The Mandarin Language has characters and not Alphabets as each character is a syllable and can even refer to a word by itself. The language dates back hundreds of years and has different dialects which leads on to the fact that Chinese have over 50,000 characters.
Words don’t change in Mandarin. In other languages like English, a work could have different forms but in Mandarin that’s not the case. The verbs and adjectives all stay put. For Example, here the verb is 去 (qù) which stands for Go and if you notice it stays in the same consistent form no matter what other changes come in the sentence.
Another fact to ensure about about this Language is that, it is topic prominent (Chineseboost.com, 2017). The sentence starts with what the main point is unlike in English where the subject or the doer is put first.
Since Mandarin has a consistent set of words no matter the tense, or other factors – here are some basic words that you can use without considering the sentence they are a part of :
Fluentu is a website that helps you better learn your grammar by showing real-life examples from various TV shows, Music videos and so on. They show the usage of the sentence and its pronunciation to help you interact and better grasp the material.
The German Language is of utmost importance all around the world, especially to students. It is actually the third most spoken foreign language after English and French which speaks amounts about its necessity, in being spoken well by a beginner. Luckily for you, we have some top tips that you need to take care of while you go on this journey.
The most important rule is that the nouns always have a capital letter no matter what.
Secondly, German and English are actually interconnected. Most common English phrases of today are actually even derived from Deutch. So while learning, it is helpful to notice and connect those words that sound and mean similar to that of the word in English. Find this too good to be true? See for yourself through these examples,
(Blogs.transparent.com, 2017)
Another interesting tip is that the verbs will be in the 2nd position of the sentence all the time, unless you use “weil” (because) or “dass” (that) – in which case it will be pushed to the end of the sentence (FluentU German, n.d.).
Gender is a huge part of the German Language. If you take care of the Gender portion, your path to being fluent in German will get much easier. Now here’s two random but important facts related to this. Every Plural noun is considered feminine and All of the rivers outside Europe are considered masculine (S., 2019)
Do you feel like Mandarin and German is now easier to conquer in your language learning experience? Well, At C2C Academy, we will give more tips and tricks to help you become proficient in these two languages. Join us soon!
REFERENCES :
1. Blogs.transparent.com. (2017). 4 Easy Grammar Rules to Remember when Learning German. [online] Available at: https://blogs.transparent.com/german/4-easy-grammar-rules-to-remember-when-learning-german/ [Accessed 4 Nov. 2019].
2. Chineseboost.com. (2017). [online] Available at: https://www.chineseboost.com/grammar/chinese-grammar-rules/ [Accessed 4 Nov. 2019].
3. S., S. (2019). Top 4 German Grammar Rules, Tips and Tricks. [online] TakeLessons Blog. Available at: https://takelessons.com/blog/german-grammar-tricks-z12 [Accessed 4 Nov. 2019].
4. FluentU German. (n.d.). Starting from Scratch? 5 German Grammar Rules to Get You Going. [online] Available at: https://www.fluentu.com/blog/german/german-grammar-rules/ [Accessed 4 Nov. 2019].
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