Hello, Hang on ! If learning Chinese at 24 is being "late to the game", I, in my 50s, must have missed the final whistle, never mind the one for half-time. 😀 That's not going to stop me, though. Great content. Subbed! I've found that some words, even more complex ones when reading, stick in my mind very quickly, while easier ones take ages to remember well.
Best way ive found to learn chinese is to watch a tv episode (max like 30 minutes) once with english subs then immediately afterwards watch it again with chinese subs. 虽然我中文说的不太好我最近发现用这样的方法学习把我比较快的提高.
Hi Fred, great to see you posting again. I agree with a lot of your comments. As someone of advancing years, and who has studied Mandarin off and on, most of the major problems is trying to be perfect with your writing and tones. I often feel an idiot why trying to say something in Mandarin in a restaurant or takeaway. A second problem is that a lot of textbooks don’t seem to teach slang. They sometimes seem quite artificial in their approach. Looking forward to your next video.
Nice to hear from you Parky. I agree, if you stick to textbooks, you end up speaking very 'bookish', literary Chinese. Don't worry about sounding like an "idiot" I'm sure it makes their day. It did for the woman in my local Chinese takeaway! 😄
If you are only good at listening/speaking Chinese but not reading/writing it, people will call you '文盲', which is a very bad description for a person. Chinese is very different from English, and you must have a certain level of character skills.
Hello,
Hang on ! If learning Chinese at 24 is being "late to the game", I, in my 50s, must have missed the final whistle, never mind the one for half-time. 😀 That's not going to stop me, though.
Great content. Subbed!
I've found that some words, even more complex ones when reading, stick in my mind very quickly, while easier ones take ages to remember well.
Thank you
Best way ive found to learn chinese is to watch a tv episode (max like 30 minutes) once with english subs then immediately afterwards watch it again with chinese subs.
虽然我中文说的不太好我最近发现用这样的方法学习把我比较快的提高.
I just recently learning chinese and yes, i'm too obssesd with the writing and the tones, i will try to balancing it, thank you for the video
Hi Fred, great to see you posting again. I agree with a lot of your comments. As someone of advancing years, and who has studied Mandarin off and on, most of the major problems is trying to be perfect with your writing and tones. I often feel an idiot why trying to say something in Mandarin in a restaurant or takeaway. A second problem is that a lot of textbooks don’t seem to teach slang. They sometimes seem quite artificial in their approach. Looking forward to your next video.
Nice to hear from you Parky. I agree, if you stick to textbooks, you end up speaking very 'bookish', literary Chinese. Don't worry about sounding like an "idiot" I'm sure it makes their day. It did for the woman in my local Chinese takeaway! 😄
@@ChineseIsEasy lt gets a laugh!🙄
If you are only good at listening/speaking Chinese but not reading/writing it, people will call you '文盲', which is a very bad description for a person. Chinese is very different from English, and you must have a certain level of character skills.
Great video!!!
Good video.However I do shiftwork so the only way I can learn is self study books,audio and videos.This is fine just for pleasure right?
Of course! Enjoy. What a great way to feed your brain during a long night shift!