Thank you Hazza for inviting me over to your channel! As always love to chat with you, especially about my favorite topic learning and teaching Chinese. Very humbled too to see all of these comments and everyone's ideas about Chinese language and if it will become a global language. Sending lots of love to everyone from Guangzhou! Sara
Thank you so much for taking the time to share your story with us - I hope this video will inspire more people to start learning Chinese! I had an awesome time talking to you too!
Wow, wow, wow, I am gobsmaked to see such fluency in Mandarin. When I come to work in China, I will have to enrol in your classes to brush on my very rustic Mandarin being of Malaysian Chinese descent. Really learning Chinese requires dedication and love of the language. I also love how words are formed out of rudimentary combination of single words like telephone being electric voice, fire car for train. Just love it and also was at the British Museum in London and the characters have not change much from the Dynasty days allowing me to glean the meanings of the writings.
I think the Chinese language will become more common internationally. What is more important is that we speak the language of understanding, respect, tolerance and acceptance.
I like that, and I totally agree. For sure, we need to speak the language of respect and acceptance - that truly is a global language that we can all pick up really easily with a little bit of effort!
FYI, my 11 year old grand daughter is learning chinese at her primary school, as it is one of her core subjects. Nar Nar Goon Primary School, outer easter suburbs, Melbourne.
There are many words or phrases that are cultural specific.. that don't translate.. This is more so with descriptions of "feelings", "relationships" etc etc
Learning a new language is never easy! That's amazing that Sara can speak fluent Mandarin and she's a Mandarin teacher. I'm not sure whether Mandarin will become a global language, but I'm pretty sure there are thousands of people learning it or going to learn it. It's not only because there are a quarter of population from the world are using it, it's also because they know learning a new language can offer them more opportunities for bright future prospects and learning different culture
Yeah, Sara is definitely an inspiration to us all! I agree - more and more people will start learning Chinese because it opens up so many opportunities! Thanks for commenting, Jing!
@@Hazza_Harding I love your videos! This one reminds me of my previous Australian colleague who wanted to practice his Mandarin. He asked my three-year-old daughter “你贵庚了？” It’s a problem of register. It’s like I first time used ‘sweet dream’ (好梦）to my my male foreign friend who is like my brother. I was told ‘sweet dream’ is normally used between couples. Translation sometimes does help communication but it also causes us to make mistakes. Learning a language isn't easy!
@@jing5924 that is so true! I have had a lot of similar situations. Sometimes Chinese people tell me I am being too polite, because I say 谢谢 and 不好意思 way too often… and sometimes I use 您 too much… even with friends. I’ve had a few awkward moments with mates when I’ve used 您 instead of 你…
It's amazing that Sara speaks fluent Mandarin to be a Mandarin teacher in China! Both of my children born in Toronto are only able to speak basic Mandarin. However, I'm very pleased to learn that my daughter who now lives in Paris is taking online Mandarin lessons with a teacher in China. I hope one day she will be able to master Mandarin as well as Sara.
Thanks for sharing!! Yeah, Sara really is an inspiration for a lot of people! I guess it is really helpful to see a fellow foreigner who speaks Chinese so fluently, it gives you hope that you can also get there!
I'm very humbled to see all the loving comments here and I truly believe that if I can learn fluent Chinese, everyone else can as well! All the best, Sara
China’s opening and reforming is really impacts into new globalisation civilization. Like one big family and hopefully rest of countries will adjust and adapt for new reality especially 12 percent of western population. Existing in harmonious diversity cultures. Appreciated you and her meaningful hardworking.
But regarding this topic I think Chinese wi be a global language as despite it not being an official language for many countries unlike French or English, the Chinese diaspora around the world is huge and I cannot think of a major country without a Chinese community.
@@jeffreyjahja7 English and French were imperially established as the ruling language of the colonialists, the foreign invaders with superior arms and firepower aswellas a government with its many working units in operation. Moreover, it also supports the number of famous brand names of essential goods like Nabisco or Reading Biscuits, Jardine Waugh Engineers and the missionaries with their whole package of Christianity, religious and cultural conversions with economic strings attached in terms of jobs or businesses, the teaching, education schools - Catholic, Methodist, Quakers etc... the whole western system wasbrought into the colonised territory and right from the starz, there was a sensitive observation of the different religious an d cultural norms of the different ethnic ities. I believe the greatest religious and linguistic conversions occured among the immigrant Chinese in SE. Asia. mainly as being an immigrant community, they were not bound to the control and rigidity of the homerule as the would be in their homebcountry. Hence, English, which was my 2nd language, had taken over my mother tongue which is Hokkien as I was educated fr primary 1 to my Masters degree plus many training courses all in English and I've lived in the Uk since 1973. My mother tongue or Hokkien has become a subtractive lang. while my 2nd lang. is an additive. Mandarin is also an additive for many reasons different from that of English That can be e,xplained on another day. But I guess many people will feel sorry for my mother tongue and its loss as my first language. All languages are thieves... do you know why? .
@@yananneteoh9818 it is a bit hard to explain but governments around the world are trying to find a mean to communicate. India made English an official language in order to not prioritise one language group over the other despite its colonial origin. Places such as China, Taiwan and Singapore wished to make Mandarin the Lingus franca to reduce tensions between their ethnic Chinese communities. Each and every country has its own reasons.
A nice interview 👍 as Chinese, I am quite proud of Chinese becomes more and more popular. I notice that when I travel to many European cities, there are Chinese written on the price tags.
Yeah! There are also Chinese signs in Australian airports now (they have been there for quite a few years already) - it is good to see. Thanks for commenting!
i think Chinese/Mandarin is no doubt will become one of the global language, especially when more foreigners doing business with Chinese, and when Belt and Road becomes more influence.
