#i dont know mandarin

[theverynext]

Hidden in the Cloud Recesses, among the mountain peaks, is my heart, with its own yearnings.

He is gone but this ice cold heart has yet to be warmed.

The three thousand rules of this mortal life are not worth half a vat of Emperor’s Smile.

Who is the drunk one now?

#wangxian #mxtx fanart #mdzs #fanart #i dont know mandarin #i wanted to do English cursive #but i suck #so #i did mandarin #i just love them so much

[unforth]

I was today years old when I learned that the word for Mandarin in Mandarin is 普通话 and now I'm lmao because it is the most Chinese thing ever for the Middle Kingdom around which the world revolves to call their language "ordinary talk" in contrast to everyone else.

And to be clear I don't mean this disparagingly, I think it's fascinating as an example of how history and language frame word creation, how cultures see themselves, etc. I think it's so cool. I will never forget this word. It will be on my slowly fomenting next list of more of my favorite words in Chinese. It's absolutely intriguing and neat.

But I was also extremely "wut" at first because I know all the characters individually and didn't realize that TOGETHER they meant Mandarin so I just thought DuChinese was being weird about comparing Cantonese with other Chinese dialects (the reading was about dialects). 🤣🤣🤣

#unforth rambles #chinese langblr #i really.hope no one takes this wrong #i was just so offended at first cause i was like WHY WOULD DUCHINESE CALL IT ORDINSRY TALK THATS SO MEAN TO CANTONESE #and then i actually checked the entire definition #and now im just lmao at myself and at history #culture is amazing #how people as a nation see themselves in relation to other cultures is fascinating #and yes ive studied chinese for 2 years and only learned the chinese word for mandarin today #idk either life just be like that i guess #im so worried someone will think im laughing about hahaha china thinks theyre language is the best but i know better #when i dont mean it that way at al #language and words are historical and cultural #and i think this is amazing from a historical and cultural standpoint #and im laughing at myself for not getting it #and because i should have realized because this is just SO CHINESE of chinese to dk #heck forget historically china is STILL arguably the most advanced and powerful country in the world

[to-junipterandmars]

my irrational pet peeve is when people write out chinese words in a way that is understandable to english speakers but not accurate

#like yes ik some sounds just dont exist in english #but sometimes there is a very easy way to transliterate it that would be way more accurate #like yall r not giving the english speakers a fighting chance man #also sometimes ppl r translating dialect yea yea i only know mandarin though #seems fitting considering the time of year

[thegreatyin]

eben's 3rd module lore for all the goat enjoyers on tumblr

or: a goat doesn't take his schizophrenia medication and somehow this unlocks necrosis damage

#yin-thoughts #arknights #translation courtsey of someone on twitter i didnt do it i couldnt do it i dont know shit about mandarin lmao #so keep in mind it may vary in the english release. but it seems mostly coherent as-is

[benkyoutobentou]

🙃 and 😱 for the langblr emoji asks!

🙃 - Is your target language hard for you?

Each language has its challenges, but I wouldn't really say any of them are particularly difficult for me, say, to the point of frustration. I have struggled with genders and cases in German, but changing the way I think about them has helped!

😱 - What other languages do you know?

I was raised monolingual, so English is the only language other than my target languages that I'm highly proficient in, but I guess I could say Spanish! I've mentioned this a few times here, but I took Spanish all throughout high school and had around B2 level proficiency by the time I graduated. I didn't keep up with it after I graduated, though, so although I have a working knowledge of it, I'm extremely rusty (and I was never super great to begin with). I always say that Japanese is the language that taught me how to learn languages, so if I could redo those years after I graduated (and even while I was studying!) I definitely would've kept up with it and wouldn't have let it deteriorate to this point. One of these days I'd like to work my Spanish back up to a usable point, but it's not something that's in the cards right at this moment.

Thank you for asking! ♥

#ask game #benkyou posting #langblr #studyblr #i think a lot of the ''this language is hard'' mentality comes from test taking #and i dont care to take any language learning slash proficiency tests right now #im not even in classes rn #although i would be if i could #language learning #polyglot #back to german though #i was struggling to remember noun genders #and then i was like wait a minute. how is this any different from remembering tones in mandarin #and then i stopped having troubles lmao #i guess just looking at it differently helped me #because i wasnt thinking about how hard X is but rather comparing it to something that i know i can do

[revolutionarysuicide]

really feeling like ms worldwide the way that thus far every single customer i've gotten who hasn't been able to speak english, i've been able to converse with them in their native language. common laura W

#that's 2 customers who only spoke spanish and 1 customer who only spoke mandarin #and ig a deaf customer whom i managed to speak to in my extremely limited BSL? but i wouldnt count that cause like i dont actually know BSL #i just know like 3 things or whatever and that happened to be enough for a cashier interaction lol #i dont put any kind of multilinguality in my cv cause im v much not confident in non-english languages but maybe i should. #maybe i underestimate myself

[birdmenmanga]

im just like hugo shinji murakami fr but I don't think it's a good thing...

