Welcome to Comprehensible Mandarin! For decades, research has shown that acquiring a new language by listening to comprehensible input may be the fastest, most effective method for learning a new language to a high level. It's also a lot more fun than traditional classroom & grammar study!
Unfortunately, for many languages including Mandarin Chinese, there is currently a major lack of material designed to be understandable to beginners without relying on translation. Our goal is to fill that gap, by crowdfunding to hire native speakers to produce a shared resource, with large amounts of compelling, comprehensible input suitable for absolute beginners.
Comprehensible Mandarin depends on viewer contributions for funding. If you would like us to be able to continue producing more & better Mandarin content, please consider supporting us on Patreon. Even $2 per month helps keep the channel going!
Thank you, & we hope you enjoy our upcoming videos!
Hello, I hope that you can read this in English. I love your videos and I think what your team on Comprehensible Mandarin is good because it does work to learn a language. I want to thank you for all of the hard work everyone has put into making these videos and continue to please post many more videos. I would like to add some input on how I think you could improve because I myself am an English speaker so I am very unfamiliar with the language of Mandarin. If you could make the videos more comprehensible for someone like myself with the most basic things like what a child would need to hear in order for them to understand what you are saying. Additionally, if you could slow down what you are saying and repeat what you say many times because repetition is key when learning a language instead of just going on to the next point. If you want to go over and look to see how Dreaming Spanish does it I think a similar fashion would work well for people to get the comprehension at the level that they are at with Mandarin and what your team is trying to accomplish here on this channel. What I have noticed is that it takes about 50 hours to get familiar with the language even though much of it is very difficult to understand but you know where a sentence starts and ends even though you do not know 100% of what is being said. If you could make the videos more comprehensible with basic stuff we can pick up more context of what is being said. Using more pictures with everything that is being said would help greatly as well. Using more hand motions helps too. I would love to see something like Dreaming Spanish but in Mandarin like what your team is doing. (if you do not know what I am talking about here is the website link (www.dreamingspanish.com/ ) (you can sign up literally with just an email no need to pay any money or anything and no I am not an affiliate to them and have. I no connections I am not trying to promote their product either just want to let you know if you did something in like manner in Mandarin you would improve your channel and also it would be more comprehensible for super beginners that are at a baby level Mandarin and do not know anything about the language.). I just find that the so-called easy videos that is created here at this channel are more tailored to individuals that are at an intermediate level rather than at a beginner or super beginner level. Please whoever is reading this and in charge of the channel just give it a try check out how dreaming Spanish does it because I really want to learn Mandarin but I can't find any good resources out there that are easy to understand and many of them do not post videos anymore this is the only channel that posts every day. Sorry for the long post. If you would like to talk more to me about this and have any questions about what I have just stated above just comment below and let's get in contact in email or something Thank you.
Hello, I hope that you can read this in English. I love your videos and I think what your team on Comprehensible Mandarin is good because it does work to learn a language. I want to thank you for all of the hard work everyone has put into making these videos and continue to please post many more videos. I would like to add some input on how I think you could improve because I myself am an English speaker so I am very unfamiliar with the language of Mandarin. If you could make the videos more comprehensible for someone like myself with the most basic things like what a child would need to hear in order for them to understand what you are saying. Additionally, if you could slow down what you are saying and repeat what you say many times because repetition is key when learning a language instead of just going on to the next point. If you want to go over and look to see how Dreaming Spanish does it I think a similar fashion would work well for people to get the comprehension at the level that they are at with Mandarin and what your team is trying to accomplish here on this channel. What I have noticed is that it takes about 50 hours to get familiar with the language even though much of it is very difficult to understand but you know where a sentence starts and ends even though you do not know 100% of what is being said. If you could make the videos more comprehensible with basic stuff we can pick up more context of what is being said. Using more pictures with everything that is being said would help greatly as well. Using more hand motions helps too. I would love to see something like Dreaming Spanish but in Mandarin like what your team is doing. (if you do not know what I am talking about here is the website link (www.dreamingspanish.com/ ) (you can sign up literally with just an email no need to pay any money or anything and no I am not an affiliate to them and have. I no connections I am not trying to promote their product either just want to let you know if you did something in like manner in Mandarin you would improve your channel and also it would be more comprehensible for super beginners that are at a baby level Mandarin and do not know anything about the language.). I just find that the so-called easy videos that is created here at this channel are more tailored to individuals that are at an intermediate level rather than at a beginner or super beginner level. Please whoever is reading this and in charge of the channel just give it a try check out how dreaming Spanish does it because I really want to learn Mandarin but I can't find any good resources out there that are easy to understand and many of them do not post videos anymore this is the only channel that posts every day. Sorry for the long post. If you would like to talk more to me about this and have any questions about what I have just stated above just comment below and let's get in contact in email or something Thank you.
