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| JayR9 Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4634 days ago 155 posts - 162 votes  Speaks: English* | Message 9 of 18 02 February 2012 at 11:31am | IP Logged | ||
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Here is an example,
zhe4 ge nan2 hai2 zi mei2 you3 bi3 and zhe4 ge nan2 hai2 zi you3 yi3 zhi1 bi3 Now i can work out odd words but how can i find out full sentences and phrases so I can get better understandings of what the pictures mean. I know Rosetta Stone and programs like that are not made for that but I am only using programs like this for extra learning methods when i get free time. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| leosmith Senior Member United States Joined 6484 days ago 2365 posts - 3804 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Tagalog | Message 10 of 18 02 February 2012 at 12:10pm | IP Logged | ||
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zhe4 ge nan2 hai2 zi mei2 you3 bi3 ＝ 這個男孩子沒有筆
I just typed this using pinyin input, but with no spaces. I was only forced to choose characters for zi and bi3. The nice thing about beginning stuff is that the first choice with pinyin input typing is usually correct. When you get to the harder stuff, you'll probably have more experience and be able to guess better too, so it will all probably work out. Just out of curiosity, why are you doing this? Isn't there a transcript for Rosetta Stone? Edited by leosmith on 02 February 2012 at 12:12pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| JayR9 Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4634 days ago 155 posts - 162 votes Speaks: English* | Message 11 of 18 02 February 2012 at 2:54pm | IP Logged | ||
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Ah thank you leosmith. What program did you use for typing in Pinyin?
Its not at my place but My friend doesnt seem to think there is one. I just thought I would ask because I have come across a few programs that didnt translate and I only knew the odd meaning to a couple of words. Thanks again 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| leosmith Senior Member United States Joined 6484 days ago 2365 posts - 3804 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Tagalog | Message 12 of 18 02 February 2012 at 3:03pm | IP Logged | ||
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You can set up your computer to type in Mandarin, using pinyin input. You can google how to do it (I have a Mac).
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| JayR9 Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4634 days ago 155 posts - 162 votes Speaks: English* | Message 13 of 18 02 February 2012 at 5:00pm | IP Logged | ||
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Yes I will look into that and try and do it. Thanks alot.
I have found it and downloaded it but when I go to install it, its all In chinese so I dont know If its the right one or what boxes im ticking. Edited by JayR9 on 02 February 2012 at 5:30pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| nway Senior Member United States youtube.com/user/Vic Joined 5349 days ago 574 posts - 1707 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Mandarin, Japanese, Korean | Message 14 of 18 02 February 2012 at 5:56pm | IP Logged | ||
Well, I was thinking of different languages all mostly using the same characters, but yet, strictly within Mandarin, that is true. My initial main point was that there are tens of thousands of different characters, but only about 1,600 different sounds in Mandarin, so characters will necessarily be more precise in meaning, whereas a simple pinyin syllable will invariably have far more possible meanings than its unique corresponding character. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| egill Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5630 days ago 418 posts - 791 votes Speaks: Mandarin, English* Studies: German, Spanish, Dutch | Message 15 of 18 03 February 2012 at 6:16am | IP Logged | ||
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If you can't figure out the input method on your computer you can also go to Google
Translate, select Chinese, check allow phonetic typing and go ahead and type in plain pinyin. This is also a “smart” input method, so it's able to guess many characters from context. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| JayR9 Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4634 days ago 155 posts - 162 votes Speaks: English* | Message 16 of 18 03 February 2012 at 10:09am | IP Logged | ||
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Yes thank you I am using google translate for some of the words but It ask's you to choose the correct character as you type and it is then when I get stuck.
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