and I’ve read dozens of books in each one. Common sense should tell you that Japanese was much harder to learn than Spanish was… but that wasn’t true. I was forced to learn Spanish in school, and largely dreaded it. Spanish meant little more ...
Chinese, Japanese and Korean all have simpler number words. They express Matl concepts(概念) more clearly than English. Several studies have linked(联系) weak Maths abilities in English-speaking children to English number words. Chinese, for example, has just ten basic number words. English, ...
has more than two dozen (一打). The trouble starts at 11. English has a word (eleven) for that number. Chinese, Japanese and Korean have words that can be translated as ten-one—spoken with the ten first. That makes it easie...
Such a way of thinking, he saw, would have been utterly unthinkable in Korea, which at the time was criticized by Japanese intellectuals as a dictatorship. This biting sarcasm, including some bitterness from a Korean intellectual who knows Japan well, hits the Japanese much harder than if the...
English,however, has more than two dozen.The trouble starts with “11”. Englishhas a word (“eleven") for thatnumber. Chinese, Japanese andKorean have words that can betranslated as “ ten-one "-spokenwith the “ten” first. That makes iteasier for children to understand the place ...
South Korea suffered under 35 years of Japanese colonial rule (1910-1945), which included ruthless military rule, censorship, discrimination and forced labour. It’s a part of the collective consciousness today. The industrialisation of South Korea after Colonisation and the Korean War ...
For Japanese, Chinese, and Korean, this number drops to 10 characters per second. Practice daily The fluency of a person varies from how much they are in contact with the languages in questions. Therefore, a person who was once fluent in English, for example, may not be anymore after a...
Japanese. C. Portuguese. D. Korean. 2. What is very difficult for many foreign learners when learning Chinese? A. Writing system. B. Pronunciation. C. Writing system and pronunciation. D. None of the above is true. 3. According to the passage, which is the hardest language to learn?
Art installation at Nikkie Place National Museum and Cultural Centre. Japanese are big in arts. It’s my go to “free” exhibit that I visit annually. In June, I had the privilege of visiting Japan. Seeing students wearing traditional attire, kimono and yukata, reflect the rich culture that...
English,however, has more than two dozen.The trouble starts with "11". English has a word (" eleven ") for that number. Chinese, Japanese and Korean have words that can be translated as " ten-one "-spoken with the "ten" first. That makes it easier for children to understand the ...