6 Reasons Why You Should Learn Mandarin!

You might think that Mandarin is only relevant to Chinese people, but it is actually one of the most useful languages in the world, and here is why!

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[WODEMAYA]

My unforgettable Story in China..I took a wrong flight to another city because my Chinese tones were not on point..I went to xianyang instead of Shenyang

[ZhangtheGreat]

Everyone's probably heard about what makes Mandarin hard (the tones, the characters, etc.). Well guess what? Mandarin is much easier in some regards as well:
1) Mandarin is SVO (subject-verb-object) just like English (e.g. 我吃饭 "I eat meal").
2) Mandarin has no subject-verb agreement rule (e.g. 我跑，你跑，他跑，她跑 "I _run_, you _run_, he _run_, she _run_, " not "he runs" and "she runs" because the verb never changes).
3) Mandarin has no plurals (e.g. 一本书，两本书，三本书 "one _book_, two _book_, three _book_").
4) The numbering system is straightforward and has no odd names like "eleven" and "twelve" (e.g. 10： 十，11： 十一， 12： 十二， 13： 十三).
5) Nationalities are super easy: just add the character for person 人after the name of the country. No need to remember which ones end in "-an" (Mexican), which end in "-ese" (Chinese), or which end in "-ish" (Irish). (e.g. 中国人 = Chinese person, 美国人 = American person, 日本人 = Japanese person).
6) Prepositions are super easy. The same preposition can be used in multiple ways, and preposition pairs with opposite meanings are always direct opposites with no exceptions (e.g. 上 = up, above, on top of, before, previous; 下 = down, below, underneath, after, next).
7) Mandarin has no verb tenses (e.g. 我昨天去公园，我现在去公园，我明天去公园 "Yesterday I _go_ to the park, right now I _go_ to the park, tomorrow I _go_ to the park").
8) Questions and answers are in the same order (e.g. 他是谁？ 他是John。 "He is who? He is John."). Simply replace the question word with the answer and leave the structure alone.

[CantoMando]

A lot of people get sketched out by the thought of the learning Mandarin cause of all the characters.
TIP to make life easier for yourself: Just learn to speak and to listen :)

Mandarin is extremely easy to speak and is a much simpler language than English.
Then, once you're decently proficient, you can start to learn to read and write if you want.

But no one said you need to learn to read :) Focus on learning to speak and to listen. You'll find that as you learn more and more, you'll just start recognizing characters!

[xhe]

proud to have Chinese as my mother language

[Evan]

You might have just convinced me to learn Mandarin in the future. I'm learning Korean right now so I'll pick up Mandarin later so my head doesn't explode. Some people say Chinese languages are ugly, but I wholeheartedly disagree. Mandarin/Cantonese are beautiful langues. I love tonal languages (that goes for you too Vietnamese)

[nakashima]

I started learning Mandarin about two weeks ago, and it really helped me bond with other people. It helped me a lot in Chinese stores, people get really surprised when I talk to cashiers; it leaves a good impression on people you know, and they learn to respect you more. I learned a lot while learning Chinese, it's really helpful! I'm glad my dad knows Mandarin, so he's harder on me than the teachers, and the best thing is, he often tells me stories in Mandarin, so I can learn to hold a conversation without sounding awkward while speaking Mandarin! Once you learn the tones, everything else is easy!

[Centman]

I started learning Mandarin about a month ago. It's a very enjoyable process but, also very difficult. I'm 58 and it's harder to retain information that it was when I was young. I don't have any other Mandarin speakers to practice with but, I'm going to take a formal class starting in August of 2018. I live Chinese dramas and I'd love to be able to watch without subtitles.

[alexmr]

Mandarin is actually not as difficult as some people make it out to be. It takes time to memorize vocabulary but the grammar and the fact that you don't conjugate verbs makes it very simple. My pronunciation is very good and I would dare to say better than most chinese that learn here in NY. But I have been told by many natives that somehow my pronunciation is really good. Some friends think I just have that skill. I don't know but I do feel that mandarin is actually relatively easy to learn. It will make you smarter and it will improve your memory. That's for SURE.

One thing you will ALWAYS ALWAYS get is that you are very smart because you speak. I encourage you to learn. It's not as hard as you think.

[richardfila]

6 great reasons! I'm really enjoying learning Mandarin, especially learning to understand Chinese songs and the different styles of linguistic expression therein. Plus, having a musical ear is so useful for hearing tones - if only I could repeat them as well as I hear them lol. Add oil all Mandarin learners!

[nathanielmills]

I'm really enjoying OTGW and getting Double Chen in too.

Best of both worlds!

Felicia is a boss 😉

[jose]

Cool! I started to dabble with it because of Taiwanese friends. It's a happy thing to meet native speakers and see how they're so glad you can have a short conversation in their language. Sometimes they are studying your own language (fairly common for English and Spanish). Those moments are always memorable.

[YummYakitori]

The Dong language (侗語) in Southern China actually has 15 tones so...

[annagong]

Perfect timing, I'm trying to self-teach myself on how to speak mandarin. Turns out my cantonese isn't everyone's language in China

[shinjid]

i just find it hard to memorize thousands of

[joemart]

awesoome i took mandarin in college and I aced that class, i loved every bit of it!!!

[LadiesJournal]

I born and grew up at Indonesia. My parents don't really speak mandarin with me. And I am living in Singapore now, a lot of Singaporean quite confuse why I can't speak mandarin even my race is Chinese LOL

[Versace]

i know english cause i was born in the U.S and lived there for 10 yrs, also now live in colombia so i know spanish, also i go to a bilingual school and im learning mandarin right now im gonna take the hsk3 if anyone knows what that is its a test provided by the chinese government.

[geoffrobinson]

I've been studying Mandarin for about a year, which is how I stumbled upon this channel. Based on my Internet history, Google is convinced I want to date Chinese women. I don't. I'm happily married. I guess Google is playing the percentages.

[mariahcareyswife]

I learn mandarin at school! I find it a little difficult (fun though), but I've heard that it can be very rewarding and useful too

[mayfu]

proud of having madarin as my monther language—— eh eager to learn english well!