That's actually a word. Free rep to anyone who can tell me what it means.
Worthless hint No.1: It's synonymous with Xingyugaochao.
Worthless hint No.2: It's made up of two words, xingjiao (or xingyu) and gaochao.
This should take a while :D
Sex?
Cao Ni Ma.
That's all I know lol. I know something about a dead-turkey ****ing an airconditioner or something too, but I can't remember it right now.
My Chinese sucks, I've forgotten most of what I knew. I had to look up "shei". :(
My friend yells random chinese at RMTers (Who are typically Chinese.) in online games. Usually just gibberish; I pick it up from him.
hm, foreign languages could be useful in online games like that. especially strategic ****.
Man, I just took geek to another level, and I'm not even a gamer.
Wasn't XINGJIAN GAO CHAO that author who wrote Soul of Chaos??
Uh. That's not the answer I'm looking for, even if whatever you just said is correct.
Besides, it's Xingjiao, not Xingjian :)
Nvm, read the title wrong lol
That's right you did. I want a formal written apology, with a gift basket, and a little vial of your tears.
No tears, blood.....
I wish I knew Chinese. I don't think I'm ever going to manage to completely learn a foreign language, though, unless I live in its country of origin for like ten years.
Chinese is kinda.... I dunno. If you say "yi" wrong, it could be taken at least 51 different ways.
Yeah, it's all about the tone of your voice and how you connect words.
It's not how you connect words, but what words you connect.
wǒ chī = i eat.
wǒ chī le yī ge xiāng jiāo = i ate a banana
wǒ chī gu
Now say de wo xiang jiao :)
that doesn't mean anything that i'm aware of. lol
Hmmm it might be de wa xiang jiao
Cong tiao bu hao
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It's actually proven that you learn languages better - you have on/off switches in your genes or some crap like that, and at some point one for learning languages easily turns off.
Not that it's impossible to learn languages after that, of course, but I'm having such a hard time that I wish there were a way to have taken advantage of that in my youth.
That on/off switch must be pretty late, then, cuz I pick the **** up quick.
You might just be good at it.
Actually, I think the studies saying it's harder to learn a second language as you age are rubbish too. The only reason I'm having the trouble with German I have is mainly due to the fact that I don't have the time to study it like I want to. Hopefully that'll change so I can become profeicient isn't of being mediocre.
I have two people in my German class who are middle aged at least (40 or older), and they seem to be doing as well, if not better, than the younger students. I think it really comes down to how much time you have and how motivated you are to learn a language.
Nah, I don't really buy it. I've seen people do just fine with languages in high school. It might be the case with some people, but the majority who actually do try to learn languages? Nah
Well, see, nobody said you'd necessarily be bad at learning languages afterwards. Just that little kids are good at it until then.
Nah, I still don't buy it :D My sister never learned hardly any Spanish and her dad's side of the family might as well speak it exclusively. I'm still trying to teach her "yo" and "tu" and she's 11.
On the subject of China:[quote=Wikipedia]Through new laws the Chinese government has said it plans to restrict gamers to three hours of consecutive play, using a “fatigue technique” in games. Children and teenagers are strongly encouraged to play online games no more than 3 hours per day through this method. After 3 hours their character abilities will be limited. Gamers who spend more than five hours will have the abilities of their in-game character severely limited. Players will be forced to take a five-hour break before they can return to a game with the character back to full capacity. In some cases further playing is locked down through their IP identification number or account with the online game vendor. The operators face little choice as they need government approval to offer online gaming. [6]
China's crazy. Luckily they don't allow immigrants, so I won't ever have to move there. Hong Kong maybe. That seems like a decent enough place. But not the PRC.