Mandarin corner is one of the best resources. I love the street interviews the best. I hope there are more in the future. I bought a subscription a year ago. So cheap. It should be more.
I acquired Chinese naturally so I know what they are saying. You always have to adjust to the speakers. This is one of the best videos on language learning that I have seen because I'm sure that this happens all the time in all languages. Different fillers, different slurring, and different regional habits don't stop native speakers from understanding. It should be expected in all languages and this was expressed very well in this video. Important for language learnings.
@Dreyarde languages often come in many varieties. Not everybody knows all of them. There are tons of German dialects, for example, but most people only know their own + standard German. People in the south don’t understand Low German and most German don’t understand Swiss German. That’s why standard german exists. It is also why Mandarin exists. Not everybody in China can speak Mandarin.
Brilliant lesson! You've decoded almost every puzzle I've encountered in my decades long quest to understand Chinese conversations in my workplace. Very grateful!
Excellent job! She has the best Mandarin videos out there. I have learned a lot and I got my University degree and my master's degree in Taiwan. 100% of my courses were taught in Mandarin Chinese. even with a a bachelor's degree in tourism a master's degree in international business management and 3 years of PhD studies, I am still not fluent in Chinese however, Eileen has brought me much closer to reaching a higher level of proficiency and any of my teachers over the past 20 years.
Your accent in English has improved. You speak more accurately AND more fluidly now than a year ago. You should be proud of yourself, and thank you for helping us all learn your amazing language!
I can't believe I've only just found this channel after learning for 3 years, this video is so damn helpful in exposing and pinpointing downfalls in everyday conversations which throw me off!! Thank you
This happens in almost all languages. The standard grammar that is taught at school and found in books is not what people use in their day to day conversations, most of us don't speak properly (lots of grammatical errors but we understand each other) It takes time , and practice. Being fluent in any foreign language is not easy, you've gotta be patient and willing to put in the effort. 🤷
You are the best! I've never seen anyone covering that topic, and I've studied mandarin for 6 years both in China and abroad. My friend, who works as a teacher in Russia shows your videos to her students at school. Keep up the great work!
This is an excellent video. For ages, I've thought that Chinese people put "jiu shi" randomly everywhere. Thank you for being one of the only people to show us these tough things we might encounter. I'm sure it'll help my Chinese leaps and bounds. The video was really well structured, too. The one thing I'd say is that some of the conversations also seem to have different pronunciation sometimes where you haven't noted it. One example is "wo jue de" is all shoved together and sometimes sounds like "j", also "hen shuxi" sounds like "shouxi" in that Guangdong segment, and that guy sounds like he's saying "zhizi" instead of "ziji" among other things. :) Anyway, thanks again, I've favourited your video :)
because “熟” in “熟悉” is a character with 2 readings. shuxi is the right pronunciation here. But people always get it wrong. So both shuxi&shouxi are OK in daily conversation.
As a professionally trained linguist, this is really good stuff. I've seen a lot of sights that teach mandarin, but I've never seen this quality before--real, authentic material. Thanks so much for this--it's brilliant.
Can I add that a lot of what you're teaching is called Sociolinguistics--look into it. I'd love to see you expand your interviews to include other groups characteristic in sociolinguistics like gender differences in language, age differences, etc. Thanks again for your fantastic videos
I'm a Chinese raised in the US and I'm shook by this. I actually had no idea there were so many dialects. It explains why I can understand my parents and their friends but can't understand some Chinese dramas and movies. This is so interesting but weird to me :/
I noticed that in some dramas too. I've been studying Chinese (Mandarin) for four months and I've seen about ten 50-60 episode dramas. I swear, within the same drama I could understand basics with one actor but not with another. And I would think to myself, why is there so much whispering, jumbling words together, not pronouncing the whole "word" and spitting when they speak but it's clearer when this person speaks? Blew my mind. It made my journey a bit frustrating in the beginning.
May I ask you, are you from Hawaii? (Just wondering because your profile picture is from a Japanese-Finnish cartoon The Moomins which was never aired in the US except Hawaii)
@@nicoleraheem1195 same when i learned english, for years i mostly read english and didnt bother listening to any english, let alone casual english. then i heard some real casual english and was surprised at how i couldnt understand even the basics of a language i could understand in written form!
Eileen, the problem you are addressing - and presenting, very skillfully - is enormous; it is also a moving target. But you are not afraid to approach it, look hard at it, even try to help us with it. Nobody else comes even close. You are the best!!!
hahaha right on, actually some foreign students have better accent than some of our locals here😂 check out this dude whose mandarin is just PERFECT😂 ua-cam.com/video/S9vvvTJC56g/v-deo.html
@@nicoleraheem1195 well, I'm way further along than I was, but nowhere near close to done haha. I signed myself up for mandarin lessons at the university about 4 months ago and I've made so much more progress than I would have been able to alone. sentence structure was my weakness. I found I know alot of words individually but putting them together into thoughts and feelings was really difficult for me
Guys.You don't have to worry about the dialects.As a Chinese,though I can't understand any dialect(I really can't,even my hometown's dialect),I can still undetstand daily communicats.
