Almondandlime 6,854 Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 I recently decided to start learning Chinese but it's not coming nearly as easy to me as the other languages I've studied. The grammar is pretty simple, but all those tones and characters. I'm hoping that it's just the initial shock of it all and it'll get easier over time... The easiest for me was definitely Spanish, and Korean was somewhere in the middle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shu 1,253 Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 German Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reckoner 6,692 Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 i've only studied french and spanish..and i suppose since i was in elementary school when i learned spanish i suppose french is harder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Choco 1,199 Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 Latin I never remember the vocabulary and I don't get the grammar. Everytime there's a rule on something, there is always an exception to that rule so I don't understand it. I never get higher than around an 80 on a test I tried Chinese before. Heard the tones. Stopped studying it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornangel 5,295 Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 spanish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genesis 90 Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 Italian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palechibi 2,748 Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 Spanish & Mandarin Chinese I honestly don't know why it spanish was so hard for me....i studied both french and spanish and french was a bit easier for me to catch on to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Club 6,742 Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 French...I can understand when people talk to me but hell, it is so hard to speak it without grammatical mistakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willipad 2,723 Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 English ;____; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PsychoLotus 1,546 Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 I've only studied French in highschool and that was difficult, it just takes a lot of dedication and time. They say it takes 1200 hours of study to be decently fluent in Chinese Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coreofsoul 1,554 Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 Korean. I tried 2 times before I could actually stick to studying it. I also tried Chinese, but quit. Japanese and Spanish were much easier for me. idk why Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveBB 529 Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 Latin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Almondandlime 6,854 Posted May 9, 2015 Author Share Posted May 9, 2015 Korean. I tried 2 times before I could actually stick to studying it. It took me a couple of times to start seriously studying it, but once I really got into it was pretty easy for me. It's funny, because even though so much of the Korean lexicon comes from Chinese, Chinese words just don't stick in my head nearly as well as Korean ones do... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bemybaymax 605 Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 Chinese was easier than German for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
all-them-pies 654 Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 Arabic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AYOSHIARI 10,391 Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 Arabic wth I have to write basically reversed from right to left Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
�Babo☮ 1,695 Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 korean the biggest problem ever is that I can't make words apart when they're talking. I can do it with many languages, all of the languages I personally ever listened to, but with korean I can't...and I learn languages by hearing them, not by studying. and it sucks, because it's also the only language I'm interested in rn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jessyy 219 Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 One of the reasons I didn't want to learn chinese was because of the characters so I went with Japanese instead :D but it still has most chinese characters you have to learn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyun. 4,120 Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 Only ever really studied French and English, and English became like my main language, while French is still floppy, so French. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaynaeNicole 3,465 Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 Ive been learning Mandarin Chinese,but had to take a break because it was a little overwhelming. I started off on the wrong foot. There's this really awesome language app i use. that you can converse with people from that country that will help you with your mandarin(or any other language or you can help them with there English or whatever your language is if they want to learn) only problem I'm having is different people have different ways of saying things. so one person will tell me it's right the other wrong lol i get so many request to help out it's a little much but everyone is super nice lol. Anyhoo,ive backtracked and started working on my tones,to get that down right before moving on to other things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Almondandlime 6,854 Posted May 9, 2015 Author Share Posted May 9, 2015 korean the biggest problem ever is that I can't make words apart when they're talking. I can do it with many languages, all of the languages I personally ever listened to, but with korean I can't...and I learn languages by hearing them, not by studying. and it sucks, because it's also the only language I'm interested in rn That's a problem with pretty much every foreign language for me... My verbal comprehension sucks and I often have to rely on subtitles (in the target language) for shows and stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unafraid 187 Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 Chinese, I ended up giving up because I didnt have time for it and the tones were messing with my head the characters were kinda easy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slutty slut 394 Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 i've studied both japanese and currently studying chinese and chinese is way harder. japanese grammar isn't too bad and i really enjoyed how the language flowed but chinese is just... horrible. i love chinese tho, it's my favorite foreign language so i guess it's a lot easier for me than some other people since i truly enjoy studying it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Almondandlime 6,854 Posted May 9, 2015 Author Share Posted May 9, 2015 Ive been learning Mandarin Chinese,but had to take a break because it was a little overwhelming. I started off on the wrong foot. There's this really awesome language app i use. that you can converse with people from that country that will help you with your mandarin(or any other language or you can help them with there English or whatever your language is if they want to learn) only problem I'm having is different people have different ways of saying things. so one person will tell me it's right the other wrong lol i get so many request to help out it's a little much but everyone is super nice lol. Anyhoo,ive backtracked and started working on my tones,to get that down right before moving on to other things. What app is that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
굿바� 3,011 Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 Japanese. Gave up half way thru second semester.... Korean isnt as difficult imho bc there arent 3 alphabets... French was ez-mode Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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