Had my first lesson of Chinese last night for 2 hours! Seven more sessions to go. Our cute teacher Tilly Tan started of teaching us Chinese characters and for a second I thought I was in the wrong class. We soon let her know that we where only interested in speaking and could not be bothered learning Chinese characters.

It was interesting that four out of five students where learning Chinese because their partners are Chinese. Made me wonder if Chinese ever learn other languages! Anyway my reason is no different.

We learned five sentences and numbers from 1 to 10.

The skill level in the class was varied. Some already knew basic pronunciation. I found it really hard to just listen and pronounce rather that look at the persons face and see how they are pronouncing it. I think I will ask Megan help me with that.

Now I’ve got to find someone to speak Chinese with and practice.

Once I am done learning Chinese, I will know four languages: English, Hindi, Tamil and Chinese!