Message from @Big Meme
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it ain't China if the toilets don't smell like shit and piss
Anyone here used rosetta stone to learn mandarin?
or any language?
I heard rosetta stone doesn't really teach you properly beyond direct english translations
get pimsleur and glossika from a certain bay
also, since you already know canto, once you get down the differences in vocabulary and grammar, it becomes a lot easier https://qph.ec.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-8007deb4907b5ff12fbc7ae6a2f8f264
@plasticsword you won't get any tangible results with rosetta stone
and the time investment it requires is ridiculous when you think about how little it teaches
you have the ability to analytically study as an adult. I suggest you get a proper grammar guide or a textbook
I found the most effective way for me to learn, as someone who's also of chinese background, is to simply listen and look up words you don't know. It goes a very long way.
okay thanks guys
Finally back from Tibetan land. Back in Chengdu. It feels so nice to have soap when you shower
What really sucked is that bathrooms are already shitty so when you finish taking a dump you want to wash your hands right? Well the water smells like sewage so you're better off smearing your own shit on your hands and then eating a sandwich than washing your hands and not eating at all
I probably got lung cancer from the shitty air and radiation poisoning from the water
All in all tho for as much as I complain about the shitty chink hygeine I actually do really like it here. It's an amazing country and definitely worth the visit if any of you guys get a chance
I'm going in August, flying in to beijing. Looking forward to it.
For you guys who've been there, what cities/places do you recommend visiting or staying at?
I'm in Chengdu now and the city is great. Very clean and always something to do. Air is meh. Beijing has way worse air tho. I'll be there at the end of the month to fly home
How long have you been in China?
By air is "meh" does that mean mask-worthy pollution?
why are there so many white people in shenzhen
the air is like standing 1m away from a car exhaust
are they expat or tourist
both
I think shenzhen has one of the highest white population in China
Isnt shenzhen almost like Hong Kong?
free economic zone so you can browse facebook, twitter, youtube etc?
I thought that was only for gwailo <:thonk:288060975775612929>
no
shenzhen in the end is still china
while hong kong found it's own identity
if you go to lok ma chau, the border between hong kong and shenzhen you see the difference
on one side there's massive skyscrapers and a big city feel
and on the other side it's farm lands and green hills
As a Cantonese speaker, do you feel that people are more civilised in one or the other? Don't know what to believe because HKers and mainlanders all talk shit about each other
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
actually, no, not the mainland as a whole
I mean HK vs Shenzhen