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Ask HN: Is it possible to become fluent in Mandarin
I've always struggled with languages, but Chinese is rather captivating. Has anyone started late, say 30s and become fluent. I actually find it much easier than Korean or Japanese ( mainly owing to Chinese having an easier grammar).
- garmaine 5y agoYes. There are many people who have done this. It just takes a LOT of time and effort.
- pasttense01 5y ago"It takes a learner with average aptitude only 15 weeks to reach level 2 for Spanish or French, but about 50 weeks to reach a similar level of the Chinese language. If you want to be fully fluent in Mandarin, you’d better plan to spend about 230 weeks, which is about 4 years." https://goeastmandarin.com/how-long-does-it-take-to-learn-chinese-mandarin/ https://goeastmandarin.com/how-long-does-it-take-to-learn-ch...
- the_resistence 5y agoGet a Chinese romantic partner I am told (I went with SE Asian by chance and pushed back by learning a few years. ;-) )