I'm currently in China right now, and I agree. I try listening to students speaking Chinese [And for the most part, it sounds standard Mandarin], but I also feel that tones are dropped entirely. However when I try and match their speed of talking so the tones drop, they have no clue what I'm saying. It's also frustrating when I'm trying to use the correct tone but they say I'm not. I'm half tempted to just pull out my phone and type Chinese to show them the characters.
you are right. In fact, the tone is a lot more important than pronunciation . I tried humming words to my friends when I cant speak out loud or when I simply want to prank them, and yet they know what I am trying to say 50% of the time. However when I watched videos of some foreigners speaking Chinese and used one single wrong tone in a very long sentence, I need to interpret the sentence for 1 second before I could understand them. Its like singing a song, it is okay to mispronounce some words coz everybody still knows which song you are singing, but when you miss the tone all hell breaks lose. That is how our brain work.
Max haha, It’s funny because my Chinese is pretty good now. And if I am talking Chinese with another friend whose Chinese isn’t as good as mine and a native speaker, I will often times have to interpret to the Chinese person what my friend is saying. Because I understand bad Chinese pronunciation but my Chinese friend doesn’t lol.
This video is so so useful and interesting, I’ve already studied 3 years and I’m still learning. So much effort has gone into this and I really appreciate it.
Awesome video! Very helpful! As I’ve tried to chat up Chinese people, I’ve noticed they don’t actually speak textbook Mandarin. They’re all influenced by their different regions, etc. The good news, though is if you speak standard textbook Mandarin to them, they will understand you. This video does a great job breaking down the key things they do! Thanks again for putting this together! 非常感谢!
It's so easy to understand with your explanation in English. You have great pronunciations for both languages. Thank you so much. Wishing you all the best!
This is common for every language if a student only studies formal language materials. Every speaker must adapt to the various kinds of other speakers. Mostly you'll get it by paying attention to context. For me, the video breaks things down so much it confuses me more than just naturally being in the conversation. Some of the "incorrect" grammar isn't hard at all. But this is a very rare and good video showing this. Happens in every language but very rare for a teacher to explain.
The choice of your content is so relevant that I often wonder if Eileen is one of those mystic which every China enthusiast would need. What an inspiring teacher you are. Kudos to your team. Love from India .
I hope EVERYONE who wants to start learning Chinese or has already started sees this. Especially, if they decide to live in China because when learning Chinese in our Home Countries, we don't truly understand the different amount of dialects China has. From my experience of not being able to understand anything affected my ability to speak. And I couldn't understand anything in the beginning was because I was learning 普通话 in class, while outside of class I was hearing 徐州话。This is an AWESOME VIDEO!! Thank you so much!
That's true for many native English speakers too. Like, many British accents e.g, Scottish, Irish and also in some parts of America people speak regional accents which non-native English speakers find it difficult to understand. That's how all the languages are.
Amazing. Now I will get more crazy learning chinese language !!!!. Oh my God too much for me and I like it on this way !!.. Yeah really difficult but lovely !!!
谢谢!I try not to worry too much about the dialects. I rather just focus on learning more and more so eventually I will be able to consume all kinds of content and therefore get more comfortable with different dialects. It's probably not possible to understand all Chinese dialects completely but I would guess that not even all Chinese people themselves can do that. This channel has been a great help, also I currently live in China so I have access to "real" speech in many ways. Thank you once more!
Thanks for the high quality material. I haven't seen useful learning Chinese content like this elsewhere. I needed it, I have been so frustrated by misunderstanding or reading subtitles differing from the Chinese I hear.
I.... Don't learn Mandarin 😂😂 there was two option in school, learn French or Mandarin. I choose French. But I like to watch your videos sometimes (it always pops in my recommendation too 😂) I slowly learn Mandarin by watching TV shows and movies (I'm still confused with the grammar though) Thank you for making this video~ ❤❤
A fantastic presentation! Thanks... I want to share an anecdote about my discovery of what you are talking about here. When I went to Beijing (ehm, I think it must even have been before you were born.... oh dear) I traveled a little bit around the country with a Chinese friend who offered to be my guide. I thought it was hilarious how he understood as little as I did sometimes, and had to clarify everything by writing the characters with his index in the palm of his hand... but it worked - most times! The funniest story of when it did not work, was when a Japanese friend went to stay in a hotel somewhere and wanted to ask for 'hot water' but the lady at reception did not understand her, so she signed in her hand, as she had seen Chinese people do, except she used the Japanese sign it would seem, and instead of a warm bath, the reception lady with a bid smile delivered a large bowl of steaming hot soup!
Thank you very much for your insightful teaching methods. I have been watching your videos and studying with you since the beginning. My Chinese is getting better and better. I not only look forward to hearing your latest videos, but also reviewing many of your fantastic videos from the past several years. John Morrison from Life Academy.
Exactly! Being a teacher doesn't mean I am perfect and I know everything. It only means that I know a little more than others and this "little more" knowledge enables me to share.
