Is it hard for an English speaker to learn Mandarin?

Mandarin Chinese Mandarin Chinese is challenging for a number of reasons. First and foremost, the writing system is extremely difficult for English speakers (and anyone else) accustomed to the Latin alphabet. But writing isn’t the only difficult part of learning Mandarin.

Is French or Mandarin easier to learn?

The language is actually easier to acquire than romance tongues like Spanish or French because Mandarin Chinese shares a similar grammatical system with fewer commonly-used words. There is no conjugation in whatever form.

Should I learn Chinese or French first?

But if you just want to be fluent in French and it’s not so important to reach native level then focus on Chinese first and pick up French on the side from French speakers and study it later.

Is Mandarin Chinese a difficult language?

Mandarin Chinese is a language shrouded in complexity. Be it because of the cultural distance between China and English speaking countries. Or the difficulty of taking on a tonal language. Or even the flowery, somewhat poetic style of Mandarin Chinese prose. There is no doubt that Mandarin Chinese deserves its reputation as a difficult language

Is Chinese a difficult language to learn for British students?

In my experience, most British students are gifted in learning languages and are usually sensitive to Asian culture. This is their biggest advantage when learning Chinese. It is however understandable that some learners think Chinese is a difficult language.

How hard is it to learnmandarin for foreigners?

Mandarin isn’t that easy to learn for foreigners. You have to work at it, and keep practicing, week in, week out. But if you persist at it, you will get good after some time. It’s highly dependent on tones, so if your tone is slightly off, the listener will hear a entirely different word or phrase.

Is Chinese a first language in the UK?

In the UK, Chinese is not the first foreign language choice, while European languages such as French, Spanish and German are much more popular. Chinese grammar is in many ways similar to English grammar. A simple Chinese sentence structure consists of a subject, a predicate and an object.