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[quote=CANADAGUY,258935]Thanks Tom for taking the time to explain your experiences with the Chinese language. In my situation, it is unlikely at this time that I would be living in China. My girlfriend lives in Guangzhou and speaks Cantonese, naturally. I will be teaching her English of course, but I am also curious enough to learn some basic Chinese to make our communication easier. >>And that's the crucial point - if you just want to hold a conversation then there's relatively little point in learning characters.<< So it seems for me, especially at this point in my life, I should concentrate on just the verbal side of the language. I think you assumed that my Cantonese friend would be speaking Mandarin. I don't know how good her Mandarin is really. I was really asking whether it would be wiser for me to learn Cantonese in this situation, or a 'compromised' Mandarin? [/quote]
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