@psiie the worst part is that pretty much all the dislike...

@psiie the worst part is that pretty much all the dislike is based on the propaganda diet people consume. Most people in the west don't know the first thing about China from what I've seen and just regurgitate the tropes they hear in western media.

I've been learning Mandarin here as well, it's not easy but slowly getting the hang of it. :)

Like 3 Mar 2023 at 17:52 | Open on mas.to

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Thea(?) 🏳️‍⚧️

@yogthos Nice! I'm not conversational, but I can follow 1/5 of what my mother-in-law says :P

3 Mar 2023 at 18:25 | Open on mstdn.social

Yogthos

@psiie I practice with my wife, and can follow basic stuff so far, but yeah not quite conversational yet either. Hopefully by next year.

I find tones are still tricky for me, and just memorizing all the words is a challenge. A lot of the words either sound similar or same, and you have to remember the meaning within a context.

That's a new challenge from other languages I've learned. :)

3 Mar 2023 at 18:38 | Open on mas.to

Thea(?) 🏳️‍⚧️

@yogthos Do you use mnemonics?

3 Mar 2023 at 19:05 | Open on mstdn.social

Thea(?) 🏳️‍⚧️

@yogthos Tones are tough :\.

I have a hard time hearing tones at times too.

3 Mar 2023 at 19:05 | Open on mstdn.social

Yogthos

@psiie oh yeah same here, thankfully you can generally figure the meaning from context, but it does add a level of challenge.

And I sort of use mnemonics with the character memorization. I try to associate each character with some object it reminds me of.

3 Mar 2023 at 19:39 | Open on mas.to

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