Just your friendly reminder that if in 20 years you can't speak Mandarin Chinese then you'll be flipping burgers.
>>76211443
I can't even deny this.
I don't plan to live that long.
>>76211443
>Mandarin Chinese
>not Japanese
Good try tho.
You meant tossing noodles.
I build homes
Wong
>in b4 in denial
You have no proof
>>76211443
Good thing I am in the process of learning it already then :^)
黑人爱西瓜
>>76211443
>implying China survives WWIII
>china
>doing anything but trying not to collapse
nice meme op
>>76211443
they've been saying this since the 80s
In 20 years, speaking Chinese will be as simple as speaking whatever your mother tongue is. Everyone will be able to communicate fluently with everyone else in whatever language they choose.
They said that 20 years ago.
>>76211443
I suspect your friendly reminder is worthless.
I have had a BA degree in Mandarin Chinese since 1986. They told me back in the early 80s it was going to make me rich.
I make money from several other languages, but none from Chinese.
I think the simple fact is that the Chinese just don't NEED foreigners to speak their language, nor do they particularly want us to.
There is a huge Chinese diaspora in almost every developed country in the world, so there is an almost inexhaustible supply of perfectly bilingual English-Chinese, French-Chinese, German-Chinese speakers, all of them of Chinese blood (whom Chinese INFINITELY prefer to work with).
Mandarin is a waste of time - unless you love Chinese poetry, of course.
>>76211867
this
I guess, but I really can't be bothered
You ever though about that?
>>76211443
>English will suddenly be surpassed by Mandarin as the international language!
>B-because they'll take over!
Even if you weren't retarded and were right about China taking over, you'd still be wrong
English will never be toppled as the most spoken (first and more importantly, second) language in the world.
It's just better. Even the Chinese think so
Cantonese
Everyone who speaks cantonese hates the mandarin language
>>76211443
>Implying Japan, South Korea, the U.S., Vietnam, Taiwan, and China don't hate China
Chong Ching rice ring Ching Ching dog Ching ching ring Chang Chong
Just your friendly reminder that if in 40 years you can't speak Arabic then you'll be flipping burgers.
>>76211994
Je viens d'obtenir une licence de russe et j'ai passé 5 mois à Moscou. Suis-je foutu? Am I gonna flip burgers my whole life?
>>76211772
不錯
Being able to communicate subtle racism indicates mastery of a language
>>76211443
How about a hearty no.
Pic related.
>>76211443
Wasn't everyone saying this 20 years ago?
>>76211772
黑人爱白小女。
>>76212138
Yeah, but mandarin only has five tones.
Cantonese has seven tones. Why go through the extra work when a majority of Chinese hardly speak it?
>>76212504
So you dont sound like a mandarin speaking idiot
>>76211772
Bitch you best start learning Arabic.
so, no difference? *shrug*
>>76212504
Even Mandarin speakers from different regions have difficulty understanding each other. It's a clusterfuck because there are just too many local languages in China.
English will not be dethroned in our lifetimes.
>>76211772
哈哈哈哈不错
>be in college 10 years ago engineering class
>partner for project who is Chinese says in 10 years the world will hear about his cirt "Chingchangwangchong city" becuase it will explode in popularity
>10 years later no one gives a fuck
>>76211443
Chinese should learn English not the other way around. English is much easier language.
>>76212893
You're correct about that.
I can't understand people from xiamen or Taiwan.
Plus English is versatile enough to persist. Mandarin is rigid and doesn't allow for much manipulation.
French is actually supposed to become more ubiquitous because of immigration from African nations that used to be French colonies.
>>76211443
China is having the same population curve problem that Japan is crashing and burning for. In 20 years they will collapse under the weight of their elderly.
>>76213541
>China is having the same population curve problem that Japan is crashing and burning for. In 20 years they will collapse under the weight of their elderly.
isn't that why they removed the one child policy?
>>76211443
I start my job in Beijing in September.
