Japanese, Korean, and Chinese: Which one should you study? - Multilingual's opinion (East Asian)
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- Опубликовано: 2 июн 2024
- I listed down the things I wished I have known before learning Korean, Chinese, or Japanese - I get this question a LOT and here is a Polyglot's opinion on this topic: which language should I study first? Japanese? or Korean is easier? or Mandarin Chinese?
Well watch this video to dive into the different languages and their benefits as well as challenges - but I will also let you know what is easy in every language!
I'd love to hear what you think!
You're already here so I dare you to comment :)
(1) Which language are you studying?
(2) Which one is your favourite language? Chinese, Japanese, or Korean?
(3) Your favorite C-drama, J-drama (or anime plz), or K-drama?
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CHAPTERS (TIMESTAMP)
00:00 intro
01:00 Chinese (Mandarin)
04:20 Korean
05:40 Japanese
07:50 Conclusion 1
09:10 Conclusion 2
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I did Korean first and that has made learning Japanese grammar very easy. In the future I’ll probably learn Chinese too because then I will have kanji knowledge to help make Chinese easier.
I’m doing the opposite lol chinese to japanese because it has kanji then Korean with the similar grammar
@@anaisfernandez-laaksonen1506 Cool! Good luck. Maybe the people who start with Japanese have the best advantage? Get through a bunch if hard stuff then when they move to Chinese they have lots of characters and vocab and when they move to Korean they have the grammar. Though in the end I think whatever someone is most passionate for should be first because language learning is a long process!
@@Learninglotsoflanguages witch language is easy to speake korea,chainese or Japanese??
@@radiarafiarafid3870 I think Korean is the easiest but easy vs hard is so subjective. And is it because I started with Korean that it is easier? Hard to say. But although Jaoanese pronunciation is easiest for an English speaker, the whole pitch accent is tricky in my opinion and it's harder to read at because beginning because of kanji. I really have no experience with Chinese so can't speak to that right now. I think all languages are "hard" to us at first and as we have more time and input, it becomes "easier". Hearing a lot of native speakers with make the sounds of the language "easy" in my mind.
@@LearninglotsoflanguagesYou don't have to worry about the japanese pitch accent!
Being Multilingual is just such a great skill!
You can connect with people on a more personal level and will learn soo much about the culture and the history of the language you learn. Things you won't get taught in school but will be really helpful for your future life.
As a European person you often already know two or three languages but learning a language from a completely different culture, helps you to see a bigger global picture and think international.
Also useful for traveling of course ^^
I speak English and Portuguese (the last one is my mother tongue). I’m really into Asian culture and its languages. I started learning Mandarin, but I gave up because the four tones were going me crazy, and I needed to focus on learning English better - I’m still learning this language. I really want to learn Mandarin in the future; I hope I can do it one day.
no spanish? la traición hermano
@@carlitoxb110 Why is it so hard for me to learn spanish as a brazilian? 💀
@@naoireiivefor me too lol, it was supposed to be easy, isn't it?🤡
@@naoireiivebecause both languages are so similar that our mind just can't process right, then we get confused a lot by mixing every single word!
加油！你可以的！🎉😊
thank you🙏 i chose korean since i alr knew the alphabet, how to write & speak it. all i needed help was to understand and it’s grammar. i’m probably thinking abt learning japanese or chinese after!
Im bilingual, speaking Afrikaans and English fluently. I have recently been very interested in asian culture, traditions and languages as it is very different from where i grew up. I started learning Korean a month ago but the learning process is tedious as i struggle to make time with my busy schedule, but i am searching for resources and hope to become fluent in Korean and maybe try Japanese or Chinese. currently i am focusing more on learning german as i hope to study in Germany.
i love your videos, its very inspiring and interesting to watch
Being a kid of the 80s and 90s, I grew up with the success story of Japan and by the college came along, I chose to study Japanese for the career chances....but it was the time Japan was kinda falling out of the rising star status. If I knew what I knew now, I'd either go for Korean or Chinese instead. I don't regret my choice though. I had the chance to know the wonderful culture that I kinda always liked. I tried my chances at Chinese and Korean too, but I couldn't continue much further.
My native language is Turkish, I speak English and Japanese well, learning Russian and Indonesian, Russian being the language I'm better among the latter two.
woo! I’m studying accounting, the language of business and it’s very straightforward once you know the fundamentals because money works algebraically.
