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[quote=VERONICALEE,284398]Because French vocabulary has so many words!

For example animals names. Where Chinese needs just a combinaison of few descriptive characters (male, female, small) French needs dozens of different words. Let's illustrates with two species pig and sheep.

猪 (male + pig) cochon 
　　公猪 (male + pig) verrat 
　　母猪 (female + pig) truie 
　　小猪 (small + pig) porcelet 
　　野猪 (wild + pig) sanglier 
　母野猪 (female + wild + pig) laie 
　小野猪 (small + wild + pig) marcassin 
        羊 (sheep) mouton 
　　公羊 (male + sheep) bélier 
　　母羊 (female + sheep) brebis 
　　小羊 (small + sheep) agneau 
　小母羊 (small + female + sheep) agnelle 
　　山羊 (hill + sheep) chèvre 
　公山羊 (male + hill + sheep) bouc 
　小山羊 (small + hill + sheep) cabris

As you see for "pig", you have 7 different words in French : cochon, verrat, truie, porcelet, sanglier, laie, marcassin, and only 1 in Chinese : 猪, which you add descriptions (male, female...).

Another way to explain it, if you now how to say "horse" 马 in Chinese, you automatically know how to say "mare" 母马 (female + horse) and "foal" 小马 (small + horse). But if you know "cheval" (horse) in French, you have no way to guess "jument" (mare) and "poulain" (foal) which are totally different words.
Do you want to know China more?
I think you can learn some Chinese culture first.
You will find the charm of China.
Of course ,you should at least know a little mandarin.
You can make some Chinese friends or take some free courses on line.There is a "Nihao Chinese"program which is a free trail on line!!!
Visit http://www.echineselearning.com/
you will find a surprise.
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