Does the Chinese Alphabet really exist? What’s the history of the Chinese language? What are the most common Chinese characters? We reveal all…
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why does english have capital letters? i wonder why english has capital letters? as a non native english speaker, i could not understand the logic behind it. it also increases key strokes on typewriters, computers, and makes it difficult for non natives. i am sure that if puritans of engli...
Some languages are just the opposite, right to left. Other languages don’t run horizontally at all. And historically, there were even writing systems that changed which way they went from line to line. Does all this have you turned around? We’ll point you in the, er, right direction. ...
my favortie is "i am Japanese so i can`t speak English" yet there may be 5 or 6 or more Japanese people around them speaking more than acceptable English. what does he say about himself (usually a him) and what does he mean about the people around him that are Japanese and speaking...
feeling at home any where in th world, is a huge advantage that we can already see even with our ten year old. No matter what she does in life, having three dominant languages and playing two instruments will add to her life immensely and also give her important skills to pass on to ...
Why does the lunar calendar change? Why is May Day called May Day? Why do Romance languages use prepositions? Why were writing systems invented? Why is it important to study communication? Why did Teutonic Knights have horns? Why are there different phonetic alphabets? Why did Roman theatre st...
My Japanese dictionary app does and, oh my god, that function is so so wonderful. What’s my point? Get Anki. The Method: Build That Deck! You’re travelling, you’re immersed, and you have a miniature god in your pocket at most times. How can you use this to learn a new ...
To suggest (as certain posters have) that simplified characters are bad because 1) traditional characters were here first and 2) they were implemented by the CCP, and everything the CCP does is bad/evil therefore simplified characters are bad/evil too, really doesn't stand as an argument....
Does the Chinese Alphabet really exist? What’s the history of the Chinese language? What are the most common Chinese characters? We reveal all…