I wish you included cantonese in this video 😭 I'd love to learn it too. I have very weird feelings rn it's hard to explain but I read Babel by RF Kuang and immediately got invested in mandarin, I started learning Japanese in 2020 bc I was supposed to visit but covid struck🥲 and I never went so I dropped it unfortunately. I recently started out on a couple languages and I've been thinking about Japanese and Korean bc I wanna revive my love for Japanese and I already know hangeul so I thought that I might as well learn it. Thank you for this video !!
Omg thank you so much! I’m studying Japanese and was debating which Asian language I should learn next. This video made me realize I want to study Chinese!!!
I am a Chinese. But you can trust me. I think Chinese is worthiest language for learning. China is future, and China is history so. Chinese culture is various, wisdom and harmony. As a human, our time is finite and short. But, everyone can learn their preferable language.
Learn Chinese, you will get your second experience.
@@yaoer7733Can you be my friend I'm learning Chinese rn
As a Filipino, I can't fit too many languages into my brain anymore since as a Filipino we have 111 dialects + 2 national languages which are Tagalog and English, and my mother tongue is "Ilocano" and I can speak Tagalog and English but I am currently studying Korean 한국어 and been studying it for almost 10 months now so if I can still fit in inside my brain I might consider Mandarin and Nihonggo soon haha and yea I'm actually an aspiring businessman someday so Mandarin would be a great idea to learn next after 헌국어. 영상은 좋아요, 너무 감사합니다. 💖
Thank you so much this will help me a lot
Thanks so much! I’m learning Japanese with Duolingo!
Great video!!! 🥰 I've been learning Chinese for two years now. I like this language so much 🇨🇳, I wanna start Korean this year but i don't know if I'll have time. I might take a look at Japanese 🇯🇵 too.
what motivates to learn Chinese is all the entertainment and i have a Chinese friend that calls me often
I can speak Latvian, French and English fluently and I can understand a big amount of Spanish and some Dutch. I started self-learning Mandarin Chinese around a year ago and for some reason it came to me very easily! The tones aren't too hard and words are very easy to memorize, especially as a visual learner. I'm planning on learning Japanese too in the future and I know it will be easier as I already know many kanji. I think people should learn a bit of Mandarin first (at least the basics) because so many people speak it and it will help with Korean and Japanese in some useful ways. It will also give a sense of accomplishment... Overall I think learning languages is so fun!
I've been going through Japanese since I really love the country and culture. It's so cool being able to understand the language and read Japanese history without a translation. Well, I still have to translate names of people and places because kanji names make so sense sometimes.
Well said
Thanks for sharing.
So Korean has an advantage of easy writing system (almost like alphabet),
Mandarin is the most spoken tongue in the world -even though yes Chinese characters might be intimidating to newbies,
...and then there's Japanese.
Yes Japanese culture is prevalent across the globe (who haven't heard the word "anime" these days), yes it's easy to pronounce (C-V syllables only, with "n" exception), but man does Kanji terrify you. I really wished I mastered Chinese characters before dipping into Japanese.
*"I'm afraid of no man. But, that thing..."*
*二千常用漢字の辞典
*"It scares me"*
love your videosss
Thank you for your insight. I am learning Korean. I am interested in learning all three and would jump around through entertainment and music, but now I will focus on Korean.
I’ll begin by saying I’m a Southern Californian of European ancestry that teaches ESL. I have studied the histories and cultures of all the East Asian countries, and I have close relationships with and lived with people from Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Vietnam. I’ve dabbled in all three of the languages presented in this video. Here are my impressions in the order I tried them.
Japanese:
Pronunciation is easy. I just had to learn a few new sounds and flatten my stress.
Because the Japanese tend to speak very slowly in relatively evenly timed syllables, the listening is quite easy.
Kanji is not so bad. Of course the Native Japanese Kana was easier, but really, Kanji is not impossible. I used to practice each character 100 times on the train in Sapporo.
Grammar on the surface is easy. If you only want the basics, it’s pretty clear and with few irregulars. BUT, once you try to really understand how to modify the verbs for intention and mood…oh my god!
Korean:
Pronunciation is not too challenging, since there are so few sounds, but as the video says perfectly, getting the exact phonemes accurate can be difficult because they are similar but subtly different from the ones in English.
