I started Chinese in 2004 in freshman year of college. I studied it pretty intensively for six years including one year in Shanghai studying simultaneous interpretation at Fudan back in 2007 (gos...
In reply to Marc Janke. Thank you! I agree with all of what you said, although...
I agree with your graphs. I think I kind of took the opposite path compared to you (also a native English speaker who became fluent in Chinese first, then moved to intensively studying Japanese)....
while back I wrote about how learning Chinese compares to learning Japanese, difficulty-wise. It’s generated a lot of interest, but one point which many readers may not
vorrei comunque condividere l’impressione di John Pasden: secondo lui, se messe a confronto le due lingue, inizialmente risulta più difficile apprendere la
I would like to share John Pasden’s impression: according to him, if comparing the two languages, in the beginning it is harder to learn the
and Chinese are very different. Source: “Learning Curves: Chinese vs. Japanese” on
Although Chinese provides an easier path until reaching the basic level, then it gets tougher. With Japanese it's a constant hustle.
From my opinion, I agree that Chinese grammar starts being simple, but once you pass the basic level, the complexities arrived very quickly, as for japanese it is more stable during the journey.
IN my experience learning Japanese, I agree grammar can start off being hell. When you start learning more, you hear things and you try to use them but almost always mess something up. Composing ...