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I have a Chinese buddy who studied in America and now lives in Hong Kong. He tried to teach me how to pronounce stuff in Mandarin and oh my god its so hard.
My chinese ex trying to teach me to say hello:
ex: "say 'ni hao'"
me: "ni hao"
ex: "no, more like, 'ni hao'"
me: "ni hao"
ex: "almost, try again: 'ni hao'"
me: "ni hao"
ex: "great! perfect!"
me: "ni hao"
ex: "oh no not at all like that"
and so on
which iss all to say I really respect people who are able to learn languages as adults. it is difficult!