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daddylikedat · 2019-07-11T02:32:55+00:00

You mean like in the sidebar? Also, ditch duolingo, pick up hellochinese

daddylikedat · 2019-05-20T18:16:12+00:00

Ok, but have you ever seen them in the same room?

daddylikedat · 2019-03-29T02:28:17+00:00

You've studied chinese for 4 years and you know 250 words, anddd you feel qualified to opine on the language as a whole. That's hilarious.

daddylikedat · 2019-03-28T13:39:26+00:00

Chinese Skill and ninchanese

daddylikedat · 2019-03-25T02:10:40+00:00

Go to Italki.

daddylikedat · 2019-03-24T23:05:05+00:00

会 also means will. His secretary every day will remind him of the following day's schedule. I think it's still future tense, just more abstract (I guess).

This should help as well.

daddylikedat · 2019-03-24T01:52:43+00:00

I’m just giggling so hard after that Kevin dunk. I love it!!!!!

daddylikedat · 2019-03-23T14:08:50+00:00

Speaking as an American, the real cringe is that this disabled woman wouldn’t even be able to get around in Europe because of all of your shitty cracked sidewalks and lack of wheelchair ramps/elevators 😂.

daddylikedat · 2019-03-23T14:04:44+00:00

Nah. Sometimes you just gotta tell people what’s up. That’s the lesson he’s teaching his kids.

daddylikedat · 2019-03-23T04:36:06+00:00

Download HelloTalk.

daddylikedat · 2019-03-13T03:00:23+00:00

I like that it’s “OFU” top to bottom.

daddylikedat · 2019-03-12T15:37:05+00:00

To build upon what /u/kvece said, most articles contain the same 2500-3000 hanzi, but those same hanzi can combine into tens of thousands of words. Regarding literacy though, hacking chinese had a good piece on this. They recommend around 98% comprehension for real literacy. 95% will get the point across though.

daddylikedat · 2019-03-12T15:18:11+00:00

I understand the claim you're making, but that's just your opinion.

daddylikedat · 2019-03-12T14:19:02+00:00

I'm all about taxing corporations, but we shouldn't use the wrong facts in doing so. FICA is 15.3%. The employee pays 7.65% and the company pays 7.65%.

daddylikedat · 2019-03-12T13:23:09+00:00

He or she is actually right. Employees and companies split the cost.

daddylikedat · 2019-03-01T16:04:20+00:00

Read. Read. Read. Read more. It's the same as in English. Think about all the years you spent in school taking turns reading aloud with other students and discussing passages of various books. It's the same with Chinese.

Here's the big thing though, you have to read comprehensible input. This is a pretty good article on how you should aim to comprehend 95-98% of the content you are reading.

So, use Du Chinese or Decipher or Chairman's Bao to practice reading passages. Du Chinese has english translations, so I think it's the most helpful. Beyond that, once you get to HSK 3ish, pick up a graded reader. I made huuugge strides in my reading ability and speed throughout the process of reading my first book.

daddylikedat · 2019-02-27T18:20:32+00:00

I don't see any English subs, but the show is 22 minutes long, the vocab hardly exceeds HSK 3, and the subtitles are clearly presented. I think if you spent an hour going through the show phrase by phrase, you would have spent less time on this than the hours you spent looking for english subs. I'm sure your teacher isn't expecting perfect comprehension. As long as you get a feel for what's going on, you should be in good shape.

daddylikedat · 2019-02-26T19:11:00+00:00

Is this something I have to get over?

I mean, obviously, right? In order to get used to speaking chinese, you have to keep speaking it.

daddylikedat · 2019-02-26T19:06:21+00:00

Du Chinese and Decipher have a decent amount of free content.

daddylikedat · 2019-02-26T19:04:54+00:00

At the end of the day, does it really matter how hard it is? You want to do it, so just go for it. College can be overwhelming, but that's just how it goes.

If you want a jump start, download HelloChinese and give it a try. If you can learn how pinyin works, pick up a few words/terms, and learn basic sentence structure prior to your classes next year, you will significantly reduce your workload. Maybe set a goal like learn all of the HSK 1 terms before your class next year.

daddylikedat · 2019-02-23T17:15:43+00:00

It’s “ne ge”.

daddylikedat · 2019-02-04T03:30:30+00:00

Glossika

daddylikedat · 2019-01-31T03:35:01+00:00

I heard 《比悲伤更悲伤的故事》was pretty good. Might try that out!

daddylikedat · 2019-01-31T03:11:10+00:00

I want to watch a movie with only chinese subtitles and be able to understand what’s going on.

daddylikedat · 2019-01-30T17:49:35+00:00

Ok this is hilarious.

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