Thank you for this. This explains some of my difficulty in understanding spoken Mandarin. It was obvious that there are regional accents, but there is even more to regional accents than I realized that this video revealed. I was totally unaware of the filler words mentioned in this video. 那个 when used as a filler word appears to be similar to "da kine" in Hawaiian pidgin. (I am 4th gen ABC via Hawaii.)
this was very valuable. You are highly intelligent. I enjoy your systematic dissection of everyday speech. You have a high level of awareness and you share it and that is admirable.
I met two young ladies from Guangzhou and they were completely surprised with me travelling all over China and barely speaking Standard Mandarin. They said that even them were afraid to travel and not being able to understand people talking. Now I got what they said. Only one thing to say after watching this video: OH, MY GOD!!!! 😭
Watching this makes me realised that its good to watch a lot of Chinese shows or dramas to somehow understand how native speakers talk while learning Chinese I like to watch shows/dramas and it helps a lot
@ Your method: My fluency in English is founded on two practices: 1st I chose one dialect / standard, I pursued to the point of fluency. THEN I branched out to American English and dialects. That had the interesting effect that my dislike of American pronunciation(s) turned into a appreciation of its beauty! In terms of learning, the (received) British pronunciation provided me with a *"standard" to which I could relate different pronunciations. This approach "by comparison" also made me aware of patterns in which variants of pronunciation occur. 2nd. THE METHOD, central to that "endeavor" was using software player and music editors (early 2000s;-) to listen in slow mo. That brought me to the level that I can now understand English as good as in my native German! **SO, WHAT YOU ARE DOING HERE, IS REALLY PRECIOUS! YOU DO GOOD! 🤗💐 *"Standard here only intended to signify a "basic" to which comparisons can be made. NOT a "Standard" language that functions as a norm! Some people consider American English as a language in its own right. And I think there could be made a case for that. **Don't know why, who does, especially in those complicated times, ...you know, but for some reason I felt a sudden urge, well, to use a fillword... ...sort of...
Thank you , Mandarin Corner. I was getting really frustrated , wondering why I just couldn't get a hold on " real-people's-talk" . I was almost ready to give up learning Mandarin. But , as it seems - this is a common Problem for Beginners. So I will just hang in there and keep on learning. At least, I am not the only one, having those problems 😊 Xiè xie
Basically this applies to all kinds of languages. Which is why it's so important to add natural and authentic speech to the lessons as soon as possible. If people learn from textbooks only, they will always have problems understanding the first "normal" person they encounter once setting foot in a new country. Regional variations can be a big shock for language students.
Seems like people in Guangdong have trouble pronouncing the Mandarin X sound. Makes me feel a bit better about my struggles. On another point, your English is very good and nice to listen to
This is the first time watching one of your videos, now I am a new subscriber! I am a huge fan of Chinese Kung Fu movies and Chinese culture! Mandarin and Contonese are my favorite two languages I want to learn, thank you for helping me understand that there more dailects in China.
Can't thank you enough for creating such marvelous life-based videos from different perspectives. I know it could lay a load of work to review and make cuts as such in this video. 庆祝你未来好多成就。❣
A style of video I also really benefit from is a conversation about a topic... English sentence, Chinese translation in normal speed, Chinese translation in slower speed, then Chinese translation in normal speed again, and then the next sentence in the conversation in English with the 3 Chinese translations to follow. Going sentence by sentence starting with English helps because then I know what is being said, and then because it’s only one sentence being translated at a time, I can deduce the words being translated even if I don’t know them and if I’m just listening (like listening while I’m going to sleep). And the video could even be just text on the page with your pleasant voice. Hope you consider it! Could call it learn while sleeping series. I’d make a playlist out of it haha.
@@eddlake5694 Her dialect is Shenyang, which is similar to Beijing and is probably one of the more common dialects. However, I have not come across any Chinese tutorials that teach this, or any other dialect. The reason is simple: there are hundreds of variations. The lowest common denominator, as explained in this video, is a received pronunciation that equates roughly to what in English would be called a 'cultivated' or 'educated' accent ('the Queen's English', as we say). And learning directly from my wife would be like learning English from a Glaswegian. What my Chinese lessons are beginning to teach me is to recognize when what she says is not 'standard' Chinese, and to interpolate meaning from context, the way Chinese people cope with other Chinese with unfamiliar accents and dialects. I find it hilarious when I end up interpreting Chinese conversations, either because my wife can't understand them, or they can't understand my wife!
You should do Yunnan and 昆明话! It's very cool. Like "ge" instead of 是不是, and "ke" instead of 去。 Also ”Mou de“ or “mih-dei” instead of 没有,认得 instead of 知道, "ga" for 对不对 ,"Za ge" for 怎么, "ne" for 的,and "sa ze" for 什么。 So in Yunnan it's likely you'll hear 咋个说?我认不得。 你个懂他说啥? Very fun to bust out a Kunming accent when speaking and surprise everyone. 😉 P.S. This is actually quite an in-depth language video that covers common linguistic and speech patterns, not just "how to say blah blah". Chinese linguistics fascinates me, and I'm impressed by your video! 🙏
this is a very useful video usually, the combination of a missing word or two in the vocabulary with a chaotic grammar order unlike that of textbooks would make your mind just completely give up on understanding what's being talked about there is just no shortcut to learning more vocabulary including some basic regional dialectal forms and tone alterations at some point it starts clicking, the same happens with other languages that are very different to one's own language group - it's very important to get used to the things that get omitted in Chinese, in this sense perhaps Japanese and Arabic are even harder as they omit so heavily and expect such strong cultural synchronicity
At 9:18 the English equivalent is "Er", not "ah". These are what you'll call pausative sounds, not so much as words. Other examples are like "Erm", "Eh", "Whoa(h)", etc.
