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I took a year of Mandarin as an undergrad, speaking is doable, reading and writing is hard, but Google Translate & Co. would make that less daunting now.
by blacksmith_tb 2y ago
I took a year of Mandarin as an undergrad, speaking is doable, reading and writing is hard, but Google Translate & Co. would make that less daunting now.
- tayo42 2y agoI thought speaking would be hardest with the tone changes. I took one online class, was overwhelming
- blacksmith_tb 2y agoI felt like it started making sense after a month or so, but even though I got up to ~1500 characters at the end of the year, reading was never easy.