#学习汉语
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Some places in the city!
我经常去咖啡厅，我偶尔去快餐店。
Can you use an adverb of time to describe how often you go somewhere?
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Always wanted to know the names of all countries in Chinese? Yes, me too!
Here you go! Part 1. Africa
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One way to work on your Chinese characters is by learning about radicals. Here are some of the most common ones, sigh their Chinese name.
Fun fact: this is how Chinese people introduce their surname, or any character for that matter. Say my name is “yu”, I can then say, 言字旁的”语”。try it out for your own Chinese name, you’ll sound super native!
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Today is the 20th of May (520), China’s unofficial Valentine’s Day!
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1. Find a language partner on Hellotalk/Tandem
Talk over the phone with your language partner, it may be daunting at first but stick with it and you will really see the benefits in terms of your every day speaking. It’s free and you can make a new friend. If you are uncomfortable, try sending audio messages through the app and build the confidence to speak on the phone. It may be best to find a partner who is willing to do half the time entirely in chinese, half entirely in English, or you speak entirely in chinese, them entirely in English. If you have a partner who doesn’t seem genuinely willing to help you speak Chinese and only wants to practice English, move on!
2. Pay for 1-1 lessons on iTalki etc.
Over Hellotalk it may be difficult to make your teacher explain everything clearly and keep repeating certain things you missed because you may feel it’s just for chatting. With a teacher they also have better experience teaching so you’ll waste less time, they know what you are trying to say already (because teachers do have the magical power, they’ve seen hundreds of students before too)
I myself last semester hired a Chinese teacher and during our lessons I came prepared with all my questions and things I wanted to practice and the lesson must have been really boring for her, but I paid for lessons so I wanted to get the most benefit for myself, ha!
Additionally, if you have Wechat/Alipay you can find a teacher over Hellotalk and cut out the agent fee on apps like iTalki!
3. Listen more! (and repeat the audio material out loud)
Listening to podcasts, especially situational ones, such as ChinesePod and CSLpod are the best for improving everyday speaking, you can get used to the rhythm and words used in everyday speech. You can also listen to bilibili or Youtube content creators who are speaking naturally to a camera. Listen more and you naturally can improve your speaking also. Haven’t you ever met those English non-natives who have good accents and speak well, ask them why and they often say they watch a lot of American TV?
4. Record yourself on your phone talking about a topic
Sometimes there are times when I want to learn about a topic but don’t have a partner to discuss. It also gives you time to ‘slow down’ and really think about the words you want to say and how to get your point across because you are less nervous. For example, I am interested in politics and nutrition, but when talking with somebody the conversation may go into a different direction and I can’t practice the words I wanted, I therefore occasionally record myself talking on a topic. It is also good to keep as a record of progress and to re-listen for your own mistakes, particularly in tones and grammar!
Do you have any other tips? Share them in the comments!
Hi all
Please see my list of resources and method for listening practice:
Podcast resource links:
Free with transcripts:
*https://www.slow-chinese.com/podcast/
http://justlearnchinese.com/mini-novels/
*https://www.learningchinesethroughstories.com/
Not free:
No transcripts:
Other video resource tips:
YouTube has a lot of individual user content, a bit like the sort of make up tutorial videos you may enjoy or best is users who create those ‘tag’ videos, daily vlogs or ‘story time’ videos… such as the video below. It is best as it is natural, unscripted spoken language.
As a female that’s the sort of content I like to see and I’m sure there is content geared for people who don’t really watch make up videos etc. (if anyone could suggest more ‘male oriented content’ in the comments that would be useful too :)
On YouTube videos you can slow down the speed on the video to x.75 under settings.
Another useful tool for MP3s is an app such as Audiopo which slows down/speeds up mp3 files that you have on your phone (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.ne.sakura.ccice.audipo&hl=en) [see my previous post for a demo].
