It probably sounds silly but I quite enjoy not memorizing different names for days of the weeks and months like when I was learning french ... Lundi, Mardi ...

Nice to be like 星期一，星期二，星期三 ... for week days and 一月，二月，三月... for months.

[–] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 15 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (7 children)

Same, and not having to remember different versions of words for tense and gender is great. Where Chinese gets you back though, is measure words. Is a can of beans many 颗? 粒? One 包? Oh I was supposed to remember 罐?

[–] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 4 points 7 months ago (3 children)

I don't mind the measure words so much because you can always use the generic one and people will understand, it's the tones that really mess me up.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I find the tones are hard, but I find it's easier to remember them within a sentence than for individual worlds. Good news is if you mess it up, context still makes it possible to figure out what you meant.

[–] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Dumplings vs sleep....it still gets me

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago

lol there are just so many words that basically sound the same and mean completely different things

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