Quora精选：外国人要多久才能学会流利中文?

在我们学习英语和其他语言的同时，全世界也有很多和我们一样的人。

他们中的很多人学习的还是我们的母语——中文。

然而对外国人来说，学习中文到底有多难？

他们要多久才能学会流利的中文呢？

一起来看看Quora上的外国网友是怎么说的吧！

How Long Does It Take a Native English Speaker to Become Fluent in Chinese?

外国人要多久才能学会流利中文?

获得842好评的回答@Mark Rowswell

When I started learning Chinese, I was horrified to hear that it would take me 10 years to become fluent. 

当我开始学习中文，当我听说我要花上10年时间才能讲的流利的时候，我吓到了。

27 years later I m still working at it. Due to my work on television, some Chinese language learners may consider me a role model of sorts, but every day I m reminded of what I don t know and how much more there is to learn.

27年之后我还在学习。由于我的作品出现在了电视上，一些中文学习者可能认为我是一个楷模，但其实我每天都在想我还没学会的以及今后还有多少需要学习。

获得133好评的回答@Charles Laughlin

Who cares how long it takes? Just do it! If you really want to learn Chinese, you will devote yourself to it however long it takes.

谁会在乎需要花费多少时间？喜欢就去做。如果你真心想要学习中文，你就要全身心投入不去管到底需要多少时间。

获得111好评的回答@Rachel Flagg

Gaining fluency in Chinese is a difficult practice. All manner of things affect how long it will take, from time and dedication, classes you take, and finding a good teacher.

学会流利中文是一项艰难的练习。所有的东西都将决定所花费的时间，时间、投入、上过的课、以及找到一位好的老师。

Fluency has a different definition in most people s minds, for the sake of this answer, I am going to consider fluency the ability to read and understand a newspaper, as well as engage in complex unscripted* conversation.

不同的人对流利都有不同的见解，从这个问题的回答而言，我所认为的流利就是能流利阅读并理解一份报纸，同时能够投入到复杂的无稿交谈中。