Writing is extremely easy. I learned Hangul in a matter of hours, and I practice by writing all my Korean students’ names in Hangul. The main challenge is getting the diphthongs right, and some spelling doesn’t match pronunciation.
I haven’t learned Korean deeply, but the grammar seems similar to Japanese perhaps with less complication.
Mandarin:
I plan to move to Taiwan in the future, so my newest project is learning Mandarin.
The writing is not so scary because I have a little background in Japanese Kanji. From living in Japan, I already recognize some street signs and such.
Yeah, grammar is no sweat. No verb tenses!
OK, the big problem for me is speaking with correct tones. It is my greatest impediment. I hope it clicks with me someday.
One more note on the info in the video (which I very much agree with). I do not consider the various tongues of China to be dialects. The Chinese language palette is made up of numerous distinct languages (much like in Europe), not mutually intelligible unless you rely on the universal ideographic writing.
I am already bilingual since I speak English and Spanish but I've studying Mandarin Chinese in my school in the United States and my teachers have been great so far, and I've been studying Mandarin Chinese for 2 years. I have been studying Italian for around 3 months since it's a Romance language like Spanish and the grammar and the speaking is so similar. But also Italian food is one of my favorites like pasta, lasagna, gelato & much more. This video has helped a lot since I'm really interested in studying different languages at the same time. I'm really into European and Asian languages and I love studying geography and culture in school. I'm interested in Chinese as for the characters and the Chinese culture but I also love K-Dramas and Korean cuisine. I am also in love with the Japanese characters especially, Kanji and Hiragana. Oh, and I also love anime a lot. I want to be multilingual hopefully and eventually in 4 to 8 language's someday and I'm thinking about studying more Spanish and Chinese, but I also want to learn Korean, Japanese, Italian and possibly French & Russian or possibly also Portuguese. Thank you for sharing this video, it's really helped me decide with language to learn first and I think I'm going to study Korean first since it sounds more interesting to me.
for me, learning korean is easy because i often listening to kpop and watching korean variety show. i also watch a lot chinese drama so i tried to learn chinese by myself before but it's hard so i stopped. i will challenge myself too learn chinese again 😁 i learn japanese too but stop because i don't have time huhu
Personally I learnt Chinese first because then it was much easier to learn Korean and Japanese
@@kellylan2635are you fluent in chinese now?
agreed tbh. i HATED absolutely HATED learning chinese as a kid but their poetry and prose like goddamn....its on another level
I'm learning Japanese and Chinese i self study and i watch C-dramas and J-dramas
I'm currently studying simplified Chinese right now. I have tried to learn Korean but my brain wasn't as entertained by it? Idk. Maybe because I grew up with Chinese movies and entertainment so it is easier to me than Korean. I am learning in a class and my husband studies with me.
Torn between Mandarin and Japanese, would love to learn both right now, but i can only put so much time into it.
Du bist wirklich große Klasse! Ein Talent! Ich möchte Koreanisch lernen, weil die Schrift mir gefällt. Sie ist klar und einfach. Die chinesischen Zeichen sind so kompliziert, ausserdem muss ich sie mit der Lupe anschauen ...
I ended up choosing Japanese since I think the grammar is super fascinating, I have friends studying it, and the music is great! I honestly wish I had multiple lifetimes and willpower to study all three as they each sound fun and interesting. Right now, I'm just using books, my friends, and apps and while my progress is slow, I'm content.
A maioria dos gringos nos Estados Unidos não está interessados em aprender outra língua e sempre dizer; esta é a América fala inglês ou vai para o seu país!
Really I'm into so much in mandarin bcz there poetry ohh mahh goo soo goood
My brain is just simply in love with Turkish and Japanese Languages🙃 I've learnt Turkish with help of a friend, bcz there is no way I can learn grammar through utube videos. My Turkish is 10%, I know how to read, it has an easy & similar alphabets to English. But when it comes to Japanese the alphabets are chaotic😩
You are very encouraging to those of us language challenged, and because you are so beautiful, you are easy to watch. I am trying to pickup the Korean language. I’m glad you think it is the easiest.
Hmm.. I smell a predator..
I'm trying to learn Cantonese, but I'm only at the very basic level at the moment.
Hi! At what level are you now?
