Biblical floods- what does this mean? Just because god promised not to wipe us out again with a flood does that mean we're safe from cat pee? If it rained for 40 days and nights, and the great flood covered the entire earth, this would mean that...
Advantages of language exchange learning include: 1  Learning the real Cantonese language (slang, expressions, etc.) used by ordinary native speakers. 2  Getting accustomed to the way native speakers speak in real (casual) Cantonese conversation. 3  Making a friend in the Cantonese-speaking culture.
Modern Chinese speakers now often learn both their regional dialect and Mandarin to maximize their communication potential. Mandarin is now the official language in China and Taiwan and is used by most of the Chinese schools, colleges and universities, as well as their TV programs, movies, and radio stations. Mandarin is also one of the six official languages in the United Nations. Even Hong Kong schools have begun switching from Cantonese to Mandarin education since around 1997 (when China regained its sovereignty from the U.K.).