Why I Will Never Stop Learning Chinese – Jorinde Wiese

jīng cháng yǒu rén wèn wǒ ：“nǐ wèi shí me xué xí hàn yǔ ？kě yǐ gào sù wǒ shì shén me yuán yīn ràng nǐ xué xí hàn yǔ de?”shuō shí zài de ，zhè gè wèn tí hěn nán huí dá 。wǒ hěn xǐ huān xué xí xīn dōng xī ，yóu qí shì xué yǔ yán 。shàng zhōng xué de shí hòu，wǒ jiù yǐ jīng xué huì le dān mài yǔ ，yǒu yī tiān，bān shàng de yí gè zhōng guó tóng xué jiù kāi wán xiào de duì wǒ shuō ：““hā hā ，nǐ lián dān mài yǔ dōu xué le，wéi shén me bù xué zhōng wén ne ？nà cái shì zhēn lì hài !”。nà shí de wǒ tīng le ，méi yǒu lì kè jiē shòu tiǎo zhàn，xīn lǐ méi yǒu zì xìn ，yīn wéi wǒ tīng shuō xué xí hàn yǔ bú róng yì ，dàn shì xīn lǐ yě shù lì le yí gè mù biāo 。hòu lái ，zài shàng dà xué xuǎn zé zhuān yè shí ，wǒ jué dìng zuò yì jiàn bié rén kàn qǐ lái hěn “fēng kuáng ”de shì qing ，zhǔ xiū hàn xué 。zhè ，zhǐ shì wǒ xué hàn yǔ de yuán yīn zhī yī，yīn wéi wǒ kě yǐ gào sù nǐ yì bǎi gè xué xí hàn yǔ de yuán yīn，shuō yě shuō bú wán 。

Many people have been asking me: “Why do you learn Chinese? Please tell me, what was the reason that made you study Chinese?” To be honest, the answer to this question is not easy. I love to learn new things, especially foreign languages. When I was in high school, I had taught myself Danish. One day some of my Chinese classmates were joking and telling me: “If you already managed to learn Danish, why don’t you want to give Chinese a try?” At that time, I was not really convinced this would be a good idea. I did not have the confidence that it would actually be possible for me to learn this language. I heard about how difficult the Chinese language was, but deep inside me, I started to develop a dream. Later, when I was applying for my studies at university, I chose to study something crazy and applied for Sinology. This is one of hundred possible explanations, why I decided to learn Chinese.

经常有人问我：“你为什么学习汉语？可以告诉我是什么原因让你学习汉语的？“说实在的， 这个问题很难回答。我很喜欢学习新东西，尤其是学语言。上中学的时候，我就已经学会了丹麦语，有一天，班上的一个中国同学就开玩笑地对我说：“哈哈，你连丹麦语都学了，为什么不学中文呢？那才是真厉害！”那时的我听了，没有立刻接受挑战，心里没有自信，因为我听说学习汉语不容易，但是心里也树立了一个目标。后来，在上大学选择专业时，我决定做一件别人看起来很“疯狂”的事情，主修汉学。这，只是我学汉语的原因之一，因为我可以告诉你一百个学习汉语的原因，说也说不完。