Foreigners with no accents is always great to hear! My goal is to talk on the phone to other Chinese people without people figuring out I am a foreigner. (waimai, kuaidi, didi, etc.) Sara is doing great things here!
2 years ago in Pudong airport, Shanghai, 2 African guys next to me talking in Mandarin Chinese with some northeastern accent. I still remember that scene coz their pronunciation was probably better than me, a native mandarin speaker
I love Sara’s take! I can totally relate to over preparing for my first lessons as a maths tutor 🤣 Anyways always love your videos Hazza, lots of love from Sydney!
Hello from Finland! Amazed and glad to find Sara is a Finn teaching Chinese! As far as I can tell, you are doing a great job Sara, and thank you Hazza for this interesting interview!
Hello Harry, thank you very much for another very interesting episode; I really admire Sara’s choice to become a Chinese language teacher and I’m quite amazed at her mastering a difficult language. Your mentioning of your experience that sometimes you found it difficulty to translate certain expression from Chinese to English (vise-versa is also true) is actually an indication of your understanding of the Chinese language and its culture has reached an advanced level. Congratulations. I speak English, Cantonese Mandarin and Quizhou dialect all fluently without ever having to think about it, but there are times certain expressions in one just do not exist in another. As for whether or not Chinese would one day become a global language, it’s a difficult question, those who said a flat no without thinking probably have never learnt the English expression “never say never”. Why Latin was the Lingua Franca during the Roman Empire period? Why Spanish dominates the central and south Americas? Why Korea, Japan and Vietnam all adopted Chinese as their language at one time in their history? Why English language didn’t dominate the world until the Americans became a superpower? There are a few pre-requisites that a countries’ language can become ‘global’, 1. The country has to be dominant (Economically, Militarily and Culturally), 2. Its culture has to be influential. 3. There have to be sufficient people from other countries who speak the language. 4. The language can survive the pass of time. China, at this particular moment, only possesses pre-requisites number 4. But remember, the Chinese history is measured by centuries, not every 4 years, who can say for sure that two to three centuries from now which language is to be ‘global’.
Wow... Thank you for complimenting my Chinese! I know I still have a long way to go with it, but it is always nice to receive positive feedback. Also, I really like how you mentioned "never say never." I guess, if 40 years ago, you told most people that China would be the world's second largest economy in 2021, people would have laughed - so I think slowly China is also moving toward also having prerequisite number 1. Thank you for commenting and for sharing your thoughts! Have a good one~
Finally, i know we still don't dare to say that Chinese will only become a more and more important language to come up on top as you can only interact with Chinese people around the world, whilst English is still the global language at the moment.
Well, you can also interact with Sara and I! And I have encountered situations in China where I have met someone from another country and the only way we could communicate well was by using Chinese!
English will always be the most use language in the world. But China has become an economic power and their business is expanding around the world. It will be a plus if you know Mandarin.
Good one！ Thank you for bringing Sara here today! Love to meet her. Actually Sara's example is just one of millions of opposite examples haapening in China that most of Chinese native speakers(Chinese teachers) are teaching a foreign language like English isn't it? It is so normal and usual in China. However, the other way around people would be surprised. Of course, Sara is teaching Chinese in China as a foreigner. But I believe it will be the norm too. Just like in Australia still heaps of Chinese people or Chinese native speakers are teaching English in Australia. I believe this a growing market in China and Sara is so right that from a foreigner's perspective, she can understand better about the process and difficulty of learning Chinese to a foreigner. Well done!
Hey mate, thank you so much for watching and for leaving a comment! Yes, I totally agree with you - the market for this will definitely grow in the future. When I was at university in Australia, one of my lecturers teaching Chinese was an Australian, and it was really helpful to be taught by someone who had been through the whole learning process himself! Perhaps one day down the track, I'll be able to get to a level where I can also teach Chinese in the future, either in China or Australia. Once again, thanks for the comment, and have a good one!
Thank you for this discussion. I hope to learn at least a bit of Chinese. It would really help especially when traveling and of course understanding the culture.
You are more than welcome! If this video manages to encourage at least one person to start learning Chinese, then I think it has been worthwhile making it! Let me know how it goes if you do start learning it. Thanks for commenting!
You guys are amazing! Having very successful careers in non-native environment. Great achievements that help build better China. China would be great fully thank you for that.
Great interview. I had study Chinese for two years in college and was useful on my first trip to china in 2000 but have not been using it much and losing it everyday.
Yeah - with language, sometimes it is a case of use it or lose it... But I also think it is kinda like riding a bike, when you start using it again, it all comes back to you very quickly!
in my point of view, it is not easy. because Chinese is a pictographic and ideographic system, if want to master it, should spent lot of time and depend on the environment. English is a phonetic system, the pros is simple and quick to master.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I included a link to an interesting article in the description below this video, you might find it interesting. It actually brings up a lot of these points. Once again, thanks for commenting!
Sara is a beautiful person in so many ways. Her sincerity is touching and her open-mindedness is such a wonderful contrast to all the ugly bigotry in the world. I would like to wish her a happy and fulfilled life, 一生幸福，wherever she goes and whatever she does.
2 billion people on this planet speaks Chinese already in various dialect.. that's more than 25% of the world populations.. i think it will become the second language after English in a few decades time.. i think it will take at least another 50 years from now before it will neck to neck with English.. for now English is too entrench and so much simpler to master..
The answer would probably be a big NO, I am Chinese myself, however, given the obscure and complex writing system (kanji) being independent from it's pronunciation (just like Japanese and Chinese can call the same word totally differently) It's hard to pick the language learning unless you grow up in a Chinese speaking environment.
