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- Mon Jul 26, 2010 4:35 pm
- Forum: Learning Chinese
- Topic: Intensive Chinese program, learn Chinese in China
- Replies: 12
- Views: 76890
Re: Intensive Chinese program, learn Chinese in China
Anybody who's ever studied Chinese properly knows that Mandarin is all about tones and pronunciation. SO YOU NEED TO SPEAK IT! Or as they say in China, "越说越好!" You may know the pinyin and definition of 1,000 words and characters, but if you still can't say them right, or know how to use th...
- Mon Jul 26, 2010 4:23 pm
- Forum: Mandarin language forum
- Topic: mandarin or japanese?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 37954
Re: mandarin or japanese?
You can learn mandarin without these tones but that means you have put everything in context. ( making sure that some can understand your meaning from your whole sentence, so if they dont understand a word that can guess the meaning). Um, I disagree. If you don't learn the tones, no Chinese person ...
- Mon Jul 26, 2010 3:22 pm
- Forum: Mandarin language forum
- Topic: learning Mandarin
- Replies: 24
- Views: 59347
Re: learning Mandarin
Anybody who's ever studied Chinese properly knows that Mandarin is all about tones and pronunciation. SO YOU NEED TO SPEAK IT! Books and CDs can only do so much, but what will really carry you is DAILY PRACTICE and ACTUALLY CONVERSING with Chinese people. You may know the pinyin and definition of 1,...
- Mon Jul 26, 2010 3:14 pm
- Forum: Learning Chinese
- Topic: Learning chinese
- Replies: 2
- Views: 11295
Re: Learning chinese
Anybody who's ever studied Chinese properly knows that Mandarin is all about tones and pronunciation. You may know the pinyin and definition of 1,000 words and characters, but if you still can't say them right, NO CHINESE PERSON WILL UNDERSTAND YOU!!! So, if you're really serious about learning and ...