Ok I’ve finally finished my Pimsleur Mandarin Chinese course and I’m kinda stuck as to what to do to learn more material. I could look through a dictionary I guess and try to learn words but I really like the Pimsleur method (Not just listen and repeat, forming sentences with …
how do you state a continuous action? I know the following: Ta pai zhoapian means ‘he takes pictures’ Ta pai le zhaopian means ‘he took pictures’ how do I say ‘he’s taking pictures’ ? also, I’m confused over when to use ‘shi… de’ when talking about the past. Is that …
My chinese teacher had us write down some things we wanted to learn in chinese for Thanksgiving and when she gave me back my paper with the chinese pinyin and characters on it, it was different from what I wrote so could you please tell me what this says exactly …
I keep getting different responses! Is it 1) lei ho hou oi? 2) lei ho hall oy? 3) nei hou ho ngoi? Or something else? Oh, and can you tell me somewhat how to pronounce it? I speak mandarin so my cantonese accent shouldnt be completely horrible, but it would …
does anyone know a good website to learn how to speak and read mandarin? free online website is there any for spanish?japanese? korean? for beginners
Does anyone know what is the language spoken in NanTong, Jiansu? Cause by reading on the internet it seems like they speak some Wu and other local dialects. I wanna know if mandarin is also spoken
I like both cultures, though maybe Japanese a little more. Japanese also seems to sound "cooler". But I also want something that is practical for me as a healthcare worker. Which do you think is more useful in the United States? (And no need to rec commend Spanish, I’ve already …
My cousin, who is six years old, cannot speak properly. I suspect this has to do with the fact he was brought up in a very confusing ‘language environment’. For instance, his mother speaks mandarin, his father speaks cantonese, and his environment speaks french. He cannot make proper sentences, or …
i really want to learn a second language, but i don’t know where to go. where should i go or what book or cd-rom should i get? i would like to learn Mandarin and spanish and some day be fluent in both. p.s. i have taken a few spanish classes …