good way of learning I feel is using the textbook for vocabulary , skip most of the grammar and watch a lot of videos with subtitles. Personal favorite is 你会怎么做 😇
@@123-h6i Both correct, but I think nèige is mostly used especially in the north where standard Mandarin is from. Nàge is more official, so as 那个 is an oral word nèige is okay.
Wow. Fantastic stuff. Chinese teaching has always felt behind to me from other countries. They often teach adults like they would school children... Wrote memorization of long lists of characters, too much focus on writing and not enough on reading and speaking, etc. Textbooks make this worse. Thankyou for helping the study of Chinese so much!!!
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Have you been to 上饶 or 铅山?
Can you upload pinyin pronunciation. Plz
No. It is actually pretty close to my hometown.
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Mandarin corner is one of the best resources. I love the street interviews the best. I hope there are more in the future. I bought a subscription a year ago. So cheap. It should be more.
i love the cute asian girls she interviews on the street
Jason, nice to see you here. And totally agree with what you said.
I acquired Chinese naturally so I know what they are saying. You always have to adjust to the speakers. This is one of the best videos on language learning that I have seen because I'm sure that this happens all the time in all languages. Different fillers, different slurring, and different regional habits don't stop native speakers from understanding. It should be expected in all languages and this was expressed very well in this video. Important for language learnings.
I didnt even know this exists, its good to know
I grew up speaking and writing and thinking in Chinese and I also find it difficult to listen to daily conversation in many parts of China.
Bcs of different dialect accent?
@@farel-168 of course
This is me as an American speaking in English.😂
@Dreyarde languages often come in many varieties. Not everybody knows all of them. There are tons of German dialects, for example, but most people only know their own + standard German. People in the south don’t understand Low German and most German don’t understand Swiss German. That’s why standard german exists. It is also why Mandarin exists. Not everybody in China can speak Mandarin.
NOOOOOOOOO....>_<
But now I understand why there always subtitles under Chinese movies!
Sometimes, in order to make the film look realistic, the characters will even speak local dialects. So yes, subtitles are essential.
对我来说,中文是最难的语言。
@@MandarinCorner2 , subtitles are completely necessary bcos some actors don't speak with the correct accent
Brilliant lesson! You've decoded almost every puzzle I've encountered in my decades long quest to understand Chinese conversations in my workplace. Very grateful!
Excellent job! She has the best Mandarin videos out there. I have learned a lot and I got my University degree and my master's degree in Taiwan. 100% of my courses were taught in Mandarin Chinese. even with a a bachelor's degree in tourism a master's degree in international business management and 3 years of PhD studies, I am still not fluent in Chinese however, Eileen has brought me much closer to reaching a higher level of proficiency and any of my teachers over the past 20 years.
I'm already a native Chinese speaker why am I watching this
Has a japanese name.
@@pyro9973 中文真的是我的母語
你是个日本人!!!请你说日本语
with a japanese name lel
@@shinshen9020 本当に日本人ありませんだよ
Your accent in English has improved. You speak more accurately AND more fluidly now than a year ago. You should be proud of yourself, and thank you for helping us all learn your amazing language!
I can't believe I've only just found this channel after learning for 3 years, this video is so damn helpful in exposing and pinpointing downfalls in everyday conversations which throw me off!! Thank you
This happens in almost all languages. The standard grammar that is taught at school and found in books is not what people use in their day to day conversations, most of us don't speak properly (lots of grammatical errors but we understand each other) It takes time , and practice.
Being fluent in any foreign language is not easy, you've gotta be patient and willing to put in the effort. 🤷
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You are the best! I've never seen anyone covering that topic, and I've studied mandarin for 6 years both in China and abroad. My friend, who works as a teacher in Russia shows your videos to her students at school. Keep up the great work!
Moonie exactly. No one is as deep yet clear as Eileen in her lessons. A treasure.
This is an excellent video. For ages, I've thought that Chinese people put "jiu shi" randomly everywhere. Thank you for being one of the only people to show us these tough things we might encounter. I'm sure it'll help my Chinese leaps and bounds. The video was really well structured, too. The one thing I'd say is that some of the conversations also seem to have different pronunciation sometimes where you haven't noted it. One example is "wo jue de" is all shoved together and sometimes sounds like "j", also "hen shuxi" sounds like "shouxi" in that Guangdong segment, and that guy sounds like he's saying "zhizi" instead of "ziji" among other things. :) Anyway, thanks again, I've favourited your video :)
because “熟” in “熟悉” is a character with 2 readings. shuxi is the right pronunciation here. But people always get it wrong. So both shuxi&shouxi are OK in daily conversation.
