tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2948554209789938907.comments2008-05-03T17:47:07.324-07:00Effective ThinkingAndrew Sheldonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15469120006156639030noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2948554209789938907.post-3250945675708612942008-05-03T17:47:00.000-07:002008-05-03T17:47:00.000-07:00Hi Janis, I was referring to the romanised version...Hi Janis, I was referring to the romanised version, or speaking it if you like, not to writing it. Thanks for the feedback, appreciate the opportunity to clarify.Andrew Sheldonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15469120006156639030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2948554209789938907.post-7881914869438972192008-04-20T04:28:00.000-07:002008-04-20T04:28:00.000-07:00From your post I can easily infer that you really ...From your post I can easily infer that you really don't know much about Asian languages. It's funny that you think Japanese is easy to learn just because the sounds corresponds exactly to the romanization of the characters. But if u actually try to learn this language, you need 10 times the amount of vocabulary u need in English just to be able to conduct a decent conversation and listen to news, and u have to study extremely complicated grammar patterns which has no direct English equivalents. Mandarin, I would say in spite of the difficulties one will encounter in mastering the tones has an easier grammar structure and inductive vocabulary, as well. <BR/><BR/>Btw, Filipino is my first language, English my second, then Japanese, then Mandarin , and maybe more in the future.- jjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10328274327581526035noreply@blogger.com