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Many students are studying Chinese with the goal of one day living in China. In this video, Eileen interviews Tyler, a young American businessman who has lived in China for 4 years. Tyler shares his experiences living, working and studying Mandarin in China.
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@MandarinCorner2 5 лет назад

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@thamsanqathusi9671 5 лет назад

你好Eileen, 我真的爱你，all the goodness inthe my Chinese that I have mastered it's all because of your videos, nothing else. 其实谁让你知道这是最方便的学习方式. 我也真想跟你徐一下一个视频来采访我，我住在南京，你呢？？😊 加油你的工作是最棒啊，请回复我🤗 可以吗？

@tiktok-hg9no 4 года назад

@@thamsanqathusi9671 可以啊😁

@dnicholas8525 5 лет назад

I recommend everyone contribute to Mandarin Corner. Whatever amount you can afford. The $10 lifetime membership, etc. I'm a $5 per month Patreon member since 2018. I value the high quality language materials. I hope to visit China one day. I won't speak as well as Tyler, but it's a goal to work toward. I have no connection to Mandarin Corner, but want to encourage people to help keep this worthwhile project going. 加油！

@kekajotaele 5 лет назад

I agree with you. I'm also a $5/month Patreon member, and even though I really don't have time to use the excellent material mandarincorner publishes, I'll keep supporting them. They (mandarincorner) are very humble, they even suggest the audience to make a one-time donation instead of asking for a monthly quantity. They deserve to have lots of patreons supporting them monthly, or at least in a one-time donation, as they are spending so much time and making such big effort to bring us good material to learn and improve our chinese. Thank you very much!

@Altowner 4 года назад

嗯是的

@noname89636 3 года назад

This is amazing conversation with the translations and subtitles done beautifully and professionally. I agree that this is worth the membership.

@DavidsonLoops 3 года назад

D Nicholas He still has a long way to go, because his vocab is so much better than mine but oh noooo the accent xD

@outdoorscholar6016 26 дней назад

Oh how times have changed

@DTHRocket 5 лет назад

It's always easier to understand fellow laowai speaking Chinese even though our tones are always wobbly.

@TheImrankhan09 5 лет назад

yes correct 😂

@avacurtis2729 4 года назад

声调太难!

@polyglotpengyou 4 года назад

DTHRocket so true

@davethepieman12 4 года назад

I'm glad I'm not the only one that thinks so!

@polyglotpengyou 4 года назад

Davethepieman hahah it’s like we all have similar vocab and know what they are tryin to say

@dakotaxu4792 4 года назад

Can we do another video of Tyler?!!! He’s really cool!!! This video is really amazing and I must have watched it more than a hundred times. I just can’t get over how he is able to answer each and every question so easily. He kept the conversation so simple but at the same he was fully in control. This conversation was so real, I learned so much.

@stlev99 5 лет назад

Eileen does it again! Hardly amybody can get me to watch a 48 minute youtube video... But you never disappoint!

@littleninnie 3 года назад

Same here 😁

@liyuqi8092 5 лет назад

I’ve been studying for 4 years and no where near this level. So envious. Really makes me want to move to China.

@CrlMchd 5 лет назад

Same as me.

@icyboy771z 4 года назад

You need to use a language daily (Best with native speakers) to be able to really take it to the next level.

@JustLIkerapunzel 4 года назад

It's mostly due to him having a chinese wife. Of course he had to be invested himself to begin with but I can just tell from own experience once you have someone you actually come along with who speaks the language you want to learn with you (evne if it is "Chinglish") you will improve SO MUCH FASTER! I was in a chinese language school in Yangshuo for a month and they pair you up with a local as a roommate and I was lucky enough to become great friends with my roomy and we would keep talking half Englisch half Chinese together so we both improved so fast cause if we didn't know a word in the opposite language we could try to use our mothertongue and maybe the other person got that term and would translate it.It's also how I learned Englisch by living with a Canadian host family. To me personally you can cover basics up to intermediate on your own but to get to upper intermediate and fluent you have NO CHANCE without actually speaking to native speakers and watching shows in your goal language.