Hello, I hope that you can read this in English. I love your videos and I think what your team on Comprehensible Mandarin is good because it does work to learn a language. I want to thank you for all of the hard work everyone has put into making these videos and continue to please post many more videos. I would like to add some input on how I think you could improve because I myself am an English speaker so I am very unfamiliar with the language of Mandarin. If you could make the videos more comprehensible for someone like myself with the most basic things like what a child would need to hear in order for them to understand what you are saying. Additionally, if you could slow down what you are saying and repeat what you say many times because repetition is key when learning a language instead of just going on to the next point. If you want to go over and look to see how Dreaming Spanish does it I think a similar fashion would work well for people to get the comprehension at the level that they are at with Mandarin and what your team is trying to accomplish here on this channel. What I have noticed is that it takes about 50 hours to get familiar with the language even though much of it is very difficult to understand but you know where a sentence starts and ends even though you do not know 100% of what is being said. If you could make the videos more comprehensible with basic stuff we can pick up more context of what is being said. Using more pictures with everything that is being said would help greatly as well. Using more hand motions helps too. I would love to see something like Dreaming Spanish but in Mandarin like what your team is doing. (if you do not know what I am talking about here is the website link (www.dreamingspanish.com/ ) (you can sign up literally with just an email no need to pay any money or anything and no I am not an affiliate to them and have. I no connections I am not trying to promote their product either just want to let you know if you did something in like manner in Mandarin you would improve your channel and also it would be more comprehensible for super beginners that are at a baby level Mandarin and do not know anything about the language.). I just find that the so-called easy videos that is created here at this channel are more tailored to individuals that are at an intermediate level rather than at a beginner or super beginner level. Please whoever is reading this and in charge of the channel just give it a try check out how dreaming Spanish does it because I really want to learn Mandarin but I can't find any good resources out there that are easy to understand and many of them do not post videos anymore this is the only channel that posts every day. Sorry for the long post. If you would like to talk more to me about this and have any questions about what I have just stated above just comment below and let's get in contact in email or something Thank you.
Hello, I hope that you can read this in English. I love your videos and I think what your team on Comprehensible Mandarin is good because it does work to learn a language. I want to thank you for all of the hard work everyone has put into making these videos and continue to please post many more videos. I would like to add some input on how I think you could improve because I myself am an English speaker so I am very unfamiliar with the language of Mandarin. If you could make the videos more comprehensible for someone like myself with the most basic things like what a child would need to hear in order for them to understand what you are saying. Additionally, if you could slow down what you are saying and repeat what you say many times because repetition is key when learning a language instead of just going on to the next point. If you want to go over and look to see how Dreaming Spanish does it I think a similar fashion would work well for people to get the comprehension at the level that they are at with Mandarin and what your team is trying to accomplish here on this channel. What I have noticed is that it takes about 50 hours to get familiar with the language even though much of it is very difficult to understand but you know where a sentence starts and ends even though you do not know 100% of what is being said. If you could make the videos more comprehensible with basic stuff we can pick up more context of what is being said. Using more pictures with everything that is being said would help greatly as well. Using more hand motions helps too. I would love to see something like Dreaming Spanish but in Mandarin like what your team is doing. (if you do not know what I am talking about here is the website link (www.dreamingspanish.com/ ) (you can sign up literally with just an email no need to pay any money or anything and no I am not an affiliate to them and have. I no connections I am not trying to promote their product either just want to let you know if you did something in like manner in Mandarin you would improve your channel and also it would be more comprehensible for super beginners that are at a baby level Mandarin and do not know anything about the language.). I just find that the so-called easy videos that is created here at this channel are more tailored to individuals that are at an intermediate level rather than at a beginner or super beginner level. Please whoever is reading this and in charge of the channel just give it a try check out how dreaming Spanish does it because I really want to learn Mandarin but I can't find any good resources out there that are easy to understand and many of them do not post videos anymore this is the only channel that posts every day. Sorry for the long post. If you would like to talk more to me about this and have any questions about what I have just stated above just comment below and let's get in contact in email or something Thank you.
