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		Well that chugs massive cock.  Chinese is a weird language.  But what am I saying Japanese is my favorite language and they use Kanji.  It is a twited existence. 8O  8O  8O
	
	
	
	
	
 
 
	
	
	
		
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		Learning to read and write chinese is the hardest thing in the world. My mom forced me to go to chinese school for two years and I didn't learn jack shit (well not true- I did learn to write my name).
	
	
	
	
	
 
 
	
	
	
		
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		Why exactly did your mom want you to go to Chinese school? :mrgreen:
	
	
	
	
	
 
 
	
	
	
		
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		To learn how to read and write chinese and speak mandarin
	
	
	
	
	
 
 
	
	
	
		
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		Oh ok. I didn't know. :mrgreen:
	
	
	
	
	
 
 
	
	
	
		
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		Well being chinese would be a legitamate reason to go to a chinese school.  But seriously that language will rot your brains out trying to write it. 8O  8O  8O  8O   I can write about 150-200 kanji off the top of my head.  They are the hardest part about japanese and chinese is where they came from. 8O  8O  8O
	
	
	
	
	
 
 
	
	
	
		
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		The chinese character for cart looks like a cart with a horse.
	
	
	
	
	
 
 
	
	
	
		
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		The worst part about the chinese school was that it was mandarin only and I can only speak cantonese. I was doomed from the start. It would have been nice to learn how to read chinese though, dont have to deal with engrish subtitles
	
	
	
	
	
 
 
	
	
	
		
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		Chinese just looks so cool when it is written.  I would love to just be able to write that language. 8O  8O  8O  8O  8O
	
	
	
	
	
 
 
	
	
	
		
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		My friend speaks Cantonese. Is it still used? I hear it's not used that much anymore, from what some people tell me. :roll:
	
	
	
	
	
 
 
	
	
	
		
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		What kind of question is that, of course it's still used in Hong Kong, Canton province , Malaysia and wherever they are cantonese. You were problably thinking about traditional chinese writing which is slowly getting taken over by simplified chinese.
	
	
	
	
	
 
 
	
	
	
		
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		Ok, that's what it must have been. I know nothing at all about Chinese culture (or very little).
	
	
	
	
	
 
 
	
	
	
		
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		I can see why there are so many illiterate people in China.  That language is HARD, with a capital HA.  How can you expect little kids living out in the middle of nowhere to learn that. 8O  8O  8O