Do you think it is possible for people to be able to be fluent in Chinese without knowing how to write it by hand? I mean, if you are able to speak it/read it/ and type it, do you think that is enough, considering most communication is digital nowadays? Interested to hear your thoughts. Thanks for the comment!
@@Hazza_Harding Great point but, in my opinion, all the essence of Chinese lay in the 汉字/漢字 system, pronunciation, dialects, pinyin, are all add-ons. Chinese is a hieroglyphic system, while it represents another way of thinking as languages do shape your way of logic and thinking, If for the sake of communication along, typing 汉字 still requires you to recognize it if not hand-write it, which is a obstruction for Chinese to be a lingua franca in the first place. English, with only 26 characters, is even the most concise one in Latin-character languages, is still the perfect system for a universal communication purpose. However, whether to be a bilingual, (particularly for westerners to learn kanji languages like Chinese or Japanese because it completes your way of comprehensive thinking), is a better point to explore as far as I am concerned. THX
@@Hazza_Harding I have a sister who is a Singaporean. She speaks mandarin fluently but cannot read and write. She was brought up in a mandarin speaking family but was sent to English schools.
One thing about Chinese language, it's not just a language, it has cultural elements built in and studying Chinese/mandarin usually lead you back to learn Chinese some of Chinese cultures and principles of life too as you go deeper in mastering it.
Great video Hazza! I’m so impressed how you and Sara can speak Chinese so well! It gives me hope!😉 Does Sara speak Cantonese as well? Keep up the great work Hazza.👍
Yeah, I do find that typing Chinese can be much faster, especially when you get used to the shortcuts for typing two or three characters at once for common combinations
This is a great video. It was only later in my career that I find more and more higher level executives speaking Chinese. What I further discover was that they not only speak Chinese, but speak multiple languages, that is, more than two. It's become evident that to work towards better understanding of others, speaking just one language will no longer be viable. Those who have learnt more than one other language have already broken the barrier of fear or arrogant refusal to learn another language. To these individuals, Chinese would just be just one more language of interest and whatever ideas of its difficulty would be readily transcended.
It makes sense for all future generations to learn Mandarin, as a Second Language. Knowing Mandarin will open up many doorways for your future chosen careers as China has clearly dominated the Manufacturing Industries of the World and has opened up 139 Countries (out of 195 Countries in the World) to it's BRI (Belt & Road Initiatives) building Trading Ports (Air, Sea, and/or Land). Being a BRI Country offers Manufactured products at a considerably lowest price for Consumers because there is NO 3rd Party Profits added to the products, so common Citizens finally get it at the Manufactured price ... just like the Billionaires around the World do ... hence distributing the Wealth to everybody and not just the 1%.
i am not sure if chinese would become a global language. however, there is no denying more people are learning chinese in schools. case in point: my granddaughter goes to primary school in london, uk. my daughter said the school requires all students must learn a second language starting from grade 3.there are only 2 choice, chinese or french. this indicates the uk govt's foresightedness. she is in grade 1 now and the school even introduces chinese culture in one of her classes !!! china may not be uk's friend but an adversary. there is a saying that to know your adversary, you must learn from them. btw, i subscribe to sara's blog and i get updates from her blog from time to time 👍👍👍. love from canada.
Speaking of Chinese teacher, HazzaChinaVlogs, what's your thought on the restriction law being pass last month for the training school? Does it have any effect on any expats or Chinese teacher that you know?
Many people who are not German, Spanish, Italian, etc also teach these languages even in the countries where the languages are spoken in their native countries.
The fact that Chinese is one of the UN working language already tells the truth. But unfortunately I don’t think Chinese will one day replace English as the common language for communication. Learning Chinese means learning a millions of pictographs, idioms, expression, irregularities and even a completely new culture, not that easy to accomplish 😂
That is true, but in this day and age, when you can type Chinese easily on a computer or phone, I guess there isn't really the need to actually learn how to handwrite Chinese characters. If you take that away, I guess learning the language actually does get a little bit easier. What do you reckon?
@@Hazza_Harding It would be less hard for sure but will probably still be harder than English. First the tones, and then the infamous Cheng Yu 💁🏼♂️ that will take you ages to learn
@@2KSnSLifestyle I don’t think this is a good analogy. U definitely see Cheng Yu more frequently than Shakespeare. Even just words with multiple meanings, those are already hard and confusing enough.
Thank you Hazza & Sara for this video. Perhaps you need to clarify Chinese & Mandarin. The written language is Chinese the spoken language is Mandarin (national language). In China there are many ethnic groups (Cantonese, Hockien, Teochew etc). They speak their own dialects but use the same Chinese characters when they write.
I’ve actually lost some weight (put some on in quarantine)… I’ve been walking/jogging 10km each day, but I’ve still got a ways to go… I think my face has filled out a bit though
Chinese has only 4 tones but English has many more tones that define the accents across regions and that make it more difficult for non-native speakers to speak like a native.
G'day Hazza, please tell me how I can contact Sara to get more Chinese classes information: where is the class held, cost, level of Chinese if any, etc. as I love to be able to have a working experience in China like you mate !
Currently, it’s the foreigners who flocked to China to teach the English language. In the foreseeable future, it will be the chinese heading to the west to teach the Chinese language. Sad to say some politicians wanted to clampdown on Confucius Institution due to geopolitical issues which offer competitive rate compared to the mainstream school. 风水轮流转 - Fortune knocks once at least at every man's door.
Good discussion. Chinese is not that difficult to learn. Fact #1: a primary school grade 6 Chinese kid (say age 10-11) not only can speak fluent Chinese, but should be able to read some of the classic Chinese novels like "Journey to the West" (i.e. monkey king). Fact #2: Prior to 1949, many Chinese were illiterate, they can't read or write Chinese. In 2018, the literacy rate, which is defined as people aged 15 and above who can read and write, had reached about 96.8 percent in China. China has 1.4 billion people. If that's too big to imagine, take Guangzhou, the city's population in 2021 is over 13.6 million. So many Chinese have done it. Learning Chinese is within reach of anyone with a desire to learn.
