Chinese Isn’t Hard. Here’s Why.

[00:00:00]The idea that Chinese is harder than other language is kind of nonsense.

[00:00:03]Chinese isn't harder, it just has different [music] challenges. I'm about to prove it to you. So, first, let's talk about grammar. Chinese grammar is way simpler than English. [music] No verb conjugations, no plural forms, no gender rules. Compare that to Russian, right? Now, that's intimidating grammar.

[00:00:19]Here's what makes Chinese really brilliant. The words are incredibly logical. Take the word for computer, diannao, literally electric brain.

[00:00:26]>> [music] >> Airport, feijichang, literally flying machine place. It's like the English compound words playground or sidewalk, except 98% [music] of Chinese words work this way. Every word pretty much tells you exactly what it is. The real issue with Chinese, all the difficulty, is front-loaded. Tones and characters hit you immediately when [music] you're a beginner, and this makes Chinese feel impossible. But, here's the thing. Once you crack the code on characters using memory palaces and master tones through [music] mass sentence practice, Chinese becomes easier than most languages. The hardest part isn't the language itself, [music] it's getting the knowledge that you need to make it easy and then sticking with it long enough to get past that initial wall and see exponential [music] progress.