To be fair, zero is a complicated number

  • alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml
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    7 months ago

    Same, and not having to remember different versions of words for tense and gender is great. Where Chinese gets you back though, is measure words. Is a can of beans many 颗? 粒? One 包? Oh I was supposed to remember 罐?

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      7 months ago

      I don’t mind the measure words so much because you can always use the generic one and people will understand, it’s the tones that really mess me up.