@synigen1607 4 года назад

@@JustLIkerapunzel haha i was omeida aswell

@nathalytoledo6323 4 года назад

That's a lot of time, you're probably learning it the wrong way. You don't have to move to another country to have a great proficiency. But you do have to use it on a daily basis, to have fun, and to talk with native speakers when possible, something that you can easily have if you live in the country, but it's also a matter of how badly you want it

@JohnMorrisonmindsmart 5 лет назад

This was a very good video. It was interesting to hear a American talked about his experience learning Chinese. His Chinese may not have been perfect but I was impressed by the way he pronounced words and that he was able to have a communication with you at a fast speed. Chinese is not an easy language to learn but it is possible to learn with time and patience.

@europec2082 2 года назад

He's European

@Jay-xh9dl 2 года назад

@@europec2082 He's American from Charleston, South Carolina.

@europec2082 2 года назад

@@Jay-xh9dl but his grandpa or great grandpa is from Europe

@Jay-xh9dl 2 года назад

@@europec2082 True, and I sympathize with you, but for communicative purposes we differentiate between ethnicities and nationalities. However, keep on preaching because 99 percent of the Chinese people I meet don't understand that "American" is not an ethnicity. Lol.

@Soreto23 8 месяцев назад

Can anyone tell what is not perfect about his chinese? I have been learning mandarin for 8 months, and for me his pronunciation and tones are great, especially concidering that he has been learning for 4-5 years. Do maybe he is making grammar mistakes?

@Alexey-qs6nr 6 месяцев назад

as a Russian, I find Tyler's speech to be extremely clean. I mean, the choice of words or the way he builds his sentences. It is much more natural to comprehend to a non-native, even if it is not that "Chinese" to the core :D Thank you for inviting him! As well as for all the videos you making, extremely helpful.

@cliftonthayer 5 лет назад

I just did the $10 and maybe more in the future! I am extremely impressed with not only the teaching but the sincere desire to help newbies like myself. Xiexie!!

@MandarinCorner2 5 лет назад

Thanks for the feedback and support, David! We just upgraded your membership.

@aelinsardothien8926 3 года назад

i love the way he articulates, it's so slow and understandable, if only everybody spoke like that...

@MandarinCorner2 5 лет назад

*TOO FAST?* Control the video's playback speed by speeding up or slowing down the video *5% at a time* on *desktop computers and laptops* OR *25% at a time* on *smartphone!* Access the playback speed controls as follows: *Desktop Computers and Laptops:* open the video, then go to the *lower right* of the video's screen and click on the *settings icon* (it looks like a GEAR). On the upper right of the options window that comes up, you will see the link *"custom".* Click on the "custom" link to control the video's playback speed by speeding up or slowing down the video 5% at a time. *Smartphones:* open the video and go to the *upper right* of the video's screen. You will see *3 dots.* Click on them and you will see the link to open the *"playback speed"* controls. Click on this link and you will be able to control the video's playback speed by speeding up or slowing down the video 25% at a time. Note that viewing the video on desktop computer/laptops gives you *greater control* over the playback speed (5% vs 25% on smartphones).

@RonaldMcPaul 5 лет назад

One of my favorite episodes so far. Your reaction to him saying he was reading, [I'm assuming a philosopher], was priceless 🤣 I'm guessing the edit was to ask him "why they hell are you trying to learn that?" Sincerely, 好厉害 😎 ( 开玩笑，不是我的名字）

@pictureperfectbarbershop2821 4 года назад

Mandarin Corner thank you sooo much for taking out the time to provide all of this content for us. I love you and I’m praying for you to keep doing what your doing. You’ve helped change my life for the better. He said that he didn’t learn much from Pimsleur. I wanted to ask him why not? I hope you have a blessed day!

@DanielLeoSimpson 4 года назад

Eileen asks such great questions. Some are written down but many you can tell she asks according to her instincts in how the last questions was answered. And of course she always repeatedly comes back to the one question we never get tired of: 19:52 "How did you learn Chinese well" LOL :) Thank you Eileen - great job! 太好了！

@emerycabezas3081 4 года назад

He is a great American. We Love Him, He is a great inspiraction for people who are learning

@littlelady7843 10 месяцев назад

I am a Chinese living in US. I am impressed by both Tyler and Eileen. Tyler speaks Chinese fluently and can have in-depth conversation with a native speaker, very impressive. I have not met any American here in America who speaks Chinese after living here for almost 20 years. Eileen is a very good interviewer. Her style is like peeling onions, from surface, layer by layer, gently and persistently. We got a lot more out of her interview and learn more about both parties every time. I feel Eileen should be a journalist.