#just thinking thoughts... #sorry some of the stuff he said about japanese brazilians is exactly how I feel about taiwanese americans... #why do you guys get together like this. you dont speak japanese you only know like. jpop. what are you getting out of this #I wondered this myself at those taiwanese american dinner family-friend gatherings #it just felt like they were proud of their heritage because if they weren't they would be crushed and erased #but at the same time they're not willing to put in the effort to say #learn mandarin chinese #like I'm reading his words and it all seems very gatekeepery but also. I have also had those thoughts #I don't necessarily agree with all of it anymore but like. I get him. #my sister says it's impossible to date someone taiwanese because it's impossible for them to understand american politics #(like racism. I think racism against black people is especially hard to comprehend. like 'why don't they just x about it???' #(I don't think you understand what systemic means.) #but like. I dunno. I'm not sure I could date someone who isn't taiwanese. how would they ever understand THAT?? #you will never 'lose' american politics the way you can lose taiwanese culture... #uh like it sounds like she wants someone who understands her suffering. while I want someone to understand my ideals. you know

[froqgy]

mandarin is very easy structure wise like the grammar imo, the hardest part for me is just like speaking/listening wise distinguishing between tones for different words (吗 versus 妈 versus 马; ma versus mā versus mǎ)

(said with the voice of someone whose taken mandarin for years in high school but also with the voice of someone who failed the ap test because they made it completely speaking cuz of covid they changed it up..)

#i wouldve stood a chance.. #writing and reading is so much easier as i did not grow up in a mandarin speaking household #but the few words i know in cantonese are ingrained in me from when i was little and my mom would say them. #idfk the jyutping for them though LOL #i need like machine translation assistance with texting my family in mandarin bc i dont knwo all the characters #but i understand the grammar. its just a matter of committing new words to memory. SIGH...

[iowntheworldandyou]

Do any chinese mandarin speakers know if this is correct and what the full line is?

有没有说中国普通话的人知道这是否正确以及整行是什么？

#the ghost and molly mcgee #TGAMM #mandarin chinese #chinese #translation #i dont know where else to ask at this point 👉👈 #also sorry for google translate chinese

[trashsketch]

Work has been kicking my ass to the point of burnout but im really hoping i get back into drawing sometime, I really miss doodling

in the meantime tho I’ve signed up for Japanese lessons and they made me do some quizzes to estimate my level, and I can safely say that two years of casual duolingo practicing puts me at juuuuuust shy of JLPT N5 level so idk if anyone’s interested to know

#text #duolingo isnt super great but it isnt nothing #like the big caveat is that they dont teach grammar or conjugation well at all but vocab is all there #I recognize kanji because i already know mandarin but there is nothing that teaches you stroke order beyond hiragana and katakana #but that is fine for me cause my goal is being able to cry to utada hikaru songs and read doujins. So listening and reading!

[1o1percentmilk]

me when i got that combination taiwanese accent and american accent so i can't pronounce my zh- sh- ch- and -rs

#i mean i can i just think it sounds silly #like even my mom doesn't roll her tongue when speaking to my family but does for her interpreter job #i did not know people rolled their tongues until hs chinese.. i dont pronounce it like that #in real pinyin: jintian chi shenme #in my head until i was 14: jintien tsi summo #shei zai nar? -> sei zai nali? #if i remember correctly taiwan mandarin kinda changed from the same thing where old english changed with germanic(?) immigrants #but with japanese colonialism #its kinda interesting #yap

[mondaymelon]

Me, a Cantonese person:

F i n a l l y a w o r t h y o p p o n e n t

g a s p !

me, a chinese person.

𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐁𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐋𝐄 𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐁𝐄 𝐋𝐄𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐑𝐘.

#★ ˎˊ˗ melonrambles! #★ ˎˊ˗ inbox... anons!! #honestly the amount of mandarin-speakers im finding on this platform is giving me the warm fuzzies giggles #instead of fighting.. perhaps we should hold hands and run in a circle in a meadow of wildflowers? #with crowns of flowers gracing our heads and the whistle of the wind being the only testament to our comradeship? #j u s t a t ho u g ht #i love flower crowns sm istg but i dont know how to make them nor do i know a single person who can. SOBS

[miulore]

GIRLS HELP! 

#++ #my therapist lol told me to try something new everyday -_- ANY IDEAS?!??? #(I THINK SHES A FRAUD!! but im gonna try for my mom <3) #pls give me ideas i litchewrally dont know what to do lol #started learning mandarin tho....