@@derektang3071 Many thanks! I never realised it's a 多音词!I only know the first one. Maybe that's why I never get confused, heh :D
@@MetalheadBen88 the official pronunciation is "shuxi". But in daily conversation, shouxi is rather common
As a professionally trained linguist, this is really good stuff. I've seen a lot of sights that teach mandarin, but I've never seen this quality before--real, authentic material. Thanks so much for this--it's brilliant.
Can I add that a lot of what you're teaching is called Sociolinguistics--look into it. I'd love to see you expand your interviews to include other groups characteristic in sociolinguistics like gender differences in language, age differences, etc. Thanks again for your fantastic videos
I'm a Chinese raised in the US and I'm shook by this. I actually had no idea there were so many dialects. It explains why I can understand my parents and their friends but can't understand some Chinese dramas and movies. This is so interesting but weird to me :/
I noticed that in some dramas too.
I've been studying Chinese (Mandarin) for four months and I've seen about ten 50-60 episode dramas.
I swear, within the same drama I could understand basics with one actor but not with another.
And I would think to myself, why is there so much whispering, jumbling words together, not pronouncing the whole "word" and spitting when they speak but it's clearer when this person speaks?
Blew my mind.
It made my journey a bit frustrating in the beginning.
May I ask you, are you from Hawaii? (Just wondering because your profile picture is from a Japanese-Finnish cartoon The Moomins which was never aired in the US except Hawaii)
@@Feudorkannabro the moomins had a surge of popularity online recently so a lot of people got exposed to them !
@@nicoleraheem1195 same when i learned english, for years i mostly read english and didnt bother listening to any english, let alone casual english. then i heard some real casual english and was surprised at how i couldnt understand even the basics of a language i could understand in written form!
Eileen, the problem you are addressing - and presenting, very skillfully - is enormous; it is also a moving target. But you are not afraid to approach it, look hard at it, even try to help us with it. Nobody else comes even close. You are the best!!!
Eileen your English is amazing!! Also thank you so much for this video, it's extremely helpful
As a student this made me more confident to speak more and learn more...now that I know not all chinese can speak mandarin well..just like me hahaha
hahaha right on, actually some foreign students have better accent than some of our locals here😂 check out this dude whose mandarin is just PERFECT😂 ua-cam.com/video/S9vvvTJC56g/v-deo.html
Ur right mate, I've seen so many Chinese natives around me who can not speak Mandarin well. So be confident to speak.
wow, first time watching Chinese teacher teaching Chinese online in Englihsh, (lm Chinese) amazing👍
I've been trying to learn mandarin for about 3 months now, this is really useful
How is your journey now?
@@nicoleraheem1195 well, I'm way further along than I was, but nowhere near close to done haha. I signed myself up for mandarin lessons at the university about 4 months ago and I've made so much more progress than I would have been able to alone. sentence structure was my weakness. I found I know alot of words individually but putting them together into thoughts and feelings was really difficult for me
Your videos have helped me become fluent! I’m soooo thankful! Please keep up the good work!
Guys.You don't have to worry about the dialects.As a Chinese,though I can't understand any dialect(I really can't,even my hometown's dialect),I can still undetstand daily communicats.
Great explanation! The effort in compiling various accents is highly appreciated!
They will mess many pronunciations up.... but at least they get the tones correct. While us non-Native speakers can barely even hear the tones.
I'm currently in China right now, and I agree. I try listening to students speaking Chinese [And for the most part, it sounds standard Mandarin], but I also feel that tones are dropped entirely. However when I try and match their speed of talking so the tones drop, they have no clue what I'm saying. It's also frustrating when I'm trying to use the correct tone but they say I'm not. I'm half tempted to just pull out my phone and type Chinese to show them the characters.
you are right. In fact, the tone is a lot more important than pronunciation . I tried humming words to my friends when I cant speak out loud or when I simply want to prank them, and yet they know what I am trying to say 50% of the time. However when I watched videos of some foreigners speaking Chinese and used one single wrong tone in a very long sentence, I need to interpret the sentence for 1 second before I could understand them. Its like singing a song, it is okay to mispronounce some words coz everybody still knows which song you are singing, but when you miss the tone all hell breaks lose. That is how our brain work.
Max haha, It’s funny because my Chinese is pretty good now. And if I am talking Chinese with another friend whose Chinese isn’t as good as mine and a native speaker, I will often times have to interpret to the Chinese person what my friend is saying. Because I understand bad Chinese pronunciation but my Chinese friend doesn’t lol.
also, our tones may change depending on the phrases. like 你 should be ni3 but in 你好, it's ni2
@@outdoorscholar6016 try harder, it's not easy for foreigners to string a sentence with all correct tones
This video is so so useful and interesting, I’ve already studied 3 years and I’m still learning. So much effort has gone into this and I really appreciate it.
Awesome video! Very helpful! As I’ve tried to chat up Chinese people, I’ve noticed they don’t actually speak textbook Mandarin. They’re all influenced by their different regions, etc. The good news, though is if you speak standard textbook Mandarin to them, they will understand you. This video does a great job breaking down the key things they do! Thanks again for putting this together! 非常感谢!
