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Month: August 2011

Month: August 2011

What are some of the best resources to study Mandarin?

So far I am self-taught & NO schools within a 50mile radius offer any courses. However, I can speak some already & can read/write about 250 Han Yu so far. I listen to a lot of Chinese music & watch TW dramas but it seems like I can’t get any …

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Mandarin-Chinese to English Translation?

Help please? gum yut ngor ng shern oi lay. gum yut ngor ho ng hoy sum. gum yut… ngor ng ji gong meh ho. yao cee ngor hai doi lum.. lay hai ng hai junt ga. ng ho wan ngor..ngor wan ng hay.

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which is the best textbook to learn mandarin?

i’m more interested in conversational mandarin – and would like to learn it from a good textbook. i am malaysian chinese, so mandarin is not completely foreign – however, i am unable to speak it. please recommend some good books i could buy. thank you

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What language should i learn?

I’m taking a language class in school, and we have six languages we can learn from. – Italian – Spanish – Mandarin Chinese – Japanese – German – French I’m leaning toward German, because my mom speaks it and i think it would be cool if we could talk in …

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Don't people know it's wrong to ask, 'Do you speak Chinese?'?

You can’t SPEAK Chinese. Chinese is an ethnicity. However we CAN speak Mandarin or Cantonese, etc. I’m half French and half Chinese and I just want to blow up at people who ask that because it is very frustrating. It’s not called overreacting. Believe me, you would feel this way …

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are there any cantonese pronunciation tools online?

does anyone know where i can find an online tool that can translate chinese characters and have it pronounce in cantonese rather than mandarin? paid websites are helpful if anyone knows either..thanks

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Should I learn Mandarin or Japanese?

I know that I want to learn one of these languages, but I don’t know which one to choose.

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What language should I learn next?

I think of branching out into another Asian language in about a year, but am not sure if I should tackle Japanese, Mongolian, Korean or Tibetan… I would do this just for fun and to have access to literature in one of these languages. I already read, write (both traditional …

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How do you write this in Pinyin?

Hey, I need to know how to write this in Pinyin for a Mandarin assignment. – What year did you father come to Australia ? – What does your older brother do for a living ? If you could also include tone marks, it would be great. Thanks. – David

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Is it possible to learn french and mandarin (Chinese) without ruining the learning experience of either one?

I take french in high school, but I also want to learn Mandarin from a separate class. If I take on Mandarin at the same time, will it mess up what I was taught in french or vice versa?

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