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| Sunja Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 6084 days ago 2020 posts - 2295 votes  1 sounds Speaks: English*, German Studies: French, Mandarin | Message 41 of 266 21 December 2013 at 3:23pm | IP Logged |
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I'll add the log links when I can, but because of the holidays (my mother is visiting) I probably won't get to all of them at once. but I'll have everybody's log linked by Jan. 1. -- I promise (^-^)b
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| Whitefish Diglot Groupie Canada Joined 5251 days ago 49 posts - 72 votes Speaks: English*, French | Message 42 of 266 24 December 2013 at 9:51pm | IP Logged |
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Hey, I'm not sure on the proper procedure but I would like to join this team to study Mandarin.
I did this maybe some three years ago when I was in high school and was not very successful. Hopefully I'll have better luck now that I'm older. Thanks! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| kraemder Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5183 days ago 1497 posts - 1648 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish, Japanese | Message 43 of 266 25 December 2013 at 7:48am | IP Logged |
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I'd be interested in joining the team. I just ordered Rosetta Stone Mandarin. I'll be a total beginner and well to be honest I am more focused on Japanese learning but I'm really curious about Chinese and I think studying it would enhance my knowledge of kanji. My biggest fear regarding this language is the tones. I'm positive I will be tone deaf.
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| Ninibo Diglot Groupie Germany Joined 4015 days ago 88 posts - 116 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: Mandarin | Message 44 of 266 25 December 2013 at 10:43am | IP Logged |
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@kraemder
Don't worry about the tones, they will elude you in the beginning, but with practice they`ll be distinguishable and easier to pronounce. 加油！ And a 圣诞节快乐 to everyone out there！ [edit] for dumb spelling mistakes... Edited by Ninibo on 25 December 2013 at 10:44am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| kraemder Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5183 days ago 1497 posts - 1648 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish, Japanese | Message 45 of 266 25 December 2013 at 11:02am | IP Logged |
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加油 = add oil? hehe. Sorry I have a ways to go with the Chinese characters. The kanji (I'm betting they're not called kanji by Chinese speakers / students learning Chinese)
I recognize 快 as cheerful... Add oil and be cheerful. (this is what I got from what you wrote =p ) Man I am I noob. I'll start my log though. I have a Japanese log but I'm making a new one for Chinese. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Ninibo Diglot Groupie Germany Joined 4015 days ago 88 posts - 116 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: Mandarin | Message 46 of 266 25 December 2013 at 3:15pm | IP Logged |
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@kraemder
Lol. You were not far off. 加油 does say"add oil", but it is used to cheer someone on. And 圣诞节快乐 means "Merry Christmas": 圣诞节 sheng4dan4jie2 - Christmas, 快乐 kuai4le4 - happy, merry. I'm pretty sure your Kanji knowledge will come in handy when learning Chinese. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| kraemder Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5183 days ago 1497 posts - 1648 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish, Japanese | Message 47 of 266 26 December 2013 at 10:22am | IP Logged |
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I'm curious what other learners are doing regarding hanzi - are you learning simplified, traditional, both, none? The would guess probably not the latter but it is a pain in the butt so maybe. I'm starting out with traditional because they're similar to japanese kanji (I think). But I could see myself, sigh, learning both.
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| Sunja Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 6084 days ago 2020 posts - 2295 votes 1 sounds Speaks: English*, German Studies: French, Mandarin | Message 48 of 266 26 December 2013 at 10:38am | IP Logged |
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Hi kraemder!
I'm constantly coming across characters that don't make sense -- like this one 长, chang2. it means "long". I look up the traditional character and it's (you guessed it) 長. I learn the traditional first, because my experience with RTK and japanese kanji helps me remember the characters better. Traditional characters make more sense and I can make stories (à la Heisig) with them. I try to memorize the simplified version, but it's hard. I think once I start typing more I'll get used to it. LangWanderer also learned Japanese before Mandarin and is also learning traditional first. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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