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Thread: What's the most difficult part of Chinese learning?
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[quote=WINDENERGY,232972]MIRANDAZHAO, The most difficult part in learning Chinese, without a doubt, is correct pronunciation. The 4 tones play only a part of pronunciation skills. Because westerners learn western pronunciation in early childhood,we must retrain are speaking voices to make new sounds. For instance, the 'u' sound in Chinese words like 'nu', 'yu', etc.. are very nasal-sounding 'u's', unlike the 'u' sounds in english. Also, Chinese native speaking do not pronounce their consonants very clearly, so the untrained here has difficultly understanding what the speaker is saying. In Wuhan the 'n' sound is pronounced like an 'l' and is Xiamen the 'sh' sound like an 's'. When one travels extensively through China, local dialects, and the way the locals use their dialect is, by far, the most difficult part of learning Chinese. Also, SANYA, I have no idea of what you mean when writing: "some guys are able to type a sms, but not able to write the same sms on paper." What's an sms? Anyhow, learning a second language is a difficult and time-consuming project. Hat's off to the Chinese people have striving to learn western tongue in public and private institutions. __WINDENERGY__[/quote]
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