Learn Chinese? Should You Learn Mandarin Or Cantonese?

Learning a language is not easy. You should at least learn the langugage before visiting the country.

If you want to learn some Chinese, I recommend you to learn Mandarin instead of Cantonese, as it is getting more common.

The best way to learn a language is through practice. You may also purchase some language software in order to speed up the process. Rosetta Stone is a famous language program which provides easy tutorials for you to learn Mandarin at your own pace.

The software provides some features which are very good for beginners to grasp.

* People and talking
* Directions: “How do I get to …”
* Affirmative and negative verb forms
* Food, eating, and drinking
* Family relationships
* Direct objects
* Telling time
* Numbers to 100
* Objects of prepositions
* Clothing and dress
* Vehicles, furniture, clothing, and instruments
* Shapes, colors and locations
* Greetings and conversations
* Travel, transportation, and transactions
* Verb tenses in the passive voice
* Shopping and dining out
* Asking questions; Forms of address
* Imperatives
* The weather and clothing
* Office activities and terminology
* Subjunctive and subordinate clauses
* Common social conventions
* Calendar conventions
* The five senses; Sickness and health

It provides pretty good tutorials for you to learn Mandarin in a practical method.

Rosetta Stone Chinese (Mandarin) Level 1 & 2 Set