Proof that Chinese is easier than English

#shorts #chinese #english #language #funny

[Fernball]

My fav in Chinese is 猫头鹰, cat-head eagle, which is owl.

[aharper]

raisin comes from the french word for grape, so it’s even more f-ed up than you thought!

[mementomori]

I love how she knocked before entering. Love manners in adults.

[JoysSchnitzel]

Apparently, the Chinese word for penguins is "business goose" and I love it.

[mamochan]

In Japanese, we say "dried grape" 干し葡萄" just like Mandarin!! ❤

[IlseMulAuthor]

There's logic and then there's English 😁😁

[RebornRockerVids]

Does he say "I'm taking a shit?" 😂

[Sphynx-bieg]

I love how the mandarin word for cat is mao, literally the sound a cat makes.

[SighsIn]

All fun and games until they ask what separate ways you have to call each of your relatives

[-Raylight]

The laugh is so dry just like the grape xD

[ashannaredwolf]

English isn’t a language, it’s five languages flesh-crafted into one Frankenlanguage.

[sumdumbmick]

raisin is the French word for a grape. this does actually fit a general pattern of using French names for things as the name for the processed food form of the thing:

cow meat = beef
pig meat = pork
deer meat = venison
dried grape = raisin

[Ren.dr]

My chinese teacher had the same issue with english lmao the example she gave was:

chicken - 鸡 (chicken)
hen - 母鸡 (female chicken)
rooster - 公鸡 (male chicken)
chick - 小鸡 (small chicken)

In mandarin we just add a descriptor to the base noun but english modifies the word directly or uses a completely different word lol

[frankpichardo]

Mexican here. Chili peppers when fresh have a name and it changes when dry: Jalapeño to chipotle, poblano to pasilla…on and on. 😂

[tom-dznuts]

“Babe, what do you call that grandmother on your mom’s side”?

“Oh, a different word than on your father’s side?’

😂

[jennsuicune]

Haha, for us French it's easier and more logic. Raisin comes from French raisin (=grape). Grape comes from French grappe (= bunch of grapes). That's the English who mixed everything again😂

[antonmotin]

And then you say "Shi" 8 times with different inflections and it is somehow a coherent sentence

[Straw_Bxri]

My name in English : Emma
My name in Chinese: 曹晨曦

[rainbowmushrom]

ikr! but then there comes memorising 10k charecters AND their stroke order😢 oh wait i forgot the tones! and 长 which can be either “chang” or “Zhang" Sometimes the word is charecters that sojnd like the english one "巧克力” qiaokoli meaning chocolate

edit: help why did i start an argument in the replies

[HugoLacchiaOfficial]

It's the same in French: "raisin sec" which means... "grape dry" 🍇