It's so easy to understand with your explanation in English. You have great pronunciations for both languages. Thank you so much. Wishing you all the best!
For someone who has not had an immersive experience speaking the language, your English is astonishingly good.
This is common for every language if a student only studies formal language materials. Every speaker must adapt to the various kinds of other speakers. Mostly you'll get it by paying attention to context.
For me, the video breaks things down so much it confuses me more than just naturally being in the conversation. Some of the "incorrect" grammar isn't hard at all.
But this is a very rare and good video showing this. Happens in every language but very rare for a teacher to explain.
The choice of your content is so relevant that I often wonder if Eileen is one of those mystic which every China enthusiast would need. What an inspiring teacher you are. Kudos to your team. Love from India .
I hope EVERYONE who wants to start learning Chinese or has already started sees this. Especially, if they decide to live in China because when learning Chinese in our Home Countries, we don't truly understand the different amount of dialects China has. From my experience of not being able to understand anything affected my ability to speak. And I couldn't understand anything in the beginning was because I was learning 普通话 in class, while outside of class I was hearing 徐州话。This is an AWESOME VIDEO!! Thank you so much!
我也有同感
That's true for many native English speakers too. Like, many British accents e.g, Scottish, Irish and also in some parts of America people speak regional accents which non-native English speakers find it difficult to understand. That's how all the languages are.
This channel is pure gold.
Amazing. Now I will get more crazy learning chinese language !!!!. Oh my God too much for me and I like it on this way !!.. Yeah really difficult but lovely !!!
this is really useful as a student here in china sometimes I do get confused with the filler words. Thanks for the video
I'm Chinese and it's a very useful video!
谢谢!I try not to worry too much about the dialects. I rather just focus on learning more and more so eventually I will be able to consume all kinds of content and therefore get more comfortable with different dialects. It's probably not possible to understand all Chinese dialects completely but I would guess that not even all Chinese people themselves can do that. This channel has been a great help, also I currently live in China so I have access to "real" speech in many ways. Thank you once more!
Thanks for the high quality material. I haven't seen useful learning Chinese content like this elsewhere. I needed it, I have been so frustrated by misunderstanding or reading subtitles differing from the Chinese I hear.
I.... Don't learn Mandarin 😂😂 there was two option in school, learn French or Mandarin. I choose French. But I like to watch your videos sometimes (it always pops in my recommendation too 😂)
I slowly learn Mandarin by watching TV shows and movies (I'm still confused with the grammar though)
Thank you for making this video~ ❤❤
Another hurdle to cross is there are tons of idioms that crop up during conversation and this will confuse the non Chinese
I just gave up after this video
I think my life is too short to learn chinese..
No worry, there are a lot of Chinese people who can speak English
😂you are right , too difficult to learn
Hahaha. You'll get a hold of it. 给你加油!
come on bro cheer up (:
I remember someone got mistaken ask for fight just because he got wrong tone.. tone in chinese driving me crazy, please send help!!
A fantastic presentation! Thanks... I want to share an anecdote about my discovery of what you are talking about here. When I went to Beijing (ehm, I think it must even have been before you were born.... oh dear) I traveled a little bit around the country with a Chinese friend who offered to be my guide. I thought it was hilarious how he understood as little as I did sometimes, and had to clarify everything by writing the characters with his index in the palm of his hand... but it worked - most times! The funniest story of when it did not work, was when a Japanese friend went to stay in a hotel somewhere and wanted to ask for 'hot water' but the lady at reception did not understand her, so she signed in her hand, as she had seen Chinese people do, except she used the Japanese sign it would seem, and instead of a warm bath, the reception lady with a bid smile delivered a large bowl of steaming hot soup!
She may have written the word ‘热汤’ which are used in both language, in Japanese it means hot water, in Chinese it means hot soup.
@@AlrightFry yes! that''s it! We used to laugh at that so much....
How the hell he just not use the fcking google translate😑😑
Thank you very much for your insightful teaching methods. I have been watching your videos and studying with you since the beginning. My Chinese is getting better and better. I not only look forward to hearing your latest videos, but also reviewing many of your fantastic videos from the past several years. John Morrison from Life Academy.
Amazing video! I love your channel! You explain everything sooooo well! I love the way you structure your videos! Thank you so much for your work.
This video is just fantastic in so many ways, editing, language learning, educational, fun, your channel is amazing!
As a chinese,i like your videos and use them to learn ENGLISH😃😃😃😃
but it is better to learn from native speakers imho
I have to say that your English pronunciation and diction is 越来越棒。Useful video, thanks.
谢谢!我会继续努力的。
@@MandarinCorner2: This is professionalism, good Teachers are also good students, continuously improving.
Exactly! Being a teacher doesn't mean I am perfect and I know everything. It only means that I know a little more than others and this "little more" knowledge enables me to share.
