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    1. 04-30-2012 10:40 AM #26
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      Quote Originally Posted by mindwanderer View Post
      I'd imagine that you, being Chinese, would know the answer to that.... but if you don't, the answer is no.

      That's like saying "Isn't Canadian and English the same thing?" Well of course not, because Canada is a country... and both English and French are it's languages. Thus, "Chinese" is not a language as China is a country and Mandarin, Wu, Cantonese etc are it's languages. The other thing to note is that the "major" languages in China (Mandarin, Wu, Cantonese etc), as in Canada (English and French), are largely mutually unintelligible.

      There is "Standard Chinese", which is Nation wide and based off of a single Dialect of Mandarin... but it mostly came to be to simplify political interactions and the like since there are so many languages (or variations of several languages) spoken in China.
      I see the loophole in your explanation now. Canadian is a nationality whereas Chinese is a race not a nationality. If you were to put it that way, English would mean a race too. So how can English be both a language and a race at the same time? The same goes for Chinese. So theoretically using Chinese and Mandarin implies the same thing and it's only dependent on your sentence structure. Besides, Chinese is more understandable as compared to the usage of the word "Mandarin".

      References:
      Chinese | Define Chinese at Dictionary.com
      Mandarin | Define Mandarin at Dictionary.com
      English | Define English at Dictionary.com
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    2. 05-10-2012 06:51 PM #27
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      I do speak perfectly Arabic, French, English and I have a really good Spanish base.
      I am still learning Spanish though. The trick is to know the base of the language, then start watching movies in spanish for exemple, with subtitles in english (or whatever you want) then start making links between your 2 languages and start learning a lot of words. The best way to learn a language is to visit a country who speaks it.
      Nothing is better

      Good luck!
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    3. 05-12-2012 05:47 PM #28
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      Some really good tips:
      - as soon as you know the language good enough to understand the basics, change the operational language in as many electrolical devices you can.
      - use the language every day. If you spend only half an hour a day (those days that you don't practice it normally, like when you dont have language lessins, etc.) to just use it as much as you can, your brain will use more space on it, and you'll learn the language quicker
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