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That's true, but as a person who learned Chinese the phono semantic part of the word didn't really help or is even taught in Chinese school. I'm talking about
by crimsonalucard 7y ago
That's true, but as a person who learned Chinese the phono semantic part of the word didn't really help or is even taught in Chinese school.
I'm talking about Chinese school for ABCs where everybody is assumed to know how to speak Chinese. We are literally just taught the radical and we memorize the word and sound without being taught the phonetic part of it.
- knolax 7y ago> Chinese school for ABCs That's your problem, most American Born Chinese can barely pronounce their own last names right; "Chinese Schools" in America are mostly just a formality.
- crimsonalucard 7y ago>That's your problem, American Born Chinese can barely pronounce their own last names right This is an insult. An almost racial and cultural one as well. For some reason I don't have enough karma to report you but I humbly request someone else to do so. This is not true at all. Many American Born Chinese are Bilingual and speak both languages equally well. >"Chinese Schools" in America are mostly just a formality. Chinese schools in America are run by Chinese people who immigrated here so that their children can learn. Almost every ABC went to one. They teach it to their kids the same way it was taught to them. What in the world do you mean by just a "formality." You mean to say that it's not legit?
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