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12-09-2009, 04:17 AM
Hello, I am a Native Chinese(Cantonese) person, I was born in the USA and 15 years old currently.
First of all, I agree with what MMM said about learning a foreign language for business purposes. You can never exceed to such a level unless you are genuinely interested in the language/culture/etc.
It really all depends on what interests you, Japanese or Chinese(Mandarin)? Since I'm native and speak Cantonese, Mandarin to me is a piece of cake, all I need to know is to know the different ways of pronouncing a word. lol
Although, I am not interested in the Chinese culture or anything...my parents call me something in Chinese which directly translates to "Japanese Kid." This is because I'm so into the Japan/Japanese. All the Japanese I know so far are all self-taught, so before taking a class, you can also try some self-teaching and see what suits you better if Japanese and Mandarin are both as interesting to you...
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