How to study with the audio/video resources:
I use a similar fashion for studying audios as with reading [see my previous post] and will make a detailed future post. Essentially, I post a transcript and listen several times to the audio (whilst cooking, walking, doing sport etc.) and then read the transcript once I am familiar with the audio, highlight unknown words and add to Anki for my daily vocab review, continue to listen to audios and archive at the end of the week. [I do all this using OneNote and you can see exactly how I use it in my ‘reading’ post!
If you have any useful resources or tips for efficient language learning please feel free to share :D :D
Chinese popular bands
Let’s try smth new. It’s the first time when I recommend music, but this Taiwanese band “Men envy children” is really AWESOMEEEI hope u’ll like it. BTW, it’s your practice in traditional characters
- P.S. let me know if u like it(♥️ )and I give u more
是否 應該除掉為你刺的 Tattoo
Shi fou ying gai chu diao wei ni ci de Tattoo
ShouldI remove the tattoo that stabbed you?
或是 算了吧 就讓我 裝酷吧
Huo shi suan le ba jiu rang wo zhuang ku ba
Or forget it, let me pretend to be cool
也許 這就是長輩說的 人生起伏
Ye xu zhe jiu shi chang bei shuo de ren sheng qi fu
Maybe this is what the elders said
經歷 Everything 還有 Everything
Jing li Everything hai you Everything
ExperienceEverythingandEverything
我 總是天真以為 You are the one
Wo zong shi tian zhen yi wei You are the one
I always think naively that you are the one
但看來 人類不變的就是改變 唉
Dan kan lai ren lei bu bian de jiu shi gai bian ai
Butit seems that what humans do n’t change is change.
說要 情人變朋友 該把
Shuo yao qing ren bian peng you gai ba
Sayyou want your lover to become a friend
愛往哪裡擺
Ai wang na li bai
Wheredoeslovego
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That was never the point of you and me and us
Neverthe point baby of love
唯一誠實的是 你的心
Wei yi cheng shi de shi ni de xin
The only honest thing is your heart
別讓太 多無奈 背離誓言
Bie rang tai duo wu nai bei li shi yan
Don’t let too much helplessness
如果 最後一面 依然不變
Ru guo zui hou yi mian yi ran bu bian
If the last side remains the same
I’ll miss you when you’re gone Woo
And I’ll try my best to move on
是否 應該除掉為你刺的 Tattoo
Shi fou ying gai chu diao wei ni ci de Tattoo
Should I remove the tattoo that stabbed you?
或是 一起分享你給我的苦
Huo shi yi qi fen xiang ni gei wo de ku
Or share the suffering you gave me
應該 恨你或怨你 希望從沒遇見你
Ying gai hen ni huo yuan ni xi wang cong mei yu jian ni
I should hate you or blame you, hope I never met you
或是 消失自己 剪髮旅行放逐 終有一天能
Huo shi xiao shi zi ji jian fa lue xing fang zhu zhong you yi tian neng
Or disappear yourself, cut hair and travel in exile
忘懷你
Wang huai ni
Forget you
Yeah 如果你的愛已逝 像死刑的解釋
Yeah ru guo ni de ai yi shi xiang si xing de jie shi
Yeah if your love is gone
徒留 輾轉難眠 你的熱情成厭倦
Tu liu zhan zhuan nan mian ni de re qing cheng yan juan
Just staying awake, your enthusiasm becomes tired
心已 枯萎又空缺
Xin yi ku wei you kong que
The heart is withered and vacant
Repeat
其實 真的不難了解 我們之間 最初的愛 不曾改變
Qi shi zhen de bu nan le jie wo men zhi jian zui chu de ai bu ceng gai bian
Actually, it ’s really not difficult to understand that the first love between us never changed
真的 讓人心碎 兩地之間 不停聽著屬於我們的歌 重複一遍又一遍
Zhen de rang ren xin sui liang di zhi jian bu ting ting zhe shu yu wo men de ge chong fu yi bian you yi bian
It ’s really heartbreaking, listening to our own songs between the two places, repeating it again and again
