I speak French and English fluently. (French is my native language). I'm thinking about learning a third language and my choices are: Mandarin or Arabic. Since I plan on getting involved in public/international affairs, both would be very useful. Any suggestions? Have you learned either of those languages? Did you take classes? (I want to be able to speak either one of those and write as well)

I've noticed that in mandarin, theres two words for country and two for you. you- (你)nǐ, and (您)nín. What are their differences? And another thing, theres a miss-(小姐)xiǎojiě, and mr-(先生)xiānsheng. Is there a Ms and Mrs? If so, whats the pinyin and characters for it? Country- (国)guó, and (国家)guójiā. Why is there two for each? And how do I know when to use them? Thanks

Chinese is my native language, but it's not a piece of cake to me since I was born/grew up here in America and English is pretty much the only language I speak (took Chinese school before...). my mom made me take the chinese sat so i did, but i have yet to tell her the results... i Got a 5 on the AP Chinese Test lat year and a 740 (!!!!!!! omg >< not even 750..) on sat 2 chinese this year. should i just not send this score to colleges? i was expecting a low score, but not this low... maybe like a 760 or something...sigh

I want to learn Mandarin, I am planning to start these lessons by Feb.

I want a chinese book from you. I really love to speak chainese.

I know tones and basic pinyin, but im am stuck on what i should focus on first. Should i focus on the 1chinese characters and develop my vocab 2 study grammar 3 or just more pinyin?

I was wondering if the Mandarin Chinese word for rain - 'yu' - has ever been used as a female name in Chinese? Either as (ideally) a first name or family name. Thanks very much for your expertise.

If possible may I have the Beijing dialect, if needed, characters and pinyin please. How do I say "I really miss you and I hope we all stay friends until I am able to visit again" "I would also like to keep contact with you and all my other friends" 非常感谢! :)

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I know that there is no verb conjugation and that the sentence structure is similar to english (SVO) but what else is there to know? When do you put in helping verbs? How do you say "it?"(would it be ta?) Where do you put in times of day? Is it true that you add the "le" after the verb to make it past tense? any helps is appreciated:D Additional Details Also to say "is/am" would you use "shi" or "hen"

please don't make the sentences too hard :) 1. 經驗 2. 胡說 3. 儘管 4. 世界 5. 反复 6. 文明 7. 故鄉 8. 搬運 9. 發生 10. 思想 Please make them REALLY simple because i need to memorize them, haha thanks. Sorry I wouldn't usually let other people make sentences for me, but it's mastery test and it has to be grammatically correct.