Without Imperialism and colonization it is very difficult to make Mandarin global as English. China is not going to do those things. So another option is to make Mandarin more "accessible" , like the current version of mandarin with its writing simplified. Maybe this will happen on its own with internet and social media. Not an expert shurgs :P
I think technology has definitely made Chinese much more accessible. I can type Chinese much faster than I can write it, and with all of the great content and materials out there online, it is easier to learn than ever before.
I don't think Chinese is difficult except the tone ,I think Russian more difficult more grammar other European languages more difficult they have male and female usage , Chinese language grammar not difficult unless you say ancient Chinese language then that is difficult
Thank you Hazza for inviting me over to your channel! As always love to chat with you, especially about my favorite topic learning and teaching Chinese. Very humbled too to see all of these comments and everyone's ideas about Chinese language and if it will become a global language. Sending lots of love to everyone from Guangzhou! Sara
Thank you so much for taking the time to share your story with us - I hope this video will inspire more people to start learning Chinese! I had an awesome time talking to you too!
Wow, wow, wow, I am gobsmaked to see such fluency in Mandarin. When I come to work in China, I will have to enrol in your classes to brush on my very rustic Mandarin being of Malaysian Chinese descent. Really learning Chinese requires dedication and love of the language. I also love how words are formed out of rudimentary combination of single words like telephone being electric voice, fire car for train. Just love it and also was at the British Museum in London and the characters have not change much from the Dynasty days allowing me to glean the meanings of the writings.
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I think the Chinese language will become more common internationally. What is more important is that we speak the language of understanding, respect, tolerance and acceptance.
I like that, and I totally agree. For sure, we need to speak the language of respect and acceptance - that truly is a global language that we can all pick up really easily with a little bit of effort!
FYI, my 11 year old grand daughter is learning chinese at her primary school, as it is one of her core subjects. Nar Nar Goon Primary School, outer easter suburbs, Melbourne.
That is awesome to know! How is she going with it?
@@Hazza_Harding she is doing well. I like to show off my Chinese language skills when i see her, lol
Great. Good on u mate
There are many words or phrases that are cultural specific.. that don't translate.. This is more so with descriptions of "feelings", "relationships" etc etc
Sara is a beacon of peace and collaboration of the world.
That is so true!!
If you enjoyed this video, raise your hand to show Hazza your super support 🙋✋🔥
Legend!
she definately has guts, teaching Chinese in China, a new level dare.
Yeah, she is definitely a living legend!
Haha, once you are passionated about something, nothing will stop you! All the best, Sara
Do you think Chinese may one day become a global language? Let me know what you think in the comments!
Not really
That will not happen with the current leadership.
It in a way already is, No I'm not saying it will replace English but it will catch up and be global that there is no doubt about it
Yes, I think Chinese would become a global language. Just like seeds, it will germinate when the right conditions are presented.
@@tonyhunter8 Yeah, I agree with you!
It's already a global language, if you consider the wide network of Chinese diasporas all over the world. 🔥❤️
Yeah - that is true. I just hope more non-Chinese people can learn to speak the language too
it grew and will continue to grow organically, based on necessity. not colonially.
Learning a new language is never easy! That's amazing that Sara can speak fluent Mandarin and she's a Mandarin teacher. I'm not sure whether Mandarin will become a global language, but I'm pretty sure there are thousands of people learning it or going to learn it. It's not only because there are a quarter of population from the world are using it, it's also because they know learning a new language can offer them more opportunities for bright future prospects and learning different culture
Yeah, Sara is definitely an inspiration to us all! I agree - more and more people will start learning Chinese because it opens up so many opportunities! Thanks for commenting, Jing!
@@Hazza_Harding I love your videos! This one reminds me of my previous Australian colleague who wanted to practice his Mandarin. He asked my three-year-old daughter “你贵庚了？” It’s a problem of register. It’s like I first time used ‘sweet dream’ (好梦）to my my male foreign friend who is like my brother. I was told ‘sweet dream’ is normally used between couples. Translation sometimes does help communication but it also causes us to make mistakes. Learning a language isn't easy!
@@jing5924 that is so true! I have had a lot of similar situations. Sometimes Chinese people tell me I am being too polite, because I say 谢谢 and 不好意思 way too often… and sometimes I use 您 too much… even with friends. I’ve had a few awkward moments with mates when I’ve used 您 instead of 你…
@@Hazza_Harding 哈哈哈哈哈哈哈 我们都好好学习对方的语言 都加油💪
Liziqi inspired many people around the world to learn Chinese 🔥
I'm sure she has!
Amazing!
It's amazing that Sara speaks fluent Mandarin to be a Mandarin teacher in China!
Both of my children born in Toronto are only able to speak basic Mandarin. However, I'm very pleased to learn that my daughter who now lives in Paris is taking online Mandarin lessons with a teacher in China. I hope one day she will be able to master Mandarin as well as Sara.
Thanks for sharing!! Yeah, Sara really is an inspiration for a lot of people! I guess it is really helpful to see a fellow foreigner who speaks Chinese so fluently, it gives you hope that you can also get there!
I'm very humbled to see all the loving comments here and I truly believe that if I can learn fluent Chinese, everyone else can as well! All the best, Sara
Hazza you’re too humble about your Mandarin - I think that’s actually a good sign, though, because being humble is so Chinese. 😂
No way - It is guys like you that give me motivation to study harder!! I am also in awe of your Chinese proficiency
这期做的很棒，让我想起了我在Brisbane 的老外朋友，也是有教中文，还在少林功夫学校教中国功夫，很钦佩这样的人，努力传播其他国家的文化。
他是我老师！！
"I hope someday you'll join us. And the world will live as one"
from John Lennon
Hi Harry
Thank you for bring in Sara!
