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Ryuuga
post Aug 17 2008, 06:25 PM

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QUOTE(Suk @ Jul 31 2008, 01:46 PM)
my younger sister know 5 languages,

Cantonese, Mandarin, English, Korean, Japanese,
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Sorry, Cantonese is not a language by the way... its a dialect.
Some people go around bragging "i know 7 languages: English (1), Malay (2), [then starts the dialect marathon] Mandarin, cantonese, hakka, hokkien, teochew, etc."
all of which are actually considered as one language -___-
Mandarin, cantonese, hakka, hokkien, teochew = 1 language!!

By the way, how come your sister doesn't know malay?? shouldn't that be essential in malaysia? unless she doesnt live in malaysia.. =/
I speak English, Malay, Cantonese, and Japanese. but i still suck at kanji... any one got easy methods to learn kanji other than asking me to practice writing?? Unfortunately i got no time to practice writing -__- i've got alot of "other" stuff to practice brows.gif
Ryuuga
post Aug 19 2008, 10:46 PM

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QUOTE(cyhborg @ Aug 18 2008, 09:29 PM)
Actually, there is debate whether they are languages or dialects. If you follow the mutual intelligibility concept in defining dialect, then mandarin, cantonese, hokkien etc are considered different languages and not dialects since the speakers are unable to understand each other.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutual_intelligibility
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interesting! i'll take note of that thanks ^^ [learned something new]

QUOTE(RisingD @ Aug 19 2008, 03:14 PM)
personally, even if they are not really distinct languages, i still look up to the diversity of the languages people know!
trying to learn Bahasa Malaysia (apperantly not Malayu anymore?) but too lazy... its because of you malaysian people being good at english!  tongue.gif
as for learning kanji,
get a cute penpal, and write to her in japanese. this works.

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read more japanese, and kanji will be stored somewhere in your subconscious mind, so it won't be a problem when writing (especially when writing using computer)

get some japanese books, manga would be a good place to start, and if you get advanced read something like Murakami Haruki japanese edition.
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lol malay language is really easy to learn if you know english =P i actually knew english waay before malay

lol i once registered on mitsukatta for that purpose, but they banned me even before i added any friends -___-

well, my phone is able to sms in japanese too, so itll be useful for me to learn if i can get someone willing enough to text me everyday in japanese xD

I think it'll be years before i can read murakami haruki japanese edition xD i have the translated to english ones though. They rock!!! seriously! xD

 

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