Chinese friends,do we have to be good at Mandarin(putonghua)?~~

@zhpshql (693)
China
May 28, 2008 3:50am CST
Hello, everyone recently, I took a text,the Chinese Mandarin Grade Text, well, this was the secondtime I took it,as the first time I couldn't pass it, I got 85 points, but in my school, they required us that we should at least getting 87points. Oh, I have serious dialect, it's imposible for me to pass it,are we necessary to pass the text? Or must we speak a good Mandarin, we can comunicate,that's Ok, isn't it?
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ycpgoldberg
@ycpgoldberg (807)
• Malaysia
30 May 08
I think we should at least know to speak and can understand Mandarin, although it's not our original language, but it is official language among all dialect. Beside, are you Cantonese?
zhpshql
@zhpshql (693)
• China
31 May 08
Hi, I 've never heard Cantonese, now I get it, oh, Guangzhou has her owm name,it's great. But I'm not Cantonese, the others can understand me, and of course I can understand what they say,my Mandarin kis not that bad~~ Thank you for your post~~~
YOULANLIU
@YOULANLIU (311)
• China
14 Jun 08
Mandarin is indeed a language hard to learn.As a chinese student,we have to learn our native language since our birth until nearly seventeen years old.Admire your spirit of learning,hope you can use a fluent Mandarin to communicate with all chinese!!
youless
@youless (113302)
• Guangzhou, China
30 May 08
Of course Mandarin is the most important language and it's also the official language in China. Although I speak in Cantonese in usual, but I think it's still a dialect only. Perhaps only Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau people speak it. However, if you know Mandarin, you can go all over China. I love China
Icewaterwarm
@Icewaterwarm (233)
• China
28 May 08
My Mandarin isn't well ,but I have never difficult comunicated with my classmate,he comes from beijing . I think we needn't have to master Mandarin very well as a ordinary people unless you want to be an announcer.