Anyone speak Mandarin Chinese?

[Oneironaut]

Hahaha, that's what I was thinking. Aren't you using a translator too though?

No, I studied Mandarin for two years at college, but I've forgotten a lot of it.

[surreys princess]

china is very strict on all drugs....

i am learning cantonese, my husband is chinese, and that is the dialect his family speaks....also very popular in vancouver...

and just a friendly reminder, we like everything in english on the boards so we know what is being said.....i know you were asking a question, but i just wanted to throw that out there for the back of your minds....thanks

princess

[Fengzi]

and just a friendly reminder, we like everything in english on the boards so we know what is being said.....i know you were asking a question, but i just wanted to throw that out there for the back of your minds....thanks

princess

去你的！ Just kidding

[Dr.Hashman]

dude im using rosetta stone to learn dutch :rastasmoke:

Learning that next for when I go to University of Amsterdam! Transfering in after 2 years at Arizona State University.

[rayhaha]

yeah, i could help u , dude.

[LIP]

A friend of mine is completely fluent in mandarin. Dont know how long he's been able to talk it, but damn, anyone would think it's his mother tounge.

[psybotbob]

wo hui shou zhong wen. (I can speak Chinese)
I speak Chinese. I'm living in China now, with my wife.
She's Chinese. I'm from South Africa though.
I don't write Chinese. It's way to difficult. I'm slowly learning as I stay here longer. I speak Afrikaans too.

[twoguysupnorth]

yes chinese are strict on drugs. i had a mandarin roomate once and only learned a couple of words, also have another mandarin online friend. they both say that their parents and families are very strict and traditional there. good luck, i bet it will be a good experience anyways.

[zane929]

im a first-gen chinese, parents immigrated in 87. I can speak mandarin fluently but i cant read/write very well. i wish and everyone keeps telling me i should learn to be literate too, but i always lose interest. too many goddamn words to memorize.

as far as i know, they're extremely strict about pot (and drugs in general besides alcohol/tobacco) in china. dealing can get you the death penalty. apparently it's hard to get good bud, but my friend who was in beijing last summer said he was able to find some decent hash. i dont really know how you'd go about getting some though; i go back to china pretty much every year but always with my family so i've never tried to smoke while im there.

[cannabis campbell]

Nope, I dont but people say its supposedly the most common spoken language in the world.