Hello, I hope that you can read this in English. I love your videos and I think what your team on Comprehensible Mandarin is good because it does work to learn a language. I want to thank you for all of the hard work everyone has put into making these videos and continue to please post many more videos. I would like to add some input on how I think you could improve because I myself am an English speaker so I am very unfamiliar with the language of Mandarin. If you could make the videos more comprehensible for someone like myself with the most basic things like what a child would need to hear in order for them to understand what you are saying. Additionally, if you could slow down what you are saying and repeat what you say many times because repetition is key when learning a language instead of just going on to the next point. If you want to go over and look to see how Dreaming Spanish does it I think a similar fashion would work well for people to get the comprehension at the level that they are at with Mandarin and what your team is trying to accomplish here on this channel. What I have noticed is that it takes about 50 hours to get familiar with the language even though much of it is very difficult to understand but you know where a sentence starts and ends even though you do not know 100% of what is being said. If you could make the videos more comprehensible with basic stuff we can pick up more context of what is being said. Using more pictures with everything that is being said would help greatly as well. Using more hand motions helps too. I would love to see something like Dreaming Spanish but in Mandarin like what your team is doing. (if you do not know what I am talking about here is the website link (www.dreamingspanish.com/ ) (you can sign up literally with just an email no need to pay any money or anything and no I am not an affiliate to them and have. I no connections I am not trying to promote their product either just want to let you know if you did something in like manner in Mandarin you would improve your channel and also it would be more comprehensible for super beginners that are at a baby level Mandarin and do not know anything about the language.). I just find that the so-called easy videos that is created here at this channel are more tailored to individuals that are at an intermediate level rather than at a beginner or super beginner level. Please whoever is reading this and in charge of the channel just give it a try check out how dreaming Spanish does it because I really want to learn Mandarin but I can't find any good resources out there that are easy to understand and many of them do not post videos anymore this is the only channel that posts every day. Sorry for the long post. If you would like to talk more to me about this and have any questions about what I have just stated above just comment below and let's get in contact in email or something Thank you.
I always see comments saying you should add subtitles but i think what your doing is perfect. The point is to listen not read. Great content btw. I just became a patreon member. I look forward to LISTENING to more content haha.
When you upload your video on RU-vid select machine translation automatic subtitles in English. Then we can follow along even if you use words we don't understand. It's simple and easy to do. Please do this for all your new videos if you want to grow your audience.
May I suggest something? I don't know if it goes against the ethos of comprehensible input but I would really love to be able to see written transcripts of these videos. Not subtitles, but maybe placed in the video description or as a PDF link. Sometimes there are words that I can't quite make out because of accent or because I've never heard them before and it would be really extremely helpful to be able to pause and reference the transcript for clarity. If you provided this for patreons only that would definitely work out in your favour I think. Anyways, another great video! Thank you so much for the continued excellent effort! ❤
Hi - All of our videos are aimed at beginners. With that said, we try to make them more comprehensible by adding visual support like pictures & gestures, not by dumbing down the language; so they might be useful up into the intermediate level as well, if you just listened without watching.