@elizaqingxing9674 5 лет назад

Hi, Eileen! I think that you really improved your English!! Great job! Amazing video as always!:)

@sean8516 4 года назад

This is absolutely amazing for studying for the HSK 4- an authentic dialogue to hone in the example sentences I've looked at. I I need more vids like this!

@MandarinCorner2 4 года назад

Hi Sean. Check out our Expressing Opinion in Chinese playlist: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-3_HfIo2lPKQ.html

@dakotaxu4792 4 года назад

Wow!!! This took me over 6 months to learn and I learnt a lot. I finally finished studying all 871 sentences in this video and realized that I am not a true Intermediate student, but it was necessary for me find this out. Tyler was very nice by replying to me and giving me advice and this also helped me immensely with the progress I made within this video. When he told me that his vocabulary consisted of about 12,000 to 15,000 words I was really impressed and at the same time I also realized how much more I had to learn. This gave me a definite idea of the progress I needed to make. One of the best learning experiences I have ever had and I have to say that it was so entertaining too!! Almost all the words in this video were completely new to me, but there were also many many words that I already knew from past courses that I have done, which helped a lot. My speaking and listening abilities also improved a lot. I very very highly recommend this particular video for any experienced beginner student who wants to make a transition to the intermediate level.

@jans.corner 3 года назад

You posted this comment 8 months ago but I just wanted to let you know that I will try to use this as a study video until I remember all the words. I find that Tyler speaks clearly. I'm only at HSK2 level but it would be interesting to know how long it will take me to fully understand this video without looking up words.

@dakotaxu4792 3 года назад

You could learn all of the words in this video without having to look them up in less than 2 months if you dedicate 3 hours of study time daily, or 3 months if you do 2 hours of study a day. Use the Chegg Prep app to save your words to their flashcard system and also use the app Yabla Chinese English Pinyin Dictionary to look up each word from the video to get the complete meaning of each word. You can copy and paste from the Yabla app to the Chegg Prep flashcard system and also copy and paste sentence examples from the video transcript to the Chegg Prep flashcard system app. The video has 871 sentences so that means over a thousand words. Don’t wait till you finish learning the whole video to save each word to the Chegg Prepp flashcard system. This will take you a really really long time if you wait till the end!! Save each word you learn as you go

@jans.corner 3 года назад

@@dakotaxu4792 Thank you for the tips. I have not heard of Chegg Prep and Yabla but will definitely take a look. I used Pleco for dictionary and Quizlet for flashcards but words don't seem to stick to my brain.

@dakotaxu4792 3 года назад

You can continue to use Quizlet for flashcards but I feel that Yabla Chinese English Pinyin dictionary is more extensive and useful than Pleco as I have both. I also find that Google Translate (set it to Chinese Simplified) works very well when used with Yabla especially in that very very rare instance that Yabla is not able to translate. If that happens simply copy and paste the Chinese characters from the video transcript and Google Translate will do the rest. Google Translate does not translate Pinyin but Yabla does. Once you put the sentence next to the word you are trying to remember it’s really easy to remember. However, as Tyler himself explains in the video, if you try to memorize words by themselves you will never remember them. These videos on Mandarin Corner are ABSOLUTELY necessary to learn Mandarin Chinese and the website has hundreds of them covering every subject under the sun. Eileen, the creator of these videos has put in a lot of work for us students by taking real world situations and turning them into language learning platforms. To remember the meanings of the words you NEED the sentences. Just copy and paste them onto the flashcards next to the word you want to learn

@avolovo 2 года назад

I also got to finishing going over the sentences, and am reviewing it once again as Tyler's advice was 看一次，听三次. So here I am, aiming to listen to this as many times as needed until I can understand nearly all of the words without reading the PDF. I I did notice a great improvement in my speaking and listening as I progressed through this video.