Cheers,
Jimmy
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You are more than welcome! Thanks for watching!
China’s opening and reforming is really impacts into new globalisation civilization. Like one big family and hopefully rest of countries will adjust and adapt for new reality especially 12 percent of western population. Existing in harmonious diversity cultures.
Appreciated you and her meaningful hardworking.
Thank you, I am glad there is someone out there that appreciates what I am doing!
Brad Allen was an aussie who spoke Chinese.
Too bad he died recently.
He was one of Jackie Chan's stunt man
I think Chinese will become a more widely used language
Yeah, that is already happening in many places around the world
That will increase the world's IQ, a good thing
I had an Australian Indonesian language teacher who used to teach Indonesian in Indonesia to native speakers! But she is just as surprising!
Wow, that is awesome!! I would love to meet your Indonesian teacher!
But regarding this topic I think Chinese wi be a global language as despite it not being an official language for many countries unlike French or English, the Chinese diaspora around the world is huge and I cannot think of a major country without a Chinese community.
@@jeffreyjahja7 English and French were imperially established as the ruling language of the colonialists, the foreign invaders with superior arms and firepower aswellas a government with its many working units in operation. Moreover, it also supports the number of famous brand names of essential goods like Nabisco or Reading Biscuits, Jardine Waugh Engineers and the missionaries with their whole package of Christianity, religious and cultural conversions with economic strings attached in terms of jobs or businesses, the teaching, education
schools - Catholic,
Methodist, Quakers etc... the whole western system wasbrought into the colonised territory and right from the starz, there was a sensitive observation of the different religious an d cultural norms of the different ethnic ities. I believe the greatest religious and linguistic conversions occured among the immigrant Chinese in SE. Asia. mainly as being an immigrant community, they were not bound to the control and rigidity of the homerule as the would be in their homebcountry.
Hence, English, which was my 2nd language, had taken over my mother tongue which is Hokkien as I was educated fr primary 1 to my Masters degree plus many training courses all in English and I've lived in the Uk since 1973. My mother tongue or Hokkien has become a subtractive lang. while my 2nd lang. is an additive. Mandarin is also an additive for many reasons different from that of English
That can be e,xplained on another day. But I guess many people will feel sorry for my mother tongue and its loss as my first language. All languages are thieves... do you know why?
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@@yananneteoh9818 it is a bit hard to explain but governments around the world are trying to find a mean to communicate. India made English an official language in order to not prioritise one language group over the other despite its colonial origin. Places such as China, Taiwan and Singapore wished to make Mandarin the Lingus franca to reduce tensions between their ethnic Chinese communities. Each and every country has its own reasons.
A nice interview 👍 as Chinese, I am quite proud of Chinese becomes more and more popular. I notice that when I travel to many European cities, there are Chinese written on the price tags.
Yeah! There are also Chinese signs in Australian airports now (they have been there for quite a few years already) - it is good to see. Thanks for commenting!
i think Chinese/Mandarin is no doubt will become one of the global language, especially when more foreigners doing business with Chinese, and when Belt and Road becomes more influence.
Yes - I agree. I have seen that more and more people are learning Chinese in B&R countries, and these countries will benefit from this in the future
The world needs more intelligent people like these. Good on ya, mate!
Thanks mate - Sara sure is intelligent, but I’m not sure I can say the same for me!
Foreigners with no accents is always great to hear! My goal is to talk on the phone to other Chinese people without people figuring out I am a foreigner. (waimai, kuaidi, didi, etc.) Sara is doing great things here!
Yeah, she is an absolute legend!
I don't think Chinese will replace English but Chinese will def be a good asset to have in this global stage, French and Spanish too
I agree with you - learning a second or third language is always a good thing! Thanks for commenting!
2 years ago in Pudong airport, Shanghai, 2 African guys next to me talking in Mandarin Chinese with some northeastern accent. I still remember that scene coz their pronunciation was probably better than me, a native mandarin speaker
Wow, that’s impressive! Do you know whether or not they were students in China?
Christopher Doyle is an Australian guy who speaks fluent Mandarin and Cantonese 🔥
He's at the top of the food chain in his industry 🔥
Love his cinematography, he has very good eyes, very artistic!
I will need to look him up!
@@Hazza_Harding Watch his movies like Jet Li's hero 🔥❤️
I love Sara’s take! I can totally relate to over preparing for my first lessons as a maths tutor 🤣 Anyways always love your videos Hazza, lots of love from Sydney!
Thank you so much, Tiana!! I am so glad that you enjoy my videos - appreciate the feedback!
Hazzs, I enjoy listening to your current video clip. It is fascinating that a Foreigner teaching Mandarin.
Stay safe and healthy!
Thank you - you too! Thanks for watching and for commenting!
Gregory Rivers is a famous Australian guy who speaks fluent Cantonese 🔥
Thanks for letting us know!
@@Hazza_Harding you're welcome 🔥
Hello from Finland! Amazed and glad to find Sara is a Finn teaching Chinese! As far as I can tell, you are doing a great job Sara, and thank you Hazza for this interesting interview!
You are more than welcome! Thank you so much for watching, mate!
Hello Harry, thank you very much for another very interesting episode; I really admire Sara’s choice to become a Chinese language teacher and I’m quite amazed at her mastering a difficult language.
