *** in this? I get the general meaning of the sentence (LOTR was boycotted, something is incorrect, only the orcs are black) but no idea what the other stuff means
>魔戒被抵制,因为zz严重不正确,竟然***全体白人,除了兽人是黑的。简直是殖民地老爷的世界观
also something about colonialism at the end?
Christopher Wood
is this slang or something? I got the girl's message but not yours
Benjamin Stewart
>我女子秀昱台妹的脚 was it something about wanting to see her feet?
Ryan Carter
Is that a bad thing?
Cameron Johnson
No
Camden Johnson
Does anyone have a torrent for Conquering Northern China by serpentza and C-milk ?
Somehow I cant find it anywhere
Carson Stewart
based, may trade my phone for and go for a huawei next year when i can
any recommendations?
Jordan Rivera
Who would want to torrent that piece of crap
Christian Davis
Obviously someone who wants to Conquer Northern China.
Matthew Cruz
Truth is, I've wondered about how well a white Westerner can integrate into an Asian society. I've heard many horror stories about how the white immigrant will always be an outsider and a foreigner.
Dylan Long
>flag
I think you’d fit right in Pekka
Luke Hughes
MEME alert
Ayden Clark
>recommendation for next year >everything is outdated
Julian Green
i don't go out and buy the newest phones ok
Robert Carter
well im curious to watch it but dont feel like forking 12usd for it...