@saibotgaming6045 5 лет назад

Hello Eileen . I feel that you are on right way about showing how foreigners use Chinese. Cuz lots of people study without class mates so really can not see how another people use it. So it is very helpful I think

@ImprovingAbility 5 лет назад

Maksim Sokolov I find it very difficult to find opportunities to use and speak Chinese. All native speakers I know or meet are very eager and I may say relentless to practice their English. Or they require a level of Chinese that exceeds my level by far, and therefore again they switch to English. In my area there are no group classes and the few Chinese teachers I know in my country they charge too much money for one-on-one classes. Therefore I’m stuck with reading, listening, or talking to myself alone...

@saibotgaming6045 5 лет назад

@@ImprovingAbility hi Feldenkrais. I mean I know may be 4k Chinese words but in conversation can use only 500)) So it is interesting how other non native speakers find their minimum vocabulary to express theirs thoughts

@MandarinCorner2 5 лет назад

Hi Feldenkrais with Alfons, you are not stuck talking to yourself. You CAN find good language partners on *language exchange websites* like conversationexchange.com. BUT, you need to set the rules for the language exchange and stick to them. For example, tell your potential partner you to want to do half an hour of English and half an hour of Chinese. And, specify that the spoken Chinese needs to be slow and at a level you can understand (you will do the same in English). If the partner does not abide by these requirements then *DROP THEM* and look for someone else until you find the right partners for you. If you let them take advantage of your kindness then they will. Many Chinese know that it is easy to get foreigners to give up practicing Chinese and they will do things like speak fast or with complicated Chinese with the idea that you will become frustrated and start speaking English. So you need to find partners that will genuinely agree to fair language exchange rules. English speakers are more in demand than Chinese speakers so you can eventually find good language exchange partners if you continue trying.

@charlesayache6801 4 года назад

You understand some words and expressions or more, some you hear for the first time and it lands somewhere I in your memory, some you recognize barely, some you think you know, some are quickly friendly some are stubborn and don't want to be friends, just like people, some you miss. All in all the more you listen, hear, misunderstand, guess, confound for other words...but all these situations will eventually be absorbed in your memory. Just perseverance will get you to the other language, everyone of if us with their own rythm. Thumbs up!

@yomamafoolyawhat 5 лет назад

He has accomplished a lot in four years. Congratulations! This motivates me to study harder. Thank you for posting!

@HERObyPROXY 5 лет назад

Keeping it up with the great content! Thanks, Eileen. It's so much more interesting to practice listening to videos like this than the usual language learner material.

@KevinChan1 4 года назад

Thanks Eileen, this is a great video to learn Mandarin! Also one of the things that stands to me is the quality of questions you ask, which uncover different parts of Tyler's experience in China bit by bit. It creates an interview with good flow that is useful in not only learning Chinese, but also for enjoying the content itself. Good job :)

@benpatterson4634 5 лет назад

I think one of you best videos! thanks Eileen and Tyler. Tyler is so easy to understand, fluent foreigners are great for learning!

@slashlakers2320 5 лет назад

This is amazing learning content and interesting topic as well. Thank you as always for providing this

@DanielLeoSimpson 4 года назад

Wow what a great find - I missed this one somehow - so great - proud to be a lifetime member.

@lucag7908 Год назад

Wow in 4 years , he already speak good Chinese, it is understandable and he can also express more complicated concepts. 👏

@mmarlina90 4 года назад

我现在在阳朔学习中文，但是我可以说Eillen 的视频比我的中国课程好多啊！I feel like i learnt so much more in Eileen's video than in my school! good job, Eileen!

@MandarinCorner2 4 года назад

非常感谢你给出对我们如此高的评价！我们会继续加油，制作出更好的内容的！

@cbcb3169 5 лет назад

Cette vidéo me confirme dans l’idée largement répandue d’ailleurs, que le chinois est une langue très difficile à apprendre; mais qu’une fois qu’on la sait elle devient une langue très facile. Je veux dire par la que j’ai reconnu au passage des mots, des expressions tant à l’écrit qu’à l’oral. Comme le dit Tyler, il convient d’apprendre des phrases par coeur et les vidéos d’Eileen sont très efficaces pour cela. Interview passionnante et de qualité, merci aux deux protagonistes.

