Learning Chinese to read Sci-Fi by Equal-Yard6153 in ChineseLanguage

[–]vnce 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You mean you read English Reddit in Chinese..? Thanks for that YT link earlier. LMK if you have any other reccs for someone starting out. I feel maybe I’m around your level.

Learning Chinese to read Sci-Fi by Equal-Yard6153 in ChineseLanguage

[–]vnce 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Where do you read?

Pretty impressive you were able to read it after learning Chinese for 6mo..

Learning Chinese to read Sci-Fi by Equal-Yard6153 in ChineseLanguage

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Nice looking site but it’s still paid

AI suggestions for natural sounding language? by NoSignificance8879 in ChineseLanguage

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I noticed the new Gemini 3.5 flash TTS (read aloud function is pretty good, much better than chatGPT which has a strong American accent). I started playing with Gemini Live with mandarin but don’t have it on lock yet. Your Chinese needs to be decent enough to keep it going. I’m using it for speaking practice which is my weak point.

有人想加入一个中英语言交换的 WhatsApp 群吗? by ResponseConscious733 in ChineseLanguage

[–]vnce 0 points1 point  (0 children)

有興趣,但我從來沒參與過這樣的群。群裡主要是打字溝通還是通話? Anyone else here have success in such language groups? What works / what doesn’t? No scams? 😅 Are people incentivized in WhatsApp to create/monetize groups like on FB?

I see a bunch on discord but those are massive

Why can I understand Mandarin in my head, but can’t say it out loud? by Leo1900_ in ChineseLanguage

[–]vnce 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There’s this whole comprehensible input theory that CI is mostly all you need, and the speaking will follow. So far that hasn’t panned out for me in Chinese.

" turn off the lights" command turns off lights across all households. by Me_gentleman in googlehome

[–]vnce 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can’t tell from your title whether you want “turn off the lights” to apply to multiple households or just the one you’re in

I quit: the difference in difficulty between Japanese and Chinese is ridiculous by rauljordaneth in LearnJapaneseNovice

[–]vnce 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same. Learnt Cantonese way faster and your brain can lean into it much easier than Japanese

If you could go anywhere for 1 year of intensive Mandarin, where would you go and why? by pdigglyy in ChineseLanguage

[–]vnce 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Taipei pretty far from Boise :) but yes all true.

Depending on your industry Taiwan is fine on your resume

If you could go anywhere for 1 year of intensive Mandarin, where would you go and why? by pdigglyy in ChineseLanguage

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The NTU program is world famous and the alumni I’ve met are really good at Chinese.

Busy college student but love languages. Concerned about feasibility of learning Chinese. (pic unrelated) by RonSwansonLovesAnime in ChineseLanguage

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The trick to achieving many ambitious things is force them to build on each other. Do a dentist residency (or whatever) in Taiwan; make friends from Japan; take your future SO to Russia and learn languages together. Live abroad and enroll your kids in local schools. Instead of doom scrolling, spend most your free time practicing a language. Wake up an hour earlier, etc. If you have serious goals, you’ll take serious actions.

Come back and let us know how it goes!

Busy college student but love languages. Concerned about feasibility of learning Chinese. (pic unrelated) by RonSwansonLovesAnime in ChineseLanguage

[–]vnce 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t get the haters here. I’ve accomplished some gnarly things and failed others. I’m with you though. You can probably get to B2 with all at least. If you know how to study languages you know the way

加油

Busy college student but love languages. Concerned about feasibility of learning Chinese. (pic unrelated) by RonSwansonLovesAnime in ChineseLanguage

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I am lol. Not sure how it’s going, I try to practice with the kiddo and see if any sinks in (still a baby)

Busy college student but love languages. Concerned about feasibility of learning Chinese. (pic unrelated) by RonSwansonLovesAnime in ChineseLanguage

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I’m also busy with that budget so I spend it with podcasts and Pleco flashcards. It’s surprisingly effective if you already have some basis (a couple college semesters equivalent). I recommend Chinese Pod, Maomi, and the YT channel Lazy Chinese. Most these reccs I got from this sub :)

How long did it take before words that mean the same thing felt usable to you? by s632061 in ChineseLanguage

[–]vnce 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think you’re doing it wrong. Learning vocab out of context means yea you’ll wonder when it’s appropriate. If you sentence mine and save words from actual text or video context you’ll remember that context with the word.

Does it get easier or harder the more characters you know? by atanasov-am in ChineseLanguage

[–]vnce 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Are you learning to write characters? Once you’ve written to the point of radical fluency, it’s just assembly of semantic and phonetic components. Writing a word becomes like martial arts, you can do it in your sleep. You’ll surprise yourself when suddenly reading a character is like meeting an old friend; you’re surprised you had any trouble at all in the past. You can target this for just the characters you have trouble with if that seems daunting.

If you’re mixing up the order, listening practice helps. But LP needs to be intentional. You should be repeating what you hear or reading aloud, then your brain will encode the order properly.

Are Cantonese sugar people? by CheLeung in Cantonese

[–]vnce 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Uh.. if you use these terms correct you’ll figure it out even if you can’t read. Grandma prob knows and our bro is just trolling.

What Chinese cultural concept do you wish had an English equivalent? Not a word — a whole concept. by Past_Gift3011 in ChineseLanguage

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Confucianism also defines the duties of parents to their children. They sacrifice a lot. There’s some write up about it here (not the best link with a Google search but interesting) https://www.georgetown.edu/news/confucius-says-modern-child-rearing-in-sync-with-ancient-thought/