Mandarin Chinese: After a year of study, I can say it's fairly difficult to learn, due to it being a script based language. In terms of practical usage, though, China's role in the global economy lends itself well to current and future business opportunities.
At least Chinese doesn't have conjugations or declensions or anything. A lot of the time, I think it's status as a "difficult" language is mostly undeserved, and only from the perspective of English speakers.
Mandarin Chinese: After a year of study, I can say it's fairly difficult to learn, due to it being a script based language. In terms of practical usage, though, China's role in the global economy lends itself well to current and future business opportunities.
Same here. Just in pure hours saved and the usefulness of the language in business, it is by far the best investment.
I would say the same thing. I already know English and Spanish. Mandarin seems like the logical next step.
Zuckerberg learned it for this exact reason. He wants access to those 1.3 billion people.
I would also choose Mandarin Chinese but only if I could instantly read and write the language as well.
你会说汉语吗？一共我学习八个月了。现在我住在中国。英文和中文很不同的·，但是我不觉得中文很难。
At least Chinese doesn't have conjugations or declensions or anything. A lot of the time, I think it's status as a "difficult" language is mostly undeserved, and only from the perspective of English speakers.