@Sociology_Tube Год назад

Your ENGLISH is AMAZING -- and you are a natural teacher and it is wonderful to see your work grow in sophistication and your command of English FLOURISH！ That you make this affordable to all is a blessing to the world： GOOD LUCK KEEP FLOURISHING！

@Ravprot 5 лет назад

Excellent. I was able to learn a lot of conversational vocabs. The caption really helps. First time watched, tried to cache in what they were saying. Second time, tried to understand. Third, tried to watch without looking at the caption and so on. By far, one of my favourite web site to watch and learn.

@dakotaxu4792 4 года назад

So yesterday I studied this video from 5pm in the evening till 7am in the morning the next day, taking a one hour break between each hour. It was so much fun, which is why I barely noticed the time going by so quickly. I have been studying this particular video for over a month now and I’m almost at the end. I won’t ever forget this video because it was only yesterday that I realized that this video is about a conversation between two teachers. An American English teacher and a Chinese Mandarin teacher. I could go back to this video a hundred times and still be entertained.

@davidgivins4203 3 года назад

I fill you because I'm just finishing it! Still progressing!

@sandergijsbrechts7621 5 лет назад

Thanks so much, this is incredibly helpful! You rarely find real/long translated conversations 👍👍

@josjo8574 4 года назад

i loveeeee the interview,,,i can agree with him..there is definitively an attraction for a Chinese culture, history and all..it is demonstrated, you learn it when you love what you do...i am very happy for him...

@JBfan88 4 года назад

Yes, Chinese history and culture is so rich and diverse. I could spend the rest of my life studying and barely scratch the surface. I especially like listening to 中国古典音乐 when I'm studying.

@ArmandHuangSaberi 5 лет назад

Thank you so much for the amazing content! Helpful and very interesting!

@MandarinCorner2 3 года назад

Now all our videos have transcripts with *TRADITIONAL CHARACTERS!* Available to *Mandarin Corner Supporters* only at: mandarincorner.org/listen-to-audio-with-transcript/

@Jilli8310 5 лет назад

This was amazing! I'm still learning, all for love of this culture and my husband of course. This was very helpful! I wish I came across more videos like this that were this length, not just a minute or two. 谢谢❤

@MandarinCorner2 5 лет назад

Hi Francis Li, thanks for the feedback. Nearly all our videos are long with full pinyin. For example, you may want to check out the following two playlist when you get a chance: *Expressing Opinions in Chinese:* ru-vid.com/group/PL7VdqFXO0LzeYYQgDsU5oIrWYLX78aQWx *Walk Around:* ru-vid.com/group/PL7VdqFXO0Lzcsb6bcxb3TIfBfrAZSbKTd

@christusenciaga 5 лет назад

He uses the same method as me to learn words... 21:40 I think this is a really effective method for people who don't have time constraints with learning a foreign language. But you need to keep having conversations with others or reading something like him to keep reintroducing yourself to new words. It's the same way you learn new words in your native language. Also, learning stories helps you pick up new vocabulary and listening to stories you know helps you solidify it. There's a podcast I recommend on top of this one: 听故事学中文

@gonz808 5 лет назад

Also it more fun which helps with motivation

@christusenciaga 5 лет назад

@@gonz808 true!

@a.g.4843 3 года назад

Hi there, I taught myself HSK 4 level and I more or less understand the video...I don’t wanna brag but I am pretty proud of myself :) :) :)

@cameronthorby5799 10 месяцев назад

I'm really enjoying seeing how many words get blended together in casual conversation like 2:03 "Wo ye" becomes something like "wey"

@gabbishleegifted4752 4 года назад

This video was another awesome one. I love that you really push your interviewees to speak in detail on subjects not just a “touch and go” approach. I hope to find a way to support what you’re doing in a major way some day. I love language, I study many languages, I move slower than most people because I just have a unique approach (overall) that includes music and food and just culture all around. I agree with Tyler that listening is one of the biggest things you can do to help you learn, and reading really helps because when it comes time to speak, thinking of what to say will come much easier, it’s more recall just like how you do in your native language and not so much as trying to mentally formulate sentences, if that makes sense. Also if you read say like the transcripts you guys provide, you can eventually get fast enough to read it in the speed that native speakers do and this will help you hear the unique sounds native speakers make when they speed through a sentence. As in you can tell where words or phrases begin and end. As a musician and lover of math and patterns, language comes easy to me so I can do things like take a Spanish and French class together- yeah, Difficulties are always there, and I actually prefer self study/ resources like these, over formal classes I’ve learned, but if you love a challenge, language learning is one of the best things you can do. Trust and allow the process. Trying to learn it really fast is just silly, you basically never stop learning a language.