Ich fand die Japanische Grammatik gar nicht so schwer, da es dem türkischen Satzaufbau und teil auch die Grammatik sehr ähnlich ist, habe ich beim lernen immer von meiner Muttersprache ins japanische übersetzt . Nur die Schrift ist halt next level. aber sonst easy peasy
다양한 언어를 말할 수 있다는 것은 정말 멋진 부분인것 같아요! 멋집니다 👍
I wanted to learn Japanese first but im downloading pdf instead but they aren't helping yet so ill need ur help with knowing which book I should buy to actually learn it well
Wow! She's so pretty.
I can't pick between Korean and Chinese, I know English and polish but I think I'll stick to Chinese since so many people speak
I want to start learning Korean and Japanese soon. i can only speak english and german and a little latin.
So dope you speak Cantonese!
I know Spanish (this being my mother language), English and still studying French. My dream is to become a polyglot.
And honestly, I’m hoping to have Japanese as a language I will know.
But, I want to learn Italian before I start with Japanese. So cross fingers 🤞❤
conclusion :: if you know the language of particular region , the you'll able to understand/feel their emotions better 😂😂 ................
....while I started learning Korean , actually it was quiet easy but I have learn Korean names for all things .......... i don't have time for that coz of + 2 exams , and college entrance exam ........................but I too wanna learn Chinese and Japanese ,,,{while I'm fluent in English , Hindi , Marwari ,{some Russian }, C , python, sanskrit (not fluent but ..) lol😁😁}
Im learning Korean now tho
Im going to learn everything korean, japanese and chinese
Her English accent is so beautiful 🥺
I’m learning Korean now, Hangul isn’t too bad to learn
Ooo this is my first time being first hehe
second
THANKS FOR BEING HERE HIHI
@@KyurinDiary hehe I really like ur videos and they are helpful too and thank you for the heart 💖
I’ve did Japanese first but then started Korean then Chinese I think people should start with Korean then go to Chinese then Japanese
我先学中文 然后是日语 最后是韩语。这就是我的计划 但是我现在已经学中文。大家加油!!
Believe me, you just need to speak English for doing business in South East Asia and China.
My mother tongue is Cantonese, and I also speak Mandarin and Japanese(N3)
Also....meine Muttersprache ist deutsch.
The second language I learned and also graduated from high school is English
J'ai aussi appris le français à l'école, mais malheureusement seulement à un niveau intermédiaire.
Durante mi graduación de la escuela secundaria, aprendí español durante tres años.
Saya belajar bahasa Indonesia selama setengah semester di universitas, namun keluar dari mata kuliah tersebut karena tidak bisa akur dengan dosennya.
ขณะนี้ฉันกำลังเรียนภาษาไทยที่มหาวิทยาลัยด้วย ฉันจะเรียนให้จบหลักสูตรเมื่อสิ้นสุดภาคการศึกษานี้และสามารถเรียนต่อในภาคการศึกษาหน้าได้.
プライベートでは日本語を少し勉強しています。私はまだひらがなを少ししか習っていません。今ワンピースをとても楽しんでいますが、字幕を見ずにもう少し理解したいと思っています。
나는 또한 한국어에 관심이 많습니다. 나는 K팝과 K드라마를 좋아한다.
Jag är också intresserad av skandinaviska språk. Jag lärde mig lite svenska ordförråd. Men inte mycket.
Also allgemein interessiere ich mich sehr stark für Sprachen :) but I would say the only languages I can really speak fluently are german and english
Could somebody tell me what k dramas where suggested in the video
German,French,Korean,Chinese,Japanese,Thai,Spanish
Japanese is definitely the language I want to learn the most, but it's just way too damn hard. I guess I'll just have to stick to Chinese or Korean instead😔
Once you learn Chinese or Korean Japanese gets easier you'll get to see the pattern
Those three languages are all difficult lol
@@caocao4266 Yeah but Japanese is especially the most difficult language for English speakers by a considerable amount
와, 이렇게 많은 언어를 할 줄 아는데, 나한테는 영어만 배우면 스트레스가 너무 많아.
한국어를 알면 일본어는 금방 배울 수 있어요. 반대도 마찬가지. 중국어는 전혀 다릅니다.
up主好可愛啊😘
For me as a White dude in anywhere but N&S America, Europe. English, English, English, English. *Me talks in chinese* *they understand and talks back in English*
I am currently studying Chinese, I really would like to learn then Japanese and lastly Korean, but my hart is in China so I think I should study Cantonese and then maybe look for other languages.
why you don't learn mandarin?
i learned hangul in 30 mins, i can separate words when i listen and read and write but i cant translate it so idk korean lmao
Smh.. I want to learn chinese first because I believe it will benefit me in business but japanese is a language that I have always wanted to know.... soo ... it tough, plus spanish is not bad ether
Find the money first then relax.. So learn Chinese first then go to Japan to have a good time 😂
👍👍👍👍👍
Chinese entertainment or anime?
