Impressive (but actually this is what to expect with a thought through structured systematic approach, plus sufficient time put aside every day - you obviously did all that - and got the results). The link to the 中文 series is dead, and 中文 is a very generic term. But with 暨南中文 you can find them. And if you follow the ... //old.hwjyw..... link you can find the PDFs for ALL study and workbooks - free! Bonus: If you find the link to the old books, there are beside the workbook 2 more excercise books for each 1-12 book - so there are 48 books to download!
You are correct about personal info. Lifelong friends will learn over time what your likes and habits are, and you find a role in that circle over a span of years. But Americans are constantly required to fit into new groups, and information that might help you fit in-and that the new group feels Is important-- has to be exchanged in a relative hurry. My American family members-including in-laws-like to draw my attention to things they notice about strangers’ clothing or actions or other features than are no one’s business. They don’t say it to that person, but they say it to me loud enough for others to hear. Even if their comments are complimentary, it’s rude. So the customary time for lunch was 2 pm, but you would go at some other time because 1:30 or so was more convenient for you? Hm. That sounds a bit…American, to me.😄 I am shocked, gratified, and a little horrified to hear someone describe our institutions and bureaucracies as efficient. However, “Make it better” IS deeply ingrained in the American DNA.
I’m very late to this video so I will watch your update after! but I learned Chinese for four years in high school and I am currently in my third year of college and haven’t been keeping up with the language currently plan on brushing up on what I learned and expanding which is how I stumbled upon this video 🫶🏽
It's said that Germans are coconuts--hard-shelled but soft if you penetrate it. Americans are peaches--soft until you encounter a hard core you can't penetrate.
China has 10 Avatar Mountains 1.Zhang jia jie （张家界） 湖南省 Hunan Province 2.Shu nan Bamboo sea （蜀南竹海） 四川省 Si chuan Province 3.Chuan xi Bamboo sea （川西竹海） 四川省 Si chuan Province 4. Jiu zhai gou（九寨沟）四川省 Si chuan Province 5.Nan shan Bamboo sea （南山竹海） 江苏省 Jiang su Province 6.YI xing Bamboo sea （宜兴竹海） 浙江省 Jiang su Province 7.Ge tu he （格凸河） 广西省 Guang xi Province 8.Gui ling （桂林） 广西省 Guang xi Province 9.Ba ma （巴马） 广西省 Guang xi Province 10.Qi xian ling Sanya （七仙岭） 海南省 Hai nan Province If you try them all, the total cost will be 1200-1700 US dollars.
It was very easy! There were many streets that were “bikes-only”, and many others that had a designated bike path. In general I noticed Chinese people like biking places, so they’ve set up good infrastructure for it
15:00 i disagree a bit with this thought, let me explain why In Chinese especially, words that you think aren't that useful to study, will come handy later. In university all my classmates (including me) were complaining about us having to study how to write magnetic tape 磁带 （ci2 dai4), because who uses those anymore to listen to music?? But later on, I found out that fridge magnet is 磁铁 and that necktie is 领带, then something clicked into my mind and it all made sense. As well as another chinese word: mao2dun4 矛盾 meaning contradiction, but literaly meaning just spear and shield. (The reason was because of a story of merchant selling the sharpest spear that no shield could resist, but also selling the most resistant shield that no spear could scrach. So that was a contraddiction...) But anyway, even though you think it isnt very useful to learn how to say sword of words like that, its always good to know!
Hey there! 😊 Nice to see new content from you! 🌟 I first discovered your channel when you visited the Lotte Sky Bridge in Seoul. Thanks for the recommendation back then! 👍 Keep up the great work, and best regards from Croatia! 🇭🇷💙
@@wherevershegoes 😅 Wait a minute, if I see this right, your profile picture is even from Split and you are looking at the Cathedral of St. Domnius (Sv. Duje in Croatian), am I right? 🙉
You are correct!! I stayed in Split for a month in 2022 and loved it! And I also sailed around Croatia. Such a beautiful country with very kind people ☺️🙏🏻
I have always admired your videos. I could relate to them, being of similar age, a tech person and pursuing my master's at the same time as you as well. You learning chinese was my inspiration to start learning french, have been taking classes for just over a year now. Hope, one day, I can travel just as much too😅 Great to have you back!
Nice to see you are back! I have missed and miss your other videos! The street food looks so good. The candies made of yak milk look like nougat, wonder what that tastes like
Thanks for coming back to watch! 🙏🏻 the candies tasted kind of like sweet milk in solid form, and they’re chewy. I liked them, but my sisters didn’t care for them that much when I had them try 😆
Wow, you're in Yunnan, which is a beautiful province. AND you should totally check out Guangxi too, especially Yangshuo - it's got some of the most amazing scenery in all of China!
I’m currently back in Spain but I have to go back to China and go to those places!! 😍 they both look amazing and I love super green regions. Thanks for the recommendations!
I am not learning Chinese or any other Asian languages, but it is amazing to see the progress people can make in what is universally considered 'difficult' languages for speakers of Indo-European languages. I am learning Finnish, which is also very different from Slavic, Germanic, and Romance languages, and it has been very motivational to see your progress.
As a native Chinese speaker, I am currently learning Spanish. I think your spoken Chinese is more standard than many Chinese people. I can completely understand what you are saying without relying on your mouth shape and subtitles (most Chinese taxi drivers cannot let me able to do this). I really hope one day I can speak Spanish like you do in Chinese
Haha I’m glad to know that it’s not just me that struggles to understand taxi drivers 🙈 and thanks for the compliment! Good luck on your Spanish language journey!! Since you also speak English, that will help you a ton ☺️🙌🏻
very useful and interesting. What about pronunciation ? ( pinyin syllables etc ) you never mentioned how you learnt, could you expand on that please? many thanks.
Hi Steve, thanks for your comment! I did memorize pinyin and the 4 tones at the beginning since they aren't pronounced exactly as my mother tongues. But I improved mainly via 1. the skritter app, since there's a voice that pronounces each character and 2. all other listening content I've used. I think the best thing you can do is to start listening to as much content from the start so that pronunciation and, especially, tones can be learned naturally. I'm starting my 4th year of learning Chinese and I think that, in combination with lots of reading, is the best advice I can give! Good luck!
I’ve made many videos teaching Chinese language vividly and in a funny way. I hope you can recommend my videos to those who want to learn Chinese. I hope more people can learn Chinese to get comprehensive firsthand information about China and most likely seek more job opportunities.
The zhon wen books link is not working for me. I’m impressed! I’m using about 5 different things and I’m getting very frustrated. I have a linq subscription but can’t figure out how to use it.