>>76213829
Cool, is it an internship or an actual job?
>>76211443
>US is largest economy
>Japan was 2nd largest for a long time
>no one in Japan cares to learn English because they have full opportunities without it
If you're in the US, you'd have to be completely fucking retarded to think you should learn chinese.
The only people it might effect is third worlders who want to leave their shitholes (good luck succeeding in China compared to any western country). Even then China has none of the soft-power the US has in entertainment and the likes. People nowadays learn English just because so much entertainment is in English.
>>76212357
No, I don't think so.
The situation with Russians is dissimilar in every respect to the one I described with the Chinese.
The Russians, I would guess, are happy to have people learn their language and are not so pathologically xenophobic as to never want to trust anyone of non-Russian blood to be their interpreter, for example.
But even if there were a reluctance, the Russian diaspora is much smaller so they would HAVE to use non-Russians for interpretation and translation.
There are maybe 10,000 Parisian-born mother-tongue Russophones, tops.
There must be close to half a million Parisian-born Sinophones, with thousands more young Chinese couples arriving and giving birth here every year.
>>76212504
>Why go through the extra work when a majority of Chinese hardly speak it?
With this logic, why learn any language other than English?
But Korean is better
>>76213987
I think you're jumping the gun there.
A small minority speak Cantonese. Most people in Chinese people speak mandarin so unless you're interested in something that involves Cantonese then why bother?
>>76211606
>Implying Japan isn't a dying, declining country
>>76211772
Mandarin is both easier and harder than I thought it would be. The best thing about it so far is that you can read the characters if you own native language in your head. It's not exactly best practices for learning, but if you're in a hurry, it's the one great thing about non-syllabic writing systems. You can essentially "read" Hanzi in English.
>>76211443
It's the other way around. Anyone who doesn't speak English in 20 years will not be employable even in their own foreign countries. Nobody speaks Mandarin outside China and some SEA countries, you can find English literally anywhere in the world, if you are in an area where English is not understood you are somewhere in a jungle tribal village or something.
>>76213903
Full time + benefits. It's education of course, since that's pretty much the only way to get a VISA unless you're rich or work for a multinational, but I hope to pivot into private business in a few years as well. There's so much growth and opportunity and money flying around it's insane--definitely the place to go if you have an entrepreneurial spirit.
>>76214286
I struggle mostly with remembering which tone goes with which word.
I can read a lot of characters and I can write them in our alphabet, but the tones are really hard to remember so I don't really speak yet.
>>76214546
Cool, don't let them screw you over.
When I went to go teach in Beijing the first school I worked for screwed me over hard. So, I went to a better school which was fairly modern and they paid for housing and likes.
>>76214695
I recommend pic related. I thought the method sounded gimmicky at first, but it actually does work--really well. As for remembering tones, just listen to a shitload of recorded conversation exercises. It's like music, you can't "study" it, you have to practice, and you passively retain it.
>>76214947
My school is affiliated with the govt, so it seems I'm coming across less corporate stuff. They're covering housing, and medical at lest. The only downside is the vacations are more limited, along the lines of a typical govt worker.
>>76214947
How long were you over there? Any life advice?
>>76214225
shut up kim
>>76213975
I'm actually wondering how you came to exploit your linguistic skills as a career, or at least, in a path that lead you to generate income. I mean alright, I can speak english, russian, german and french, but what additional skills should I actually acquire to monetize those I already have?
>>76217480
Being a good middle-man is part of being good at business. Speaking multiple, or even just two languages, can make you a good middle-man.
Just your friendly reminder that if in 1 year you can't speak Japanese then you'll be flipping burgers.
>>76213829
enjoy the air
>>76218243
Eh, the particle count/size is no worse than NYC in the early 70's.
