kimoni

hello everyone
I'm an english student soon to be studying Electronics at university, where I will have the opportunity to learn a language at the same time (not connected to my course). The two I have considered are Mandarin and Japanese, but which?

Mandarin is the most widely spoken language in the world, however Japan is the centre of commerce in the east and has alot of international influence. So i'm confused, does anybody have an opinion they can share with me?
Thanks alot
Kim

Névine KASSEM

hello kim
isn it just great to be able to learn a new language???
well u can chose by urself
try to see how both languages are and see which one do u prefer
i can help u with sth , if u check this web site
www.japanese-online.com
u ll find japanese lessons and so on
u can also do the same about the other language and compare which one do u like better
but i would like to tell u sth the japanese spoken language is beautifull and easy but writting is really hard u ll have to learn the ancient chinese character in order to be able to write japanese
about the other language i m afraid i cant help bec i dont know anything about it at all
i hope i helped u here
and good luck with ur studies
salam

Free

Hello Kimoni,



Learning Mandarin is too tough!
It's the toughest language on Earth!
Average French is nothing compared to it!

Japanese may be a better choice for a student.

According to your future job, examining business economics is a prerequisite.


That's my point of view.
Bye!

InchPincher

i've tried to learn a bit of mandarin of the internet
it's really very tough, for example, there is for ways of saying ma, each having a different meaning, get it wrong and ur sentence makes no sense.
if you want a big challenge go for chinese
japanese is probably better for commercial reasons but european countries are multiplieing their links with the chinese and china will replace the usa as no 1 in about 50 years.
i'd say japanese is probably better for u
good luck
bye

chinese4u

Thoug Japan is the center of commerce now,but everyone recognizes the development of chinese economy.Nobody can assure japan will be the center commerce in the next 50 years So if you want to use your second language longer,you had better choose mandarin.

sky_free

I am a Chinese learning Japanese. I suggest you should learning the Japanese first if you are a westerner, because Japanese is easier to learn compared with Chinese.
of couse,if you learn Chinese first , you should have a strong will .But the benefit is that you can learn Japanese quickly, for Japanese borrowed many Chinese words.

brunel

It depends on what you want to get from the new language, just enjoy learning some new stuff, or wanna get some advantage in the future, say, job hunting.
Anyway, the Japanese is kind of easy to get start with, but if you go deeper, it will become harder and harder. Mandarin is not easy from the very beginning, but it will become easier if you get to know how to deal with.
It is what I feel like.