Thank you for this. This explains some of my difficulty in understanding spoken Mandarin. It was obvious that there are regional accents, but there is even more to regional accents than I realized that this video revealed. I was totally unaware of the filler words mentioned in this video. 那个 when used as a filler word appears to be similar to "da kine" in Hawaiian pidgin. (I am 4th gen ABC via Hawaii.)
This is one of the most impressive language learning videos I have ever seen!
This is actually really informative. I never expect any less from this channel.
This is perfect. Clear and well stated. 非常好!!
Eileen you've bloody nailed it with this video. Awesome
Thank you for the new video.
That is the important point that I have wondered.
Excellent video with an excellent explanation on a particularly challenging area. Thanks
this was very valuable. You are highly intelligent. I enjoy your systematic dissection of everyday speech. You have a high level of awareness and you share it and that is admirable.
*Mandarin sentences (local speed) followed by the standard reading* ua-cam.com/video/QVvRRBLG3ec/v-deo.html
Wow Eileen. You are not only a great teacher, but your English is great. I would be happy to do language exchange with you. :D
im a chinese and why I here to watch a video that teach chinese....... it's hilarious good teaching video. you explain well in the dialects
中文真不好学啊
I met two young ladies from Guangzhou and they were completely surprised with me travelling all over China and barely speaking Standard Mandarin. They said that even them were afraid to travel and not being able to understand people talking. Now I got what they said.
Only one thing to say after watching this video: OH, MY GOD!!!! 😭
Another excellent video. Thank you!
Watching this makes me realised that its good to watch a lot of Chinese shows or dramas to somehow understand how native speakers talk while learning Chinese I like to watch shows/dramas and it helps a lot
@ Your method: My fluency in English is founded on two practices: 1st I chose one dialect / standard, I pursued to the point of fluency. THEN I branched out to American English and dialects. That had the interesting effect that my dislike of American pronunciation(s) turned into a appreciation of its beauty! In terms of learning, the (received) British pronunciation provided me with a *"standard" to which I could relate different pronunciations. This approach "by comparison" also made me aware of patterns in which variants of pronunciation occur. 2nd. THE METHOD, central to that "endeavor" was using software player and music editors (early 2000s;-) to listen in slow mo.
That brought me to the level that I can now understand English as good as in my native German!
**SO, WHAT YOU ARE DOING HERE, IS REALLY PRECIOUS! YOU DO GOOD! 🤗💐
*"Standard here only intended to signify a "basic" to which comparisons can be made. NOT a "Standard" language that functions as a norm! Some people consider American English as a language in its own right. And I think there could be made a case for that.
**Don't know why, who does, especially in those complicated times, ...you know, but for some reason I felt a sudden urge, well, to use a fillword... ...sort of...
Thank you , Mandarin Corner. I was getting really frustrated , wondering why I just couldn't get a hold on " real-people's-talk" . I was almost ready to give up learning Mandarin. But , as it seems - this is a common Problem for Beginners. So I will just hang in there and keep on learning. At least, I am not the only one, having those problems 😊 Xiè xie
You are the best Eileen! Best Channel for learning Chinese ever.
You make such a good effort to explain the pitfalls in an already difficult language.I will say I am getting better and not worse....I think.
Basically this applies to all kinds of languages. Which is why it's so important to add natural and authentic speech to the lessons as soon as possible. If people learn from textbooks only, they will always have problems understanding the first "normal" person they encounter once setting foot in a new country. Regional variations can be a big shock for language students.
Eileen... Your English has improved so much. Keep it up!!! Inspiring... And great content as usual...
You are the best. I'm sure it's possible to learn Chinese because 1 billion people have.
Excellent video. Great explanations and examples. Thank you!!
Seems like people in Guangdong have trouble pronouncing the Mandarin X sound.
Makes me feel a bit better about my struggles.
On another point, your English is very good and nice to listen to
This is the "missing *_wonderful_* link" . Thanks in all dialects of China
This is the first time watching one of your videos, now I am a new subscriber! I am a huge fan of Chinese Kung Fu movies and Chinese culture! Mandarin and Contonese are my favorite two languages I want to learn, thank you for helping me understand that there more dailects in China.
Can't thank you enough for creating such marvelous life-based videos from different perspectives.
I know it could lay a load of work to review and make cuts as such in this video.
庆祝你未来好多成就。❣
You're the best Eileen.😚
Never gives up!
This video is very very useful Eilleen! Thank you very much. I heard about how hard it's to undertand chinese people so i'm already preparing myself
的话 is another phrase that I never encountered in class but I heard quite a lot in real life. That you for mentioning this.
This was one of the best Chinese videos I’ve seen yet!
Wow every video you make is so helpful I've made so much progress thanks to your channel 幸苦了
Wow!! This is an excellent Video! So much is clear now!!
Really helpful, listening can help to understand this more and more.
I'm glad I watched this because now I don't feel so bad.
cheers 👍👍
A style of video I also really benefit from is a conversation about a topic... English sentence, Chinese translation in normal speed, Chinese translation in slower speed, then Chinese translation in normal speed again, and then the next sentence in the conversation in English with the 3 Chinese translations to follow. Going sentence by sentence starting with English helps because then I know what is being said, and then because it’s only one sentence being translated at a time, I can deduce the words being translated even if I don’t know them and if I’m just listening (like listening while I’m going to sleep). And the video could even be just text on the page with your pleasant voice. Hope you consider it! Could call it learn while sleeping series. I’d make a playlist out of it haha.
thank you this video is very useful, especially how u explain dialogues
This is one of the best explanation s
非常棒
Excellent video!
