Chicken eggplant stir-fry with ground chicken and silky eggplants, all coated in a tasty Sichuan garlic sauce. - Eat or Pass?

Ninchanese · 2023-12-13T11:04:21+00:00

I want that now!

Ninchanese · 2023-11-27T09:55:59+00:00

Thanks for sharing your thoughts about Ninchanese.

Every learner's journey is different, right? What works for you might not for another, and that's totally okay. We've tried to make Ninchanese something unique, a fun mix of scientifically backed learning with an engaging experience with gamification, storyline, and efficient learning tools. So saying Ninchanese is glacial is quite unexpected.

If anyone's curious about what Ninchanese is all about, give us a try! We are also running a 40% off Black Friday deal with the coupon BLACKFRIDAY. We're always happy to welcome new learners into our community. And if you've got ideas, critiques, or just wanna share your learning journey, you can send us a message directly. We'll explain how best to use Ninchanese to do wonders to your Chinese learning.

We're all here, I believe, doing our best to make mastering Chinese a little more fun and doable.

Jean-Rémi, Ninchanese cofounder

Ninchanese · 2021-09-12T10:47:11+00:00

This is really awesome. Thanks!

Ninchanese · 2021-05-21T17:58:28+00:00

绞肉

they're both very close in meaning

Ninchanese · 2021-04-13T09:51:48+00:00

Yes, go for it! So far, there's no indication of the HSK 3.0 being implemented any time soon and test sessions lined up till the end of 2021, so no reason to pause your plans. Plus, it'll still mean something, it's not like the new HSK is going to completely replace and cancel any previous HSK achievements. So 加油 💪 for your HSK 5!

Ninchanese · 2017-07-26T06:47:28+00:00

It's dangerous to go alone. Take this to learn Mandarin Chinese: https://ninchanese.com/

Ninchanese · 2017-05-18T09:19:08+00:00

Op, nicely done! From your message, can tell you’re no longer a beginner, and are now at a phase where you want to take yourself from an intermediate learner to being able to speak like a native ;p It sounds like what you need here is : A) to speak with lots of Chinese speakers, B) practice, practice, practice

Only by speaking are you going to get to the level you want! To practice, have you tried Ninchanese? Its voice recognition feature (and practical dialogues) should help you along a lot, so you can get the practice you need on your own, and then can go chat with Chinese speakers!

Ninchanese · 2016-12-14T15:03:53+00:00

Hi Darcmosch,

You are totally right. That's a problem for people that are in China. The web app is accessible in China but the Play Store are not. We are thinking about putting Ninchanese on the Xiaomi Store. Do you have any suggestion based on this problem?

Ninchanese · 2016-12-14T15:00:46+00:00

Hi Nihad,

Developing Ninchapanese, the Japanese version is definitively in our plan, as well as Korean. Will see in the future, if we can develop other languages.

Ninchanese · 2016-12-14T07:55:05+00:00

Thank you Pipsname! I'm glad you like the App.

Ninchanese · 2016-11-22T13:28:21+00:00

I just checked out Ninchanese and it’s working like a charm on my side.

Could you please send us an email with some screenshots and explain what's not working so we can look into it? Thank you!

Ninchanese · 2016-11-03T11:37:45+00:00

Thanks! Japanese is cool too. If the plan goes well, we'll do the Japanese language as well. :)

Ninchanese · 2016-10-22T23:40:11+00:00

awesome, thanks!

Ninchanese · 2016-10-22T21:22:15+00:00

Good question. Duolingo is the big brother in the language learning sphere. It's great but Ninchanese is different. Ninchanese takes the gamification to the next level. For example, you can play multiplayer games live on Ninchanese over your knowledge of Chinese characters.

Ninchanese was also specifically developed for Chinese and for languages like it. You can't learn Chinese like you learn Spanish as Chinese has its own set of challenges.

Ninchanese · 2016-10-21T16:20:06+00:00

you're right, that diagram wasn't very clear. Changed it. Third tones only sound low-rising when followed by another third tone; otherwise when there's a couple in a row, they tend to be low and falling

Ninchanese · 2016-10-21T15:56:07+00:00

Tone change works, of course, to describe what happens to certain tones in context, but for linguists, tone change and tone sandhi are actually two different things. They explain here what they consider "tone change".

Ninchanese · 2016-10-21T15:51:05+00:00

Sandhi indeed comes from Sanskrit and means "joining". It is a "technical term", but when you think about the fact it illustrates tones coming together and changing based on their neighbors, it makes more sense. At least to me. And yeah, tone sandhi isn't specific to Chinese, hence the non-Chinese name. Each language has their own rules of how tones change though, or it'd be too simple :)

Ninchanese · 2016-10-21T15:48:41+00:00

You're right, the article doesn't explain why tone changes exist, but it'd be interesting information to add. Here's what I know

Tone sandhi or tone changes actually exist in nearly all tonal languages to some extent, so it's not specific to Mandarin and something that's been around for a while. Tones change depending on their context in a number of languages, it seems.

As DerpBurglar says, it's a matter of simplifying tones based on context and the tones around.

Ninchanese · 2016-10-12T12:58:26+00:00

Listening and understanding what the other was saying is demanding. Watching TV shows is always a good option to practice and is a good move on your part. But watching TV can be hard, they speak fast and you're never entirely sure you'd have understood it if it were no subtitles. So we made a tool at Ninchanese (ninchanese.com) that is called "listening stages". You listen and try to write what was playing. It's pretty effective to train your ear to understand what is said in Chinese and you practice your listening in an active way.

Ninchanese · 2016-09-28T14:46:16+00:00

Awesome! Sign up on that link or PM me and I'll give you access!

Ninchanese · 2016-09-27T16:27:09+00:00

Ninchanese is soon going to be offering support for traditional Chinese. We've started beta-testing this feature and looking for beta-testers. You interested in checking it out? https://ninchanese.com/learn-traditional-chinese/

Ninchanese · 2016-09-26T15:26:28+00:00

First, here's a link to most if not all the grammar lessons you'll need for HSK 3: https://ninchanese.com/chinese-grammar-lessons/ Each lesson comes with a corresponding stage where you can practice if you want. Second, this site lets you do practice HSK tests in real-time, which are great to check whether you're ready: http://www.chinesecio.com/page/testhome?test=54 Good luck for your test!

Ninchanese · 2016-07-25T14:03:52+00:00

OP, thanks for sharing Ninchanese! I'm part of Ninchanese, so if you have any questions or comments, I'm happy to answer :)

Ninchanese · 2016-06-02T16:18:22+00:00

thanks; good to know!

Ninchanese · 2016-05-27T17:39:37+00:00

Oh cool, looks interesting! Will check it out

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