Did Firefly inspire you to learn chinese?

[Pharaoh Atem]

i wanna learn has anyone else tried beucase of firefly

[mckaychick]

Actually im guilty of that. Beofre firefly i could speak english and spanish and after watching it, I have been tempted to learn chinese. It is a very intersting language.

[the fifth man]

I'll have to admit, I haven't been that inspired.

[Elite Anubis Guard]

If you mean chinese phrases and insults...yes, guilty as charged.

[Falcon Horus]

Even before Firefly I found Chinese very interesting...I know they have a course of Chinese in my eveningschool...though there's a list to get in...and I think when it's my turn we'll be five years later...

But for now I can hold my own with the Firefly-chinese, insults are fun as are the occasional polite words who I probably pronounce completely wrong but who really cares...

[trentk_3888]

Umm to be honest I really don’t want to learn Chinese I don’t find it interesting but rather annoying not that its bad I dunno it sounds annoying to me I know I’m weird I dunno but yeah I think German is a cool as language and I am tempted to learn it but Chinese nope sorry lol I don’t mind all the Chinese talk going on in firefly but yeah I dunno mixed feelings about the language I wouldn’t mind maybe learning a few insults but I wouldn’t want to go to all the effort of learning the whole language

[Blue Banrigh]

I went to Mandarin school when I was younger, hated every minute of it. But since Firefly I have cultivated a taste for the insults and swearing.

[Falcon Horus]

But since Firefly I have cultivated a taste for the insults and swearing.

Yeah, those are definitely the most favorite ones of all...

[Madeleine]

My husband got the film companion / script book and learnt to say "hello pretty lady" and a few less PG things as a result.

[Pharaoh Atem]

[mckaychick]

lol!

[St@rbuck]

I did for a week then i got too stressed with it lol i have a friend who's chinese she can help me with insulting phrases lol

I did inspire me to get a chinese tattoo tho, the serenity sign on my neck

XX

[Shaft]

yeah, i spent about a week learning some of the stuff. its just so fun when you can curse at someone without having to worry about them punching you or anything because they can't understand a word that you are saying.

[Pharaoh Atem]

My husband got the film companion / script book and learnt to say "hello pretty lady" and a few less PG things as a result.

i'm sorry i would love to cruse out someone at work can i borrow the book

[Easter Lily]

You people realise of course that most of the Chinese insults (especially the wacky ones) in Firefly are made up by Joss... most Chinese people don't actually use them... In reality there aren't that many swear words in Mandarin.

But it's really a lovely language... I didn't think so as a child but it's full of imagery and history. It's one of the oldest written languages still in use.
A very difficult language to learn, mostly because it is tonal but not out of the realm of possibility.

Jia You! (Literally means "Add oil". A form of encouragement to persevere)