Your mentioning of your experience that sometimes you found it difficulty to translate certain expression from Chinese to English (vise-versa is also true) is actually an indication of your understanding of the Chinese language and its culture has reached an advanced level. Congratulations. I speak English, Cantonese Mandarin and Quizhou dialect all fluently without ever having to think about it, but there are times certain expressions in one just do not exist in another.
As for whether or not Chinese would one day become a global language, it’s a difficult question, those who said a flat no without thinking probably have never learnt the English expression “never say never”.
Why Latin was the Lingua Franca during the Roman Empire period? Why Spanish dominates the central and south Americas? Why Korea, Japan and Vietnam all adopted Chinese as their language at one time in their history? Why English language didn’t dominate the world until the Americans became a superpower?
There are a few pre-requisites that a countries’ language can become ‘global’, 1. The country has to be dominant (Economically, Militarily and Culturally), 2. Its culture has to be influential. 3. There have to be sufficient people from other countries who speak the language. 4. The language can survive the pass of time.
China, at this particular moment, only possesses pre-requisites number 4. But remember, the Chinese history is measured by centuries, not every 4 years, who can say for sure that two to three centuries from now which language is to be ‘global’.
Wow... Thank you for complimenting my Chinese! I know I still have a long way to go with it, but it is always nice to receive positive feedback. Also, I really like how you mentioned "never say never." I guess, if 40 years ago, you told most people that China would be the world's second largest economy in 2021, people would have laughed - so I think slowly China is also moving toward also having prerequisite number 1. Thank you for commenting and for sharing your thoughts! Have a good one~
You guys rock!! Help build better China. You guys don’t ever know how much China appreciates that 😀
Thanks for the moral support, I really appreciate it!
The last part of the vid about the Chinese characters is really hillarious!
Haha, thanks mate!
Finally, i know we still don't dare to say that Chinese will only become a more and more important language to come up on top as you can only interact with Chinese people around the world, whilst English is still the global language at the moment.
Well, you can also interact with Sara and I! And I have encountered situations in China where I have met someone from another country and the only way we could communicate well was by using Chinese!
@@Hazza_Harding That is very few samples...
@@kelic5035 Hopefully there will be more and more examples like this in the future aye
@@Hazza_Harding Thanks mate. You are very kind. Cheers 😊👍
Wow! Her Chinese is awesome!
Yeah - she is AMAZING!! I really hope my Chinese can be as good as hers one day!
Amazing!
Best wishes from Malaysia.
Best wishes to you too!
A Finn teaching the Chinese Chinese in China! Amazing!
Yeah, pretty awesome, right?
Enjoyed listening to this interview.👍
Thanks mate, I’m glad you liked it!
English will always be the most use language in the world. But China has become an economic power and their business is expanding around the world. It will be a plus if you know Mandarin.
I agree!! Learning Chinese will definitely be very useful for the future!
How did u pull this out from the hat ! Never in a million year I thought of that ..she’s lovely
Yeah, she really is a lovely person! So kind and always very generous with her time
Really a big surprise, i thought Sara is a native Chinese speaker.
Me too! She is truly awesome!!
Good one！ Thank you for bringing Sara here today! Love to meet her. Actually Sara's example is just one of millions of opposite examples haapening in China that most of Chinese native speakers(Chinese teachers) are teaching a foreign language like English isn't it? It is so normal and usual in China. However, the other way around people would be surprised. Of course, Sara is teaching Chinese in China as a foreigner. But I believe it will be the norm too. Just like in Australia still heaps of Chinese people or Chinese native speakers are teaching English in Australia. I believe this a growing market in China and Sara is so right that from a foreigner's perspective, she can understand better about the process and difficulty of learning Chinese to a foreigner. Well done!
Hey mate, thank you so much for watching and for leaving a comment! Yes, I totally agree with you - the market for this will definitely grow in the future. When I was at university in Australia, one of my lecturers teaching Chinese was an Australian, and it was really helpful to be taught by someone who had been through the whole learning process himself! Perhaps one day down the track, I'll be able to get to a level where I can also teach Chinese in the future, either in China or Australia. Once again, thanks for the comment, and have a good one!
@@Hazza_Harding I believe You can for sure! Thank you for your positive video!
Sara’s Chinese is great 👍 Impressive 👍👍👍
Yeah, I agree - she is an absolute legend!
Hazza, thank you for all your positive vibes.
My pleasure! Thanks for your positive vibes too!
Thank you for this discussion. I hope to learn at least a bit of Chinese. It would really help especially when traveling and of course understanding the culture.
You are more than welcome! If this video manages to encourage at least one person to start learning Chinese, then I think it has been worthwhile making it! Let me know how it goes if you do start learning it. Thanks for commenting!
You guys are amazing! Having very successful careers in non-native environment. Great achievements that help build better China. China would be great fully thank you for that.
I am grateful to China for giving me so many amazing opportunities!
Interesting program on a Finnish lady who teaches the Chinese language.
Yeah, she's a massive inspiration for me!
我很喜欢这一期的内容
谢谢你啊Gary
Great interview. I had study Chinese for two years in college and was useful on my first trip to china in 2000 but have not been using it much and losing it everyday.
Yeah - with language, sometimes it is a case of use it or lose it... But I also think it is kinda like riding a bike, when you start using it again, it all comes back to you very quickly!
Same with me but for French
If I hadn't seen Sara, just listening to her Mandarin, I would have thought she was a native Mandarin speaker.
Yeah, she really is that good!
in my point of view, it is not easy. because Chinese is a pictographic and ideographic system, if want to master it, should spent lot of time and depend on the environment. English is a phonetic system, the pros is simple and quick to master.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I included a link to an interesting article in the description below this video, you might find it interesting. It actually brings up a lot of these points. Once again, thanks for commenting!
We hope so since English was banned in pre-school. HKS system is much easier than standard (Big 5).
