what is your Chinese level?

1,Advanced

2,intermediate

3,beginner

Probably somewhere between beginner & intermediate.  I'm better at reading & writing [Mandarin] than I am with speaking.  That's always how it is with me & languages.

not bad though, keep working on it
也不错，继续加油

Yeah...but I really lack motivation at this point.  I'm not really interested in learning the language anymore.

Yeah...but I really lack motivation at this point.  I'm not really interested in learning the language anymore.

Lol!!, it means you have advanced so you dont need or interested in learning

You will have the motive to learn a language only if it is useful to you. If you are not interested in the Chinese culture or the Chinese language has no bearing in your career planing, it will be hard to learn something like the Chinese language which you think is useless for you. That kind of painful feelings  happen to many Chinese students when they are required to learn English.

Nah, I've just always been this way with languages.  Not my kind of thing.  Anyways, forget me - answer the question!

I am a beginner. I find speaking it easier than writing it. However, we are studying both the pinyin and the simplified character way of writing. It has occurred to me that learning to write the chinese character is easier than learning to write pinyin. I remember how to spell the words but the various accent marks are difficult to remember (especially when you're having a test). But I'm happy that Chinese people actually understand me.

I am a beginner, I only know my numbers and the street I lived on.  I couldn't even begin to write anything other than my chinese name.  Before I left China, I could follow a conversation a little bit. I really should have taken classes because I would have been much better.  My pronounciation sucked!

I'm in the Advanced level, can read alot but my writing's still like that of a 4 year old Chinese kid. But with the help of Computer or cellphone, i can write alot.My speaking and listening are not bad 你们懂我写的吗？如果可以的话我们也用中文谈话，怎么样？

The reason why I'm reluctant to express myself in either Mandarin or French: grammatical errors can be quite embarrassing.

Hmm...I thought Chinese grammar was very simple. The linguists in the West used to say Chinese has no grammar. But I would agree French grammar is too complicated.

French grammar is definitely killer-tough.

Hmm...learnt some Bonjours in Primary School and a bit in Middle school as i quit when it became an optional class. I just didn't need an "F" in my report Booklet,but for now i would wanna learn it for fun not as a course

I don't even know why French is necessary in my country...they just force us to learn it for the sake of tradition I think.