[arthur-r]

genuinely how does someone succeed in college when you’re so terrified of being incorrect or looking stupid that you can’t even say anything to begin with???? i was trying to go into this year brave and everything but i’ve already been laughed at multiple times by a class full of people older and scarier than me and i already feel like i’m being judged and underestimated for so many reasons that i don’t want to give anyone another reason to look at me that way. but it’s gotten to the point (in the less than one week that classes have been in session; maybe it’s always been at the point) where i’m failing to submit assignments because i know that my teacher is going to see it and think i’m stupid, and never listen to me again, and i’m going to lose all the credibility that i’m trying so desperately to hold onto. and i know from a logical standpoint that it’s the teacher’s job to meet people where they’re at and lift them up from there, but honestly is that much even true anymore?? isn’t college about figuring out who has what it takes and who is going to get left behind???? why did i enroll in fucking honors classes of course i can’t do this???? i’m really not feeling well and i stayed in tonight and missed dinner and i miss home and i miss being able to talk to my friends and not be actively ruining my future. i feel like i’m always good until i’m not, and i don’t realize i need help until i’m too far in and by the time i get it, i won’t need it anymore but i’ll have ruined everything back when things were worse. i’m isolating from my roommate (who hates me because he thinks i hate him) and losing every friend i’ve started to make at the same time as i’m losing all the real friendships that i already have. and my roommate is across the room right now as i’m quietly fucking crying. and i want to go home and i want to be safe. and why is everything so unfamiliar and simple and wretchedly complicated.

#im really not feeling well. i want to go home and im not used to that at all #i miss my little sister. i miss my teachers and i miss my friends. im not used to this #what prompted all of this: i was trying to do my linguistics homework and i made it about an hour in coming up with faulty hypotheses #and i realized that far of the way through. that the only dialects i’m fucking familiar with are all fucking variations of north central #‘whoa somebody talks similar in anchorage as they do in taylor’s falls?? it must signify a deep linguistic thread traceable over generations #they’re just both right next to fucking canada???? of course they fucking sound similar???? the fact that i don’t know anyone from the east #or the south and even the people i know in the west are still the same fucking thing we all talk the fucking same #i know village english that’s a little fucking interesting but it’s not like i have any INSIGHT i don’t KNOW anything!!!! #told my french teacher i’m learning latin he asked me if it’s fucking ecclesiastical because once you’re in college it’s just normal i guess #i just feel like. yes i’m here because some part of me stood out from my peers. but in this group of special people?? i’m nothing!!!! #so i’m really struggling. and i want a hug and i wish things were different. i want to be here but i don’t feel like i deserve it #and i’m not going to get anything done if i keep feeling like this #i dont know. i hope everyone is doing well. sorry for the extra stress it’s just really difficult and strange #i hope everyone has a good night - i’m heading to bed soon #me. my post. mine. #friends only #vent cw #delete later #and everyone here speaks fcuking MANDARIN or something and all of a sudden my five years of french feels fucking basic. #kids who have been in advanced programs since birth. the imposter syndrome is fucking PALPABLE!!!! i want to go home and i want to forget #okay i’m done. im done!!!! everything is fine. hope everyone is well

[perrys-place]

i bring a sort of “rainbowy sunshine sparkles glitter in your eyes” vibe that “blogs with bright colors are toxic” fans don’t like

#where did that notion even come from? #i guess it has to do with like #the discourse and drama side of tumblr which like...yikes ok... #that kind of thing has made me self concious abt the way i style my own blog #and i dont like that!!!!!!!!!!! #i wanna add sparkles and texts like * . + and ^w^ #i think its fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #i know the symbolism is abt Animals that have Bright Colors are often poisonous as a warning sign #like ok #i know the intention there #but sometimes i just like rainbows and stuff #and thats coming from someone with sensitive eyes (<--- me) #Tumblr will always have deranged and often rude people. and thats true #but like Sonoran Shovel-nosed Snake and Mandarin ducks. i think you can still be colorful without causing harm #i mean. you can still be colorful without automatically being assumed to be a bad person #its just about your self-awareness and how you interact in the online world #idk #rambles

[rararazaquato]

tested out a new art style w some monkeys. then under the cut it stopped being style work and started being mandarin headcanons.

gore/unsanitary/disease talk/mild body horror/fictional animal death slash zombification under the cut so uh, content warning for all that stuff.

#the reason i tag it as mild body horror is bc of the fact that his face is constantly exploding #i dont think being a living corpse necessarily counts as body horror #then again what is a rararazaquato post about srmthfg without the most heinous and monstrous suffering inflicted towards mandarin possible #i just think mandarin in canon looks like he's constantly in pain and i want to reflect that #also mandarin's energy sword and antauri's ghost hand are the same colors but with the highlight and base colors swapped (vibrates) #they are NARRATIVE PARALLELS and also LOVERS TO ENEMIES #okay rant in the tags over #srmthfg #mandarin #super robot monkey team hyperforce go! #also i know his face got acid burned in botb i just like to think it was doing yhat beforehand