ArielFabian
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And we have this kind of writing in Japanese which states, Green cash ! 現金 = US Dollar...
Thanks for the comment, it seems that in Chinese something similar happens. but 美 means US, 元 means Yuan, and when they are joined it becomes dollar = 美元
Seems that with a few symbols they can write lot of things, but the characters should be big in order to see the details.
USA is 美国 , and China 中国 , they finish the same way, I knew how to write China, and guess the association helps a lot.
There is definitely a logic within the characters and once you learn it, it makes learning characters much easier. You are right, steadily learning character is the key, in my opinion. However, they are easy to forget, so you have to continue practicing the ones you already know.
Also, keep in mind that in modern Mandarin, most words are composed of two characters. So, after learning the character, you then have to learn words where it is used. That gets easier the more words/characters you know, but it's hard at first.
Anyway, to attempt to tie this back to the original subject, there are a lot of Argentines studying Mandarin. If you look at the course schedule for the CUI, other than English (and maybe Portuguese), Mandarin is the most popular language.
Thanks for the tips, but I was looking for a private teacher from China (should not be difficult), I heard about the good level of the CUI but I am considering CUI as the last option because I prefer a customized class. I will try to learn some symbols and words by my own first, like horse, female, gold, China, etc. before going to the first class.