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It's not nearly as hard as you think! (i.imgur.com)
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my 3rd grader came home with this today from school, excited to show me how he’d written his name in Chinese. I had to gently explain to him that this is, uh… extremely Not Correct

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I remember feeling so proud when I realized that 吗 and 妈 both had a 马 in them and I finally figured something out about the language that wasn't just rote memorization.