Chinese, one of the oldest language

As you know, Chinese has more than 4000 years history and it is very different with the western languages. Because everybody has read the article about Chinese from textbook last week, I would like to share some points of the different between Chinese and English.

First, the meaning of the Chinese is very complex. Because of the long history of Chinese, one word could have different meanings in different time. In addition, one sentence could also have many meanings. Therefore, it is very difficult to understand the old sentences and it will be confusing if writer use some old meaning of words in the article. I remember a linguistician said " The ways of express are very different between Chinese and English. In English, the speaker should let the listener understand what they said. However, in Chinese, the listener have to understand the speaker's meaning by himself/herself." I think the linguistician clearly describe the different between these two languages.

Second, the grammar is also different between these two languages. In Chinese, the words are separate and there are not many clearly grammar rules. However, there are still some rules in speaking Chinese but the rules have many exceptions. Therefore, although we complain there are many grammar rules in English when we study English, I think it will be more difficult for other people study Chinese.

Although Chinese is very different with other language, I think it is a very beautiful language. You can find a very beautiful meaning even a whole picture in a short sentence. I think that is because of its old history. There were many writer who contributed to these old language and leave many beautiful articles.