Is learning Chinese worth it nowadays and why?
>>85334816Unless you plan on moving to chinkville I dont see why you would. You already speak English which is used fucking everywhere at this point
>>85334825And translation software is basically the only thing that's better than it used to be.
if you're gonna learn a language chinese is a pretty good choice considering where geopolitics is goingI think language learning might be obsolete soon thanks to AI translators
>>85334825>>85334832What happens if software breaks down?
>>85334832>translation software is basically the only thing that's better than it used to beI don't use antichrist software but I heard even that is not the case anymore.
>>85334857and by that I mean comparing AI translation to AI translation. Supposedly it's getting worse.
>>85334816If you have no experience with tonal languages (vowels get higher or lower pitched to create new sounds/new words) don't even try it unless you're 150 IQ+. If you were, you wouldn't be asking 4chan's advice.Mandarin is completely tonal. Xiao with a high pitch on the o is a completely different word than Xiao with a low pitch on the o. And there are third and fourth variations where the tone dips down and then rises back up or vice-versa. It will take you a few years to even hear that shit and remember what tone is what word. Not to mention, they have just as many homophones (words that sound exactly the same) as English, probably more.If you don't have native Mandarin speakers around you to coach you, don't even think about it. You aren't going to learn it with an audiobook or flash cards. And it's pretty safe to say you will never be able to read their pictograph language with over 50000 unique symbols, unless you dedicate the rest of your life to learning it.
>>85334816Only if you intend to do business almost exclusively in China, but certainly primarily in China. Otherwise it's a complete waste of time beyond a hobby.
>>85334844Where exactly do you think geopolitics is going?
>>85334851lots of hand and face gestures
>>85334816I heard a good method for a lot of foreign speakers is the so called "baby method".The first six months you are just listening and repeating the words and look what they mean, just that, like a baby.Then you learn to read and write it.Almost everyone I met who became good enough in mandarin to converse in, for example, Taiwan learned it like that, regardless if they began it in their 20s, 30s or 40s and beyond.Else to the direct question, it is worth it if you plan to move to mandarin speaking nation like Taiwan, which I think will be even more important in the next decade or if you are in general in a business setting and try to harden your relation with mainland China or Taiwan.
