It probably sounds silly but I quite enjoy not memorizing different names for days of the weeks and months like when I was learning french ... Lundi, Mardi ...

Nice to be like 星期一，星期二，星期三 ... for week days and 一月，二月，三月... for months.

[–] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 15 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Same, and not having to remember different versions of words for tense and gender is great. Where Chinese gets you back though, is measure words. Is a can of beans many 颗? 粒? One 包? Oh I was supposed to remember 罐?

[–] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I mean tbf you're addressing a can of bean, so 罐 is correct. It's the container that count, not the content.

[–] CoggyMcFee@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

It's the container that count, not the content

That’s not what Mr Rogers taught me

[–] androogee@midwest.social 1 points 11 months ago

Okay but what if that can of beans can suck its own dick?

[–] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I don't mind the measure words so much because you can always use the generic one and people will understand, it's the tones that really mess me up.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I find the tones are hard, but I find it's easier to remember them within a sentence than for individual worlds. Good news is if you mess it up, context still makes it possible to figure out what you meant.

[–] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Dumplings vs sleep....it still gets me

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago

lol there are just so many words that basically sound the same and mean completely different things

[–] Klear@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago

I like how in French it's almost the same as in English. Monday = Moon Day = Lunar Day = Lundi
Tuesday = Tyr's Day = Mars' Day (both being the god of war) = Mardi

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

This seems like it would be difficult for the visually impaired.