>>76211443
>Implying islam will let chinese take over
im fine with hungarian
>>76213829
>That pic
qt tbqh
>>76212130
This. Chinese is spoken almost entirely by Chinese people. Most English speakers know it as a second language, and it's used as the international language of business, aviation, sea travel, etc. Perhaps most importantly, over half of the internet is in English. It's the language of international communication, and probably will be for a while.
Watch out, guys, if you don't speak Japanese by 2000 you won't be able to compete in international business.
>>76211443
>Chinese is the future
They and everyone else learn English to have a future you unworldly college sophomore nigger.
>>76211443
That was meme 20 years ago as well. Shoot yourself.
>>76218730
The Chinese aren't western cucks, they do not tolerate islam.
>>76211443
Who speaks Mandarin outside of China?
>literally no one
>>76214225
[citation needed]
>>76211443
The 'le china is going rule the world' maymay is getting stale. China won't be able keep afloat
>>76219972
Pic related is your typical 21st century Japanese couple. This will be the last generation of Japs because they do not have children.
>>76211443
Haha. No one needs Chinese Mandarin. Most of /pol/acks are too young to know but we had tbe same meme in the 80's when everyone was 100% certain that the Japanese would run the world. Now after the crash in 1991 we all know how well it went for them. Same will happen with China but on an even larger scale. Last year was the start of chinas downfall. Also the Chinese are fucking horrible people.
>>76211443
I'm already flipping burgers in the current year
什么问题?为什么你美国猪不要学士中文?
Clinton is going to win btw, I hope you guys like being culturally enriched
>>76220254
Japan has started paying people to have babies. They're climbing out of the population gutter as we speak.
China will never get their shit together. They don't even know how many of themselves there are.
>>76220254
>>76220846
They have a hundred and forty million people crammed onto some islands that total the size of California. They can afford to not fuck for a while.
>>76220574
学习 you dumbfuck
>>76221384
对不起,我的中文不好
>>76211772
xixixixixixi
>>76221347
Not with their rapidly aging population. Who is going to replace the retirees in the workforce and pay for their pensions?
>>76211443
and a ching chong nip nop to you young lady
>>76217480
That's what I am going to do too frogbro.
I can speak Italian, English and French and I'm studying Russian and German (adding Portuguese or Spanish after reaching a B2 in both).
I guess our field is and must be sales, unless you want to be a slave-translator or some shitty paid teacher.
Console yourself, you speak natively French, which is a fundamental language.
I speak Italian and it's useless since nobody gives a fuck about Italy or Italian, though I love my mother tongue.
>be chink
>can speak hillbilly canto fluently
>can't write chinese
is it too late to start relearning
>>76211443
Actually been considering it lately. I took up German a few years ago, and that was fun, but Mandarin seems like more of a challenge. And more useful.
Also considering Arabic and Japanese. Thoughts?
>>76223057
See >>76212376
>>76211443
My Australian wife already speaks it, why should I learn it?
>>76223057
Arabic would be indeed useful, Japanese too considering how poorly Japs speak English and how relevant Japan is the economic global arena.
If you want something challenging you could also try with Russian (very useful and quite hard to master).
>>76223280
Wow. Good save. Thanks.
Japanese it is, then.
>>76223501
I started with Russian when I was a kid, but learned before long I was trying to jump into something I was entirely unprepared for. Since English has so many words rooted in German, it was a much better starting point as a beginner.
それより、むしろアニメ観るのために日本語を勉強したい。
>>76220254
How did this ugly loser score such a kawaii pillow GF?
>>76211443
That's what they told me 20 years ago. The only Chinese I've needed to know is "number 2 special, extra chicken balls"
打倒美国帝国主义!中华人民共和国万岁!
Jokes on you. I am sleeper agent. Already infiltrated
>>76211443
It's incredibly difficult for most English speakers to learn it.
I'm so glad English is spoken in so much of the world and I was born in and English speaking country.
>implying there would be countries in 20 years
>>76226051
我不知道你写什么,可是我也要用我的汉字。你的中文真不错。
Take that!
>>76211443
How's your breathing air btw?
