PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to [Dormant] moved to !historymemes@piefed.social@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoA little jealous of Arabic speakers for that, ngllemmy.worldimagemessage-square66fedilinkarrow-up1374arrow-down19
arrow-up1365arrow-down1imageA little jealous of Arabic speakers for that, ngllemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to [Dormant] moved to !historymemes@piefed.social@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square66fedilink
minus-squaree8d79@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down2·3 months agoI think I read somewhere that Chinese readers are able to read 2000 year old texts with relatively little difficulty.
minus-squareNateNate60@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·3 months agoChinese speaker here: No, we are not. Classical Chinese is a very different language but generally the basics are taught in school. It definitely takes significant effort because the grammar and vocabulary are completely different.
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down3·3 months agoYeah that’s apparently a thing. Same principle too, except with logograms rather than an abjad.
I think I read somewhere that Chinese readers are able to read 2000 year old texts with relatively little difficulty.
Chinese speaker here: No, we are not. Classical Chinese is a very different language but generally the basics are taught in school. It definitely takes significant effort because the grammar and vocabulary are completely different.
Yeah that’s apparently a thing. Same principle too, except with logograms rather than an abjad.