Beautiful vlog ❤️
Glad you liked it! Thank you for leaving a comment!
Sara is a beautiful person in so many ways. Her sincerity is touching and her open-mindedness is such a wonderful contrast to all the ugly bigotry in the world. I would like to wish her a happy and fulfilled life, 一生幸福，wherever she goes and whatever she does.
She definitely is! A super nice person, lucky to be friends with her!
Hahaha... I can't imagine the scene where a Westerner corrects a Chinese on his mandarin.!!! 😅😅 加油 @Sara & Hazza
Thank you for watching, and for commenting! 一起加油吧
2 billion people on this planet speaks Chinese already in various dialect.. that's more than 25% of the world populations.. i think it will become the second language after English in a few decades time.. i think it will take at least another 50 years from now before it will neck to neck with English.. for now English is too entrench and so much simpler to master..
That is true - and there are literally Chinese speakers in all countries around the world!
The answer would probably be a big NO, I am Chinese myself, however, given the obscure and complex writing system (kanji) being independent from it's pronunciation (just like Japanese and Chinese can call the same word totally differently) It's hard to pick the language learning unless you grow up in a Chinese speaking environment.
Do you think it is possible for people to be able to be fluent in Chinese without knowing how to write it by hand? I mean, if you are able to speak it/read it/ and type it, do you think that is enough, considering most communication is digital nowadays? Interested to hear your thoughts. Thanks for the comment!
@@Hazza_Harding Great point but, in my opinion, all the essence of Chinese lay in the 汉字/漢字 system, pronunciation, dialects, pinyin, are all add-ons. Chinese is a hieroglyphic system, while it represents another way of thinking as languages do shape your way of logic and thinking, If for the sake of communication along, typing 汉字 still requires you to recognize it if not hand-write it, which is a obstruction for Chinese to be a lingua franca in the first place. English, with only 26 characters, is even the most concise one in Latin-character languages,
is still the perfect system for a universal communication purpose. However, whether to be a bilingual, (particularly for westerners to learn kanji languages like Chinese or Japanese because it completes your way of comprehensive thinking), is a better point to explore as far as I am concerned. THX
@expiller 你才是日本人
@@Hazza_Harding I have a sister who is a Singaporean. She speaks mandarin fluently but cannot read and write. She was brought up in a mandarin speaking family but was sent to English schools.
Go, Sara, brave new world!
Yeah - she is definitely inspiring!
Well done, congratulations!
Thank you! Cheers!
One thing about Chinese language, it's not just a language, it has cultural elements built in and studying Chinese/mandarin usually lead you back to learn Chinese some of Chinese cultures and principles of life too as you go deeper in mastering it.
That is so true! For sure, learning a language helps you to learn about a culture, since language and culture are so intertwined
Great video Hazza! I’m so impressed how you and Sara can speak Chinese so well! It gives me hope!😉 Does Sara speak Cantonese as well? Keep up the great work Hazza.👍
I think she does speak a little bit of Cantonese! I'll ask her and find out! Thanks for commenting again Darrell!
Yes, hers pretty good.
Yeah, she is AMAZING!
In this information age, typing Chinese is faster than typing English on keyboard.
Yeah, I do find that typing Chinese can be much faster, especially when you get used to the shortcuts for typing two or three characters at once for common combinations
The Chinese language is beginning to appear in the Middle East, Africa, and South America because of the Belt and Road Initiative.
Yeah - I was able to see that first-hand before the pandemic hit
This is a great video. It was only later in my career that I find more and more higher level executives speaking Chinese. What I further discover was that they not only speak Chinese, but speak multiple languages, that is, more than two.
It's become evident that to work towards better understanding of others, speaking just one language will no longer be viable. Those who have learnt more than one other language have already broken the barrier of fear or arrogant refusal to learn another language. To these individuals, Chinese would just be just one more language of interest and whatever ideas of its difficulty would be readily transcended.
Sara, you're adorable! Best wishes to you!
I’ll pass on the message!
It makes sense for all future generations to learn Mandarin, as a Second Language. Knowing Mandarin will open up many doorways for your future chosen careers as China has clearly dominated the Manufacturing Industries of the World and has opened up 139 Countries (out of 195 Countries in the World) to it's BRI (Belt & Road Initiatives) building Trading Ports (Air, Sea, and/or Land).
Being a BRI Country offers Manufactured products at a considerably lowest price for Consumers because there is NO 3rd Party Profits added to the products, so common Citizens finally get it at the Manufactured price ... just like the Billionaires around the World do ... hence distributing the Wealth to everybody and not just the 1%.
I agree~ it does make sense for young people to start learning Mandarin, it will open up so many doors in the future!
Amazing !
Yeah, Sara is awesome!
So impressed by your guest. I notice that she speaks English with a bit of Chinese accent too. 😅
Really? I didn't notice! I think it is amazing that she can speak three languages fluently... totally in awe
Amazing, Courageous, Intelligent, Adventurous, Awesome person! The world needs more human beings you guys!
Yeah, Sara definitely is an amazing person!
Nice share
Thank you! Cheers!
Looking forward to my online course until I’m in country!
That's great! How long have you been learning?
i am not sure if chinese would become a global language. however, there is no denying more people are learning chinese in schools. case in point: my granddaughter goes to primary school in london, uk. my daughter said the school requires all students must learn a second language starting from grade 3.there are only 2 choice, chinese or french. this indicates the uk govt's foresightedness. she is in grade 1 now and the school even introduces chinese culture in one of her classes !!! china may not be uk's friend but an adversary. there is a saying that to know your adversary, you must learn from them. btw, i subscribe to sara's blog and i get updates from her blog from time to time 👍👍👍. love from canada.
welcome
That's great to help closing the language gap.
