Just started tackling this language yesterday. I am using a mixture of Rosetta Stone and the Pimsleur method.
Anyone have any tips, programs, or methods?
Just looking for any extra help where I can get it. Thanks. :)
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Anonymous2007-08-25 22:31 ID:1/5MVdho
Yes, except:
a) Mandarin is the most spoken language in the world
b) Within the next few years, cities like Beijing and Shanghai will be much more economically important than HK.
c) After the handover in 1997, Mainlanders started moving into HK. Demand for Mandarin speakers in HK is huge, and most cantonese speakers are scrambling to learn mandarin. Canto is on the way OUT.
d) Regardless of all of the above, most people in HK speak english. I can't really find the point of an American learning Canto, especially since it has 9 tones (as apposed to Mandarin's 4), easily making it the hardest language in the world.