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Month: July 2011

Month: July 2011

Perfect my French or begin Mandarin Chinese?!?

Helllo! I have reached quite a intermediate/low advanced level of french in the past and now have the oppurtunity to take Advanced Higher French at University. Upon completion of these classes, I would have ‘advanced proficiency’/near-native like proficiency of the French Language. HOWEVER, one cannot deny the every growing Chinese …

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How did Kanji get its start and where do Mandarin words get their pronunciation?

They said something about Japanese characters actually come from Chinese but where did all this Kanji come from and where did their earlier forms of pronunciation come from too? I was wondering after a long year study of Japanese and being exposed to Japanese in Pokemon Colosseum, in which I …

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Would Kunji be the appropriate translation for “August Rooster” In Mandarin?

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What languages can Jackie Chan speak?

I’m doing a speech on him for english, so I was wondering if you can help me out, thanks. Btw I know that he can speak cantonese, mandarin and japanese, anything else?

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If you already know Mandarin, is Cantonese hard to learn?

I mean with speaking and listening, not reading and writing.

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Need help from Mandarin readers and writers and those familiar with Chinese/Taiwanese music?

I’m looking to buy a good Mandarin karaoke DVD for my dad, who is 57. He was born and raised Taiwan and moved here to the US 26-27 years ago. He loves singing karaoke so I thought a new karaoke DVD might make a good gift. He loves the classics, …

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What are some intensive, French programs that will allow me to learn the language in 3 months?

Do you know of any intensive French programs that are strictly for people who want to master the language in a short period of time? Someone was telling me that their friend took intensive courses at a school in California and learned Mandarin Chinese in 6 months. How and where …

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how do i add pinin ontop of my mandarin characters?

i have written all the mandarin in, and i need to know if there is any way i can highlight the mandarin, click a few things on Microsoft word and let word automatically add the pinyin with tones ontop. how do you do this? is this possible? if you answer …

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Need help from Mandarin readers and writers and those familiar with Chinese/Taiwanese music?

I’m looking to buy a good Mandarin karaoke DVD for my dad, who is 57. He was born and raised Taiwan and moved here to the US 26-27 years ago. He loves singing karaoke so I thought a new karaoke DVD might make a good gift. He loves the classics, …

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how long to learn mandarin tones?

im just curious how long until i recognize mandarin dual tones because I have reached a point of unimaginable frustration where I just don’t hear them, and I’ve been practicing about 3 hours a day

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