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Thread: Evicted froma hotel for being a foreigner
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[quote=APAULT,363232]No doubt you are correct...the problem with learning to write in Pinyin is that most words we never see written down.. Mei you is such an example. I have some words I know in Chinese but cannot write in either Chinese or Pinyin, some I know the character but don't know the Chinese word. Chinese children learn thir language with the help of Pinyin so as to have a bridge between the characters and the sounds. The tones are quite a problem. I cannot hear them (just as I cannot hear whether two consecutive notes in a piece of music went up or down), so naturally I find it just about impossible to say them...especially when I am struggling to get the core sounds right. So MamaH, it is not that I don't have the ambition to learn, I lack the capability...maybe 'because you can't teach an old dog new tricks' or maybe because the language section of my brain is weak. On the other hand, I believe I have achieved a good understanding of Chinese society and its people, and have become very experienced at travel and making friends in China despite my language handicap; in effect I have built on existing skills and not become dispirited (just saddened) by my lack of achievements in learning the Chinese language. [/quote]
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