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Originally Posted by OHayou
1) be nice to Nyororin - she's a really sweet girl
2) English may be important for us English speakers but a lot of business goes on between nations / companies / people with absolutely no English involved.
I'm sure some Chinese people would say that Mandarin is the most important language to know.
3) I think I am pretty fluent in English since I've been speaking it nearly 33 years and I study Japanese for an ungodly amount of time compared to how much I actually know. Maybe I'm just a slow learner (lol) but I am not sure knowing English makes it easier to learn Japanese.
I can't think of a language that would make it "easier" to then learn Japanese (maybe spanish for the sounds? or mandarin because at least you're learning Kanji)
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Cannot disagree, being Chinese myself, I always get asked the question "Why can't you speka Mandarin", it annoyed me to a point that I refuse to admit any knowledge to what little Mandarin I know...
Knowing Chinese (Not Mandarin, Chinese, we can discuss in another thread if you like) definitely give you some advantages with the Japanese language, a lot of the Kanjis share the same meaning as its Hanji counterpart, while it is pronounced differently, it does have a lot of similarities. cannot comment on Spanish, as I have absolutely 0 exposure to Spanissh, though I think, knowing Korean may help with Hiragana and Katakana......