Mandarin Chinese is often labelled as difficult to learn for the average speaker of "Western" languages. The usual reasons given are that the writing system is time-consuming to master and radically different from systems based on the Latin alphabet. Another often cited hurdle is that it is tonal. This means that each stressed syllable has its own pitch associated with it. Changing the pitch can change the meaning. In theory, at least, pronouncing "ma" with a high level pitch, or saying it with a falling-rising pitch can mean talking about your mother or a horse. In practice, though, the social and linguistic context give enough clues so that messing up one's tones may not be as serious as usually believed.
That's about the introduction of mandarin chinese language, and I have a dream that I can speak mandarin chinese well (as seen on TV :) ) , that's why I want to share with you and want to study with you - if you want to also :) - mandarin chinese language. I'll share the materials I have about this language (and you can share here also) so that we can study together, I'm still in beginner level, but I do love to speak mandarin chinese language, so Let's start to learn mandarin chinese language, let's study together, yao bu yao ?
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