你会说中文吗？

[Umbagar]

你会不会说中文？为什么？我学中文在我的学校，所以我的中文不好。我要知道要是NSG会说中文。

If you don't understand that you can put it into google translate, but I'm wondering if I can practice my Chinese with other NSG'ers.

[Brogavia]

We speak english in Internet. If you don't like it you can git out.

[Umbagar]

no, I do like it especially since it's my first language but it never hurts to broaden your horizons.

[Risottia]

We speak english in Internet Nationstates

Fixed.
And even that woulnd't be exactly true, since there's an old tradition of a Dutch thread.

[Ashmoria]

how do you get the characters into the type box and how long did it take to type up those few simple sentences?

[Umbagar]

how do you get the characters into the type box and how long did it take to type up those few simple sentences?

you use a Chinese typing software which works on a QWERTY keyboard and it took me barely longer to type than it would have in English.(not counting thinking about how to phrase it so that it would be grammatically correct).

[Ashmoria]

how do you get the characters into the type box and how long did it take to type up those few simple sentences?

you use a Chinese typing software which works on a QWERTY keyboard and it took me barely longer to type than it would have in English.(not counting thinking about how to phrase it so that it would be grammatically correct).

how does it work? do you type the transliteration of the word then choose from a list of possible characters?

[Umbagar]

you use a Chinese typing software which works on a QWERTY keyboard and it took me barely longer to type than it would have in English.(not counting thinking about how to phrase it so that it would be grammatically correct).

how does it work? do you type the transliteration of the word then choose from a list of possible characters?

yeah, you type in each pinyin (verbalized spelling) of the characters into the software and it brings up all the character possibilities. It remembers the ones you use often so you can type fast. So I would type "wo shi yige xuesheng" and it would show: "我是一个学生"

[Rambhutan]

Your hovercraft is full of eels you say?

[Umbagar]

actually, it translates as full of octupus.

[Strategion]

会! 一辈子都在讲华语，哈哈.真难得在这里碰到会讲华语的人! 　
Yes! I've spoken Chinese all my life, haha. It's rare to find someone who speaks Chinese here!

你学中文学了多久了？　喜欢吗？
How long have you been learning Chinese? Do you like it?

对了，你不应该直接从英文翻译. 虽然我们用英语说 "I'm learning Chinese in school,"　但是如果你在用中文，应该说“我在学校学中文”. （希望你不在意！）

Oh yes,you shouldn't translate it directly from English. Although in English we say, "I'm learning Chinese in school,"　but in Chinese you should say"我在学校学中文”. (Hope you don't mind me correcting you!)

你有什么问题就能问我 (:
You can ask me if you have any questions (:

[Umbagar]

会! 一辈子都在讲华语，哈哈.真难得在这里碰到会讲华语的人! 　
Yes! I've spoken Chinese all my life, haha. It's rare to find someone who speaks Chinese here!

你学中文学了多久了？　喜欢吗？
How long have you been learning Chinese? Do you like it?

对了，你不应该直接从英文翻译. 虽然我们用英语说 "I'm learning Chinese in school,"　但是如果你在用中文，应该说“我在学校学中文”. （希望你不在意！）

Oh yes,you shouldn't translate it directly from English. Although in English we say, "I'm learning Chinese in school,"　but in Chinese you should say"我在学校学中文”. (Hope you don't mind me correcting you!)

你有什么问题就能问我 (:
You can ask me if you have any questions (:

谢谢你！我现在不学中文，可是我要练习。你是中国人吗？你是一个很好的人。(not sure if I said that last sentence right but I'm sure you get the meaning. )

[Strategion]

谢谢你！我现在不学中文，可是我要练习。你是中国人吗？你是一个很好的人。(not sure if I said that last sentence right but I'm sure you get the meaning. )

不，我是新加坡人.　最后一句用得没错，可是不敢当，　哈哈！

你说华语是你的母语吗？那你也是华侨？

[Umbagar]

谢谢你！我现在不学中文，可是我要练习。你是中国人吗？你是一个很好的人。(not sure if I said that last sentence right but I'm sure you get the meaning. )

不，我是新加坡人.　最后一句用得没错，可是不敢当，　哈哈！

你说华语是你的母语吗？那你也是华侨？

You obviously know more Chinese so I had to put that in google translate.