Thanks for watching mate
@@Hazza_Harding 😇
Speaking of Chinese teacher, HazzaChinaVlogs, what's your thought on the restriction law being pass last month for the training school? Does it have any effect on any expats or Chinese teacher that you know?
I remember Sara from the Who Knows GZ Better video!
Yeah!! It seems like yesterday that we did that video, but time really does fly!
Many people who are not German, Spanish, Italian, etc also teach these languages even in the countries where the languages are spoken in their native countries.
That is true!
Yes. I think Chinese will be the second global language. 🇲🇳🇲🇳🇲🇳
Thanks for sharing your opinion before the video goes live - I'd be interested to hear why you think that.... Thank you!
The fact that Chinese is one of the UN working language already tells the truth. But unfortunately I don’t think Chinese will one day replace English as the common language for communication. Learning Chinese means learning a millions of pictographs, idioms, expression, irregularities and even a completely new culture, not that easy to accomplish 😂
That is true, but in this day and age, when you can type Chinese easily on a computer or phone, I guess there isn't really the need to actually learn how to handwrite Chinese characters. If you take that away, I guess learning the language actually does get a little bit easier. What do you reckon?
@@Hazza_Harding It would be less hard for sure but will probably still be harder than English. First the tones, and then the infamous Cheng Yu 💁🏼♂️ that will take you ages to learn
@@peterzhou372 come on Peter. it's not one stone hit all.
@@peterzhou372 you don't need Cheng Yu to communicate in Chinese. Just like English you don't need to understand Shakespeare.
@@2KSnSLifestyle I don’t think this is a good analogy. U definitely see Cheng Yu more frequently than Shakespeare. Even just words with multiple meanings, those are already hard and confusing enough.
You both are great.
Thanks mate!
I was very surprised to find out that there are many Putonghua speakers in Africa!
Yeah - I guess it is a result of increased cooperation between China and African countries
Thank you Hazza & Sara for this video. Perhaps you need to clarify Chinese & Mandarin. The written language is Chinese the spoken language is Mandarin (national language). In China there are many ethnic groups (Cantonese, Hockien, Teochew etc). They speak their own dialects but use the same Chinese characters when they write.
Thanks for the tip, Jimmy
Very interesting, what’s your friends thoughts on older people learning Chinese?
I’ll ask her and let you know!
不会吧，真的惊讶到了.Sara的中文说的是在太地道了
对吧！她真的太厉害了
Hazza, you're putting on weight back in Australia.
I’ve actually lost some weight (put some on in quarantine)… I’ve been walking/jogging 10km each day, but I’ve still got a ways to go… I think my face has filled out a bit though
I actually know Chinese who teach English in U.S. college.
That's awesome!
Chinese has only 4 tones but English has many more tones that define the accents across regions and that make it more difficult for non-native speakers to speak like a native.
Yeah, that’s true!
不会，因为中文对非母语的人来说太难。但我估计将来学中文的人会比现在多一点！
一定会越来越多！
G'day Hazza, please tell me how I can contact Sara to get more Chinese classes information: where is the class held, cost, level of Chinese if any, etc. as I love to be able to have a working experience in China like you mate !
It's slowly becoming a global language now
Yeah, more and more people can speak the language, which is great because it means I can connect with more people around the globe
Finnish, English, Chinese, three different language groups!
Yeah, Sara really has a superpower when it comes to learning languages!
Well I better start learning Chinese then.
I reckon that would be a pretty good idea! Thanks for commenting!
加油💪加油💪世界加油💪
谢谢您！
So many English teachers are not from England too
Yeah, that is true!
Currently, it’s the foreigners who flocked to China to teach the English language. In the foreseeable future, it will be the chinese heading to the west to teach the Chinese language. Sad to say some politicians wanted to clampdown on Confucius Institution due to geopolitical issues which offer competitive rate compared to the mainstream school. 风水轮流转 - Fortune knocks once at least at every man's door.
I hope more of us can learn Chinese!
Good discussion. Chinese is not that difficult to learn. Fact #1: a primary school grade 6 Chinese kid (say age 10-11) not only can speak fluent Chinese, but should be able to read some of the classic Chinese novels like "Journey to the West" (i.e. monkey king). Fact #2: Prior to 1949, many Chinese were illiterate, they can't read or write Chinese. In 2018, the literacy rate, which is defined as people aged 15 and above who can read and write, had reached about 96.8 percent in China. China has 1.4 billion people. If that's too big to imagine, take Guangzhou, the city's population in 2021 is over 13.6 million. So many Chinese have done it. Learning Chinese is within reach of anyone with a desire to learn.
Without Imperialism and colonization it is very difficult to make Mandarin global as English. China is not going to do those things. So another option is to make Mandarin more "accessible" , like the current version of mandarin with its writing simplified. Maybe this will happen on its own with internet and social media. Not an expert shurgs :P
I think technology has definitely made Chinese much more accessible. I can type Chinese much faster than I can write it, and with all of the great content and materials out there online, it is easier to learn than ever before.
I don't think Chinese is difficult except the tone ,I think Russian more difficult more grammar other European languages more difficult they have male and female usage , Chinese language grammar not difficult unless you say ancient Chinese language then that is difficult
I agree - Chinese grammar is pretty straight forward, but the tones are really difficult to get your head around as a non-native speaker!
@@Hazza_Harding Cantonese even worst 9 tone not 4 lol ,I know Cantonese and can understand but when speak a bit problem
As China's economy grows, more people will speak Chinese. Even, in Africa, people begin to speak Chinese.
Yeah - there are people all over the world who are studying Chinese at the moment, I think it will be a great way to bridge cultural divides
Yes, may there be peace in the world. Spread love.
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