I’m learning 7 languages
Cantonese
Korean
Sis...
How about the racism towards people from south and southeast Asia ?
どれか勉強した方がいいのが分からないけど、日本語にした
You should study Vietnamese.
I was only focusing on your dimples
Japanese
My dream is to learn korean and marry a beautiful woman like you one day i hope
Mo dao zu shi ♥️
Hat sie recht, wäre ich nicht in Deutschland geboren dann würde ich mir sicher nicht die Mühe geben due Gramatik im deutsche zu lernen, selbst viele Muttersprachler haben Probleme damit und auch in der Oberstufe und im Abitur ist es das unbelieteste Fach weil es einfach sehr stumpf und langweilig ist
在RUclips找一條擁有彈幕的視頻真不容易啊
Chinese is the easiest for me anyway.
🇨🇳>🇰🇷>🇯🇵 imo
Do u know thai too?
Yes ☺️
I have been studied Mandarin for three years I want to know Korean language is easy than Mandarin or no?
Much easier
I’m studying Korean. Learning to write it as well . I don’t have a partner yet, But I’m using my app and Watching K dramas .
Alchemy of Souls really inspired me to start , but I’m taking it serious at this point . Great video. I’ll learn Chinese when I master the Korean language.
한국인도 어려운 한국어 문법...
그쳐ㅠㅠㅠㅠ
To me I disagree with learning Korean first, because If I were to learn. I would start with Mandarin because the writing systems consisted of Simplified and Traditional. Furthermore, as for business purpose it will be helpful. There more Mandarin speaker around the world. As for Japanese, for those who studied Mandarin can easily learn Japanese much faster because they shared the same character. Also most of the Manufacturing companies around globe also Japanese. It come to all depend of purpose and the mission objectives of the end users.
I’m confused do you can be Asian and speak different languages I’m confused I thought it was one language. Can someone explain…
Never compare Korean with Chinese and Japanese.
Korean is different from Chinese and Japanese, in terms of face, body, character.
Chinese and Japanese have nothing to do with Korean.
You can compare Chinese and Japanese for they are close in terms of face, body, culture.
As a person whose first languages are Chinese and Korean, fluent in English, speak a little bit of Japanese, I can clearly tell you that there are a lot of Chinese-character words in Korean just like in Japanese. Well educated Koreans know a lot of chinese characters without learning Chinese language.
Người Hàn Quốc là người vùng Đông Bắc
@@shimsonghyunDon’t bother with an arrogant know it all老外
Tau kontlo?
A C2 level English is better than master multiple languages with a low level.
What if your first language is English?
@@juanmonasterio1334 the answer is pretty obvious: pass exam -> get a C2 certificate 😂
@LevTsarin That was not my question, he or she said it's C2 level English is better than master multiple languages with a low level, but if English is your native language, so as a native you are most probably a C2 in English, if you already are completely fluent in English cuz that's your first language, I don't need to know any other language in the world?
@@juanmonasterio1334いいえ、ジュナモナサン
I'm currently studying Korean on my own, and I'm gonna study Chinese next here at university, but my fear is the job part, I have no idea of what to do and I'm still trying to understand if study languages can bring me to a job hopefully outside an office, and I'm constantly freaking out because of this🥲
Just one idea but flight attendants get to travel and must know different languages!
@@AnnStaCruz that would be really cool! Thank you!
Many people need korean and ESPECIALLY chinese translators these days. For companies who wants to expand globally, Chinese is so important because China's market is so huge that expanding to China would make the company really successful since people in China are very supportive of the brands available in China. And to do that, they would need someone who understands at least the native language and also Chinese so you could help them deal with the Chinese client and translate the contract for them.
@@JessLuvRyeowook yep, also working in the marketing industry could be interesting, the only thing that scared me a little is the fact that there is the possibility that I end up working close in an office, and for now, I don't think that's what I want, but it really seems that what you're suggesting can give different possibilities, so thank you very much! 😁
china has one of the biggest and fastest growing economies in the world :)