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| jimbo Tetraglot Senior Member Canada Joined 6295 days ago 469 posts - 642 votes  Speaks: English*, Mandarin, Korean, French Studies: Japanese, Latin | Message 49 of 59 03 July 2011 at 11:18pm | IP Logged |
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Still not studying Cantonese like I should be. I rarely speak anything but English now that I've moved back. Use it or
lose it. Scary thought. M.u.s.t. g.e.t. o.n. t.r.a.c.k! On a positive note, I've found a great place to study Spanish. I started last week. Seems like a fun and useful language and the class is pretty good. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| jimbo Tetraglot Senior Member Canada Joined 6295 days ago 469 posts - 642 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin, Korean, French Studies: Japanese, Latin | Message 50 of 59 28 July 2011 at 2:04am | IP Logged |
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Making more progress with Spanish than with Cantonese.
Finally watched a couple of episodes of Happy Sheep and Big Bad Wolf in Mandarin. I'm not an addict yet but I could see it happening since I'll probably play it from time to time for my daughter. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
 Li Fei Pro Member United States Joined 5124 days ago 147 posts - 182 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Mandarin Personal Language Map | Message 51 of 59 28 July 2011 at 8:02am | IP Logged |
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Hi from China, Jimbo! So glad you've gotten started on Happy Sheep and Big Bad Goat. And I feel I ought
to yell at you for dropping Cantonese for Spanish, but I do sympathize. Spanish is such a useful language in North America, and quite a bit easier than Cantonese for most of us, though with your Asian language background, I'm not sure. Anyway, enjoy your class and your flirtation/relationship with Spanish. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| jimbo Tetraglot Senior Member Canada Joined 6295 days ago 469 posts - 642 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin, Korean, French Studies: Japanese, Latin | Message 52 of 59 28 July 2011 at 6:29pm | IP Logged |
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I hear a lot more Mandarin than I used to around town and a lot less Cantonese. Most of my Cantonese speaking
friends have moved to the suburbs. Still, I'm trying to get back on track with Cantonese. I've been listening to Hong Kong internet radio broadcasts and the audio portion of my Cantonese courses. I'm able to catch a few words here and there. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| jimbo Tetraglot Senior Member Canada Joined 6295 days ago 469 posts - 642 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin, Korean, French Studies: Japanese, Latin | Message 53 of 59 24 August 2011 at 3:26am | IP Logged |
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I had a listen to some of my old Taiwanese Minnanhua recordings yesterday. It seemed a bit strange because I
haven't heard much Taiwanese Minnanhua in such a long time and I seemed to be thinking of how to say things in Cantonese rather than in Taiwanese. Argh. Neither one is right. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Li Fei Pro Member United States Joined 5124 days ago 147 posts - 182 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Mandarin Personal Language Map | Message 54 of 59 30 August 2011 at 3:47am | IP Logged |
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jimbo, the good news is that you're thinking in Cantonese, right? Are you still doing some Spanish too?
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| jimbo Tetraglot Senior Member Canada Joined 6295 days ago 469 posts - 642 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin, Korean, French Studies: Japanese, Latin | Message 55 of 59 30 August 2011 at 4:39am | IP Logged |
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I think I'll enroll in another Spanish course starting in a couple of weeks. I haven't been doing much with it since the
course ended a month or so ago. Bad, bad, bad. Most of my stuff is still in storage but I have my electronic flash card decks I'm working through after a long break and I managed to dig up a couple of old Korean and Chinese text books and the Confucian Analects out of an old box. Not the most lively stuff to read but sure helps me get to sleep at night. Have I mentioned how much I LOVE having a Chinese dictionary on my iPad? It used to take me FOREVER to look up a word in the dictionary. Not it just takes a few seconds. If I see a reference to a person or place I don't know, no problem. WIKIPEIDA! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| jimbo Tetraglot Senior Member Canada Joined 6295 days ago 469 posts - 642 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin, Korean, French Studies: Japanese, Latin | Message 56 of 59 17 September 2011 at 4:32pm | IP Logged |
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Just picked up a mini-series in Cantonese. Let's see if this does the trick. There are always subtitles if it
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