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| Jackson |
So i have alot of time on my hands at the moment so i think this is the best time for me to learn Mandarin. My gf and her family speak haggow (Sp?) which is a regional dialect in Hong Kong, but Mandarin is aparently very similar to there dialect.
I have 2 different "Teach yourself" audio books and 2 text books. Does anyone have any advice if they speak this language?
Any Links will be great! |
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| mellow_head |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jackson
Any Links will be great! |
Google is your friend!:o |
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| Jackson |
| No Sherlock! Im actually in the middle of a google search now and about 7 pages through! :rolleyes: |
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| jdat |
Not related to learning mandarin specifically I'll only give you advice on learning languages.
The most effective way to learn a language is by exposure!
Learning the basics will certainly give you a jump start but you'll not really grasp the language unless you try and speak it.
And it seems like you have that somewhat covered.
Good luck. |
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| Aquarian |
| Not specific to mandarin in particular, but it helps alot if you watch TV and movies in the language you're trying to learn. Even if you don't understand a word of it yet, it comes naturally with time. I learned basic english in about two weeks this way. Also, never ever translate. You have to learn it as if it were your first language. Don't try to read sentences and then in your head think "ok, this word in english means that...." |
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| Jackson |
Yeah i got that pretty much covered.
Whenever i go to my gfs house im surrounded by the language. And i listen to most mandarin films with subtitles rather than opt for the dubbed version. |
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| metalgearsolid |
| i say go for it another language makes u better off at the professional world. I tried learning Russian once but then i gave off cause it all sounded jobberish to me |
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| astroboy |
| I've heard the pimsleur language courses are good. Your local college/university language department probably runs evening language courses, which are always good. But the most important thing when learning a language is practice.. and oh yeah good luck learning the characters :nervous: |
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| Jackson |
Lol, sod the characters, im just learning the language at the moment.
Pimsleur is one of the ones i have to use, although its not working properly atm :( |
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| astroboy |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jackson
Lol, sod the characters, im just learning the language at the moment.
Pimsleur is one of the ones i have to use, although its not working properly atm :( |
Is the course not working for you or is the actual audio ing up? |
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| Jackson |
| quote: | Originally posted by astroboy
Is the course not working for you or is the actual audio ing up? |
Audios buggered, i'll get it sorted though |
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| apostrophe |
Hmmm, I don't think mandarin, or cantonese is going to be that plausable, unless you're a language genious. I had to grow up from age 3 in China to get the hang of mandarin. Four tones. Pronuciation doesn't come easy at all to western speakers. Cantonese, even more tones...
I'm not trying to discourage you however, go for it. I'm just saying learning Chinese is going to take a hella lot more work than learning any Latin based language. :(
But, with that said, go for it, good luck :) |
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