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| tesse Newbie Canada Joined 3223 days ago 6 posts - 6 votes Studies: French, Italian, Mandarin | Message 1 of 4 25 February 2016 at 4:42am | IP Logged |
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I have resumed my studied and I am stuck at the same place I was previously: it is hard for me to discerne
the different tonal sounds in natural rhythm spoken mandarin. It is disheartening to be stuck at the same point I was months ago--I truly want to break through this 'barrier' that I seem to have. Suggestions welcomes and appreciated! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
 jeff_lindqvist Diglot Moderator SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6704 days ago 4250 posts - 5710 votes  Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French Personal Language Map | Message 2 of 4 25 February 2016 at 10:26pm | IP Logged |
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Is the problem just identifying the four tones or saying them yourself (or both)? This guy has an interesting approach to tones:
http://www.foreverastudent.com/2011/10/mandarin-chinese-tone s-sound-only.html You could also try shadowing or chorusing or any other method where you force yourself to repeat (and be "in tune" with) what you hear. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Expugnator Hexaglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 4961 days ago 3335 posts - 4349 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, Norwegian, French, English, Italian, Papiamento Studies: Mandarin, Georgian, Russian | Message 3 of 4 26 February 2016 at 4:24pm | IP Logged |
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Try focusing on tones at the word/disyllabic level than in the individual syllables. Most of the times one of the syllables just gets a neutral tone and it's the othr one that carries the important tonal information.
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| shk00design Triglot Senior Member Canada Joined 4239 days ago 747 posts - 1123 votes Speaks: Cantonese*, English, Mandarin Studies: French | Message 4 of 4 26 February 2016 at 8:20pm | IP Logged |
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I use an online dictionary from Holland:
MDBG dictionary Every time I would look up an English word or Chinese character(s) or Pinyin, I'd just type it in. After the character(s) is/are displayed with the Pinyin and the meaning, I'd click on the arrow >> and then the speaker logo to listen to the pronunciation. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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