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| Luk Triglot Groupie Argentina Joined 5121 days ago 91 posts - 127 votes  Speaks: Spanish*, English, French Studies: Italian, German, Mandarin, Greek | Message 1 of 30 22 August 2011 at 6:31am | IP Logged | |||||
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Hello everyone. I have started with Heisig's Remembering the Hanzi to help me remember the meaning of chinese characters, but I read a thread in which someone recomends Cracking the Chinese Puzzles by TK Ann.
For some reason, it's difficult for me to find what this book is really about, I know that uses real etymology but not much more. It uses mnemonics as well? I have searched for it on Amazon and similar sites but either is a very expensive book (not counting shipping, I live abroad the States) or there's no stock available. Where can I find a sample of this book? At least the first volume. I know there's a one volume version but I'd like to see the extended one. I looked up for a Kindle version, sadly there's none. Is anyone using it at the moment? Can you tell what it's like? 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Sprachprofi Nonaglot Senior Member Germany learnlangs.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6256 days ago 2608 posts - 4866 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Esperanto, Greek, Mandarin, Latin, Dutch, Italian Studies: Spanish, Arabic (Written), Swahili, Indonesian, Japanese, Modern Hebrew, Portuguese | Message 2 of 30 22 August 2011 at 2:31pm | IP Logged | |||||
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It's possible to get TK Ann's books cheaply at
Bookdepository.com or Bookdepository.co.uk, with no shipping fees for worldwide shipping. However, read this first; my review of various books that have the same purpose; including Heisig's. I've posted something similar on the forum before. Edited by Sprachprofi on 22 August 2011 at 6:35pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
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I was planning on borrowing the first volume from the library this week. I will try to upload a scan of a couple of pages for you to see.
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| Luk Triglot Groupie Argentina Joined 5121 days ago 91 posts - 127 votes Speaks: Spanish*, English, French Studies: Italian, German, Mandarin, Greek | Message 4 of 30 22 August 2011 at 6:33pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Sprachprofi: Unfortunately TheBookDepository does not ship to my country. I'll read your post, thanks.
newyorkeric: Wow! You are the best! I can't wait! 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| dbag Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4808 days ago 605 posts - 1046 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 5 of 30 22 August 2011 at 9:37pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I would love to take a look at this book. At £65 for volume 1 alone, you really need to be making an informed decision. The book sounds to me like one of the best out there though.
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| Sprachprofi Nonaglot Senior Member Germany learnlangs.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6256 days ago 2608 posts - 4866 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Esperanto, Greek, Mandarin, Latin, Dutch, Italian Studies: Spanish, Arabic (Written), Swahili, Indonesian, Japanese, Modern Hebrew, Portuguese | Message 6 of 30 22 August 2011 at 9:42pm | IP Logged | |||||
1-TK-Ann/9789627056010">Just £40, with free shipping, and definitely worth it. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| newyorkeric Diglot Moderator Singapore Joined 6165 days ago 1598 posts - 2174 votes Speaks: English*, Italian Studies: Mandarin, Malay Personal Language Map | Message 8 of 30 23 August 2011 at 3:30am | IP Logged | |||||
Yes, I think it's a very enjoyable text to leaf through. As a set of texts to learn characters though it's quite dense and difficult to manage especially if you use it as your primary source. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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