我什么时候说我只说中文？我是美国人，所以我的英文比我的中文很好。

[Dead Snow]

speaky da english?

[Annoying Brats]

I'm Singaporean and we're forced to learn this silly language.

If english is good enough for me its good enough for everyone!

[Umbagar]

I'm Singaporean and we're forced to learn this silly language.

If english is good enough for me its good enough for everyone!

I'm sure that's what the people in China think about Chinese.

[Strategion]

不，我是新加坡人.　最后一句用得没错，可是不敢当，　哈哈！

你说华语是你的母语吗？那你也是华侨？

You obviously know more Chinese so I had to put that in google translate.

我什么时候说我只说中文？我是美国人，所以我说英文比我的中文很好。

母语 means mother tongue and 华侨 means overseas chinese (were you having problems with those words?) I was asking if you were also an overseas chinese since you said it was your first language. I didn't ask if you only spoke Chinese, haha xD

(Babelfish is usually a more accurate translator than google translate, it was my lifesaver when I was learning another language in school.)

Actually my English is probably better than my Chinese too, in Singapore schools teach everything in English except for chinese classes -shrugs-

[Annoying Brats]

I'm Singaporean and we're forced to learn this silly language.

If english is good enough for me its good enough for everyone!

I'm sure that's what the people in China think about Chinese.

Probably, but majority of the world speaks english, not chinese.

[Strategion]

I'm sure that's what the people in China think about Chinese.

Probably, but majority of the world speaks english, not chinese.

Chinese is the most widely spoken language in the world, we've got more than double the number of english speakers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_languages_by_number_of_native_speakers

My mistake. We beat them by only about a hundred million or so.

[Lunatic Goofballs]

Suddenly I'm hungry for Moo Goo Gai Pan.

[Umbagar]

You obviously know more Chinese so I had to put that in google translate.

我什么时候说我只说中文？我是美国人，所以我说英文比我的中文很好。

母语 means mother tongue and 华侨 means overseas chinese (were you having problems with those words?) I was asking if you were also an overseas chinese since you said it was your first language. I didn't ask if you only spoke Chinese, haha xD

(Babelfish is usually a more accurate translator than google translate, it was my lifesaver when I was learning another language in school.)

Actually my English is probably better than my Chinese too, in Singapore schools teach everything in English except for chinese classes -shrugs-

thanks for the quick lesson! It's nice to know other people learn the same things as I do. As far as my Chinese is concerned I studied it for 4 years, but now I've fallen into a lull since I moved, but it was cool to drag it out of the back of my brain for conversation.

[Strategion]

thanks for the quick lesson! It's nice to know other people learn the same things as I do. As far as my Chinese is concerned I studied it for 4 years, but now I've fallen into a lull since I moved, but it was cool to drag it out of the back of my brain for conversation.

That reminds me of my foreign language classes in secondary school, I've basically forgotten more than half of it xD Lack of practice, I haven't used it for about 3 years? (Back then I was lazy and took Japanese, since I thought it'd be easiest to learn by guessing the meaning from kanji.)

Erm. Would you like me to switch back to Chinese?

[Annoying Brats]

Probably, but majority of the world speaks english, not chinese.

Chinese is the most widely spoken language in the world, we've got more than double the number of english speakers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_languages_by_number_of_native_speakers

My mistake. We beat them by only about a hundred million or so.

Does the list include dialects? I can't find it to be stated anywhere. I know plenty of people who can speak only one dialect and the language itself. Yes, there are such people

[Strategion]

Does the list include dialects? I can't find it to be stated anywhere. I know plenty of people who can speak only one dialect and the language itself. Yes, there are such people

I don't really know either if wiki doesn't say. Yeah, my grandparents used to be able to speak only dialect, pretty much.