I learned a lot with the video!
Now I know why, after 10 years studying Han, I STILL can't understand my wife!
Any idea what dialect she speaks?, May just have to learn that particular dialect
@@eddlake5694 Her dialect is Shenyang, which is similar to Beijing and is probably one of the more common dialects. However, I have not come across any Chinese tutorials that teach this, or any other dialect. The reason is simple: there are hundreds of variations. The lowest common denominator, as explained in this video, is a received pronunciation that equates roughly to what in English would be called a 'cultivated' or 'educated' accent ('the Queen's English', as we say). And learning directly from my wife would be like learning English from a Glaswegian.
What my Chinese lessons are beginning to teach me is to recognize when what she says is not 'standard' Chinese, and to interpolate meaning from context, the way Chinese people cope with other Chinese with unfamiliar accents and dialects. I find it hilarious when I end up interpreting Chinese conversations, either because my wife can't understand them, or they can't understand my wife!
She is a woman, you'll never understand her
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@@velkylev4217 😂😂😂😂😂🎉
Thanks for your useful lessons. 你 的 英 语 很 好!
You should do Yunnan and 昆明话! It's very cool.
Like "ge" instead of 是不是, and "ke" instead of 去。 Also ”Mou de“ or “mih-dei” instead of 没有,认得 instead of 知道, "ga" for 对不对 ,"Za ge" for 怎么, "ne" for 的,and "sa ze" for 什么。
So in Yunnan it's likely you'll hear 咋个说?我认不得。 你个懂他说啥?
Very fun to bust out a Kunming accent when speaking and surprise everyone. 😉
P.S. This is actually quite an in-depth language video that covers common linguistic and speech patterns, not just "how to say blah blah". Chinese linguistics fascinates me, and I'm impressed by your video! 🙏
Such a useful video! Thanks, and keep up all the great work you are doing.
this is a very useful video
usually, the combination of a missing word or two in the vocabulary with a chaotic grammar order unlike that of textbooks would make your mind just completely give up on understanding what's being talked about
there is just no shortcut to learning more vocabulary including some basic regional dialectal forms and tone alterations
at some point it starts clicking, the same happens with other languages that are very different to one's own language group - it's very important to get used to the things that get omitted in Chinese, in this sense perhaps Japanese and Arabic are even harder as they omit so heavily and expect such strong cultural synchronicity
Hey! these colloquial videos are really good! would love more!
Um ótimo conteúdo como sempre! Obrigado Eileen.
A great content as always! Thank you Eileen.
:)
哈哈可愛喔
@@yin_xing Why?
Porque escrevestes em pt e depois em en.
@@yin_xing Haha, Pois é. Você é de Portugal?
@@fe.1 não, sou taiwanês mas vivo em SC desde pequeno. E tu?
Very good Chinese lesson. Good English grammar lesson, too.
I couldn’t live without your videos anymore 😄 keep up the work ♥️
At 9:18 the English equivalent is "Er", not "ah". These are what you'll call pausative sounds, not so much as words. Other examples are like "Erm", "Eh", "Whoa(h)", etc.
This was a great and insightful video, Eileen!
我经常收听到Mandarin Corner,所以只学了听懂Eileen。
给你一个赞👍
good way of learning I feel is using the textbook for vocabulary , skip most of the grammar and watch a lot of videos with subtitles. Personal favorite is 你会怎么做 😇
Eileen your lessons are wonderful
I still hear them using, "Uhhh" with the filler words. Thank you for this video. It helped a lot!
Yes, people also use these kinds of sounds as filler words. But they are less difficult for students to recognize.
yeah, "那个=nage" sounds like the N word if not paying attention, but they are completely different. It could literally mean "That" or "Eh..."
i was thinking the exact same thing
Chinese racists
nei ge nei ge
😂😂😂, I say " _nei ge_ " not _nage_ I dunno what is right one 🤔. Plus _nage_ mean something like _that_
@@123-h6i Both correct, but I think nèige is mostly used especially in the north where standard Mandarin is from. Nàge is more official, so as 那个 is an oral word nèige is okay.
This was such a great video! 多谢老师!
Wow. Fantastic stuff.
Chinese teaching has always felt behind to me from other countries. They often teach adults like they would school children... Wrote memorization of long lists of characters, too much focus on writing and not enough on reading and speaking, etc. Textbooks make this worse.
Thankyou for helping the study of Chinese so much!!!
F Lanham because characters are important to us, or u will mess up different characters with the same or similar pronunciation
Studying china and it's also happening to me I'm memorizing so many characters but lack on speaking and hearing
I am a native Chinese speaker we can help each other in the new language
@@李斯基-i7y yes please
@@lifeofachristiannursingstu9498 how to contact you, WhatsApp or Skype or other social Media apps, send to me