i think the singapore syllabus teach ppl without the "yan"
got "yan' is for more formal situations like "to inform"......can
be from superior to subordinate or vice versa........passing
orders......
or when u have a complaint to make.......
no "yan" is for "u tell me, i tell u".....jus normal
talking.......
a lotta other words oso drop pang drop top drop bottom, change to
simpler strokes.......
not jus fan ti to jian ti.......jian ti can still reduce
somemore.......
it' actually easier to learn chinese in fan ti and in old
words.......bcos the character relli represents and means wat it
is.....from the form, the shape, the sound, the strokes that it is
made up of........