@ronja108 4 года назад

Wow, I have been studying chinese and his vocabulary and flow of sentences are a lot better than mine....I am 20 years into my first contact with China....however my pronunciation is better.....but the best teacher is a native wife I can tell....great video

@MandarinCorner2 4 года назад

If you like this video, you will also like - *Interview with American RU-vidr Austin in China:* ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ERPf3TbiK0E.html

@jimmygwaltney5839 5 лет назад

Very good video! I enjoyed listening to Tyler’s experiences in China. Also, I could understand his Chinese a little better than native speakers. Maybe because he has only been speaking Chinese for only a few years. And maybe that his accent and pronunciation are similar to mine. I liked this video and will watch it some more times to help my listening skills.

@victorjackson150 3 года назад

I love this example of a person who was not good at languages and yet he did his best to learn Chinese. He is the level of my Chinese 3 students who are pretty good at learning Chinese and living in Okinawa or Tokyo ( Americans). This is very impressive for someone doing their best on their own.

@bjorn6300 5 лет назад

honestly,you are the best eileen!!,thank you so much

@jayflaggs 3 года назад

Great video! It's awesome to hear non natives speakers able to have a fluent conversation in Chinese. Would be great to interview non white foreigner's as well. I'm sure there are many, and it'd be great to hear their experiences as well!

@JasonEyermann 5 лет назад

Love it. I’m getting better with each video

@chema_lopez 5 лет назад

謝謝，我很喜歡聽你的影片。我覺得這個老外的經驗很不錯!

@dakotaxu4792 2 года назад

Between 261 and 266 and also between 275 and 284 Eileen is thoroughly amused with Tyler! This is my favorite video and I keep coming back to it to refresh myself on the vocabulary, of which Tyler unbelievably has full control

@brennanespinoza1721 5 лет назад

This is by far the best channel for helping my Chinese.

@KillerHurdz 5 лет назад

Awesome interview! I seem to be following a similar learning path to Tyler (eg. with the word meaning lookups anytime it comes up, having most trouble listening, not truly learning how to write except for via shou3ji1). Living in China clearly made a big difference to how fast he learned as I'm in year 3 and not nearly half as good as that yet.

@ryansirimanne3011 4 года назад

Hi! I love your videos, today is my 9th day studying Chinese and your videos make my studies very fun. I hope to one day be able to speak to my girlfriends parents :) Keep up the good work and I'll be sure to donate!

@peeandre9481 5 лет назад

Eileen your content is pure gold for anyone who wants to learn chinese

@Thomasreuser 3 года назад

And another great listening video! Interesting and educational, can't wait for more.

@davidscottkrause1 Год назад

I love this video! Thanks for making it.

@benjaminbrock1739 5 лет назад

Great content! Right at my level. I find myself depending on the subtitles a bit less compared to the more casual roadside conversations with native speakers. 😂

@cmmndrblu 5 лет назад

我非常喜欢MandarinCorner.谢谢你们！

@carlaheart5115 5 лет назад

Eileen! This was a very good video! Keep it up😁✨

@nadavshemesh1231 5 лет назад

Great Idea!! love this video!!

@andrewharris7094 5 лет назад

这个视频这么厉害！非常感谢你，Eileen！还有，他说的关于查尔斯顿是对的，美国人都听说过这座城市，因为对美国城市来说，查尔斯顿是比较老的城市之一

@MandarinCorner2 5 лет назад

谢谢留言！后面他跟我说了，南北战争是在查尔斯顿开始的，是一座历史古城。

@BangkokPoet 5 лет назад

Excellent! Thank you!

@amielgo1355 3 года назад

Im so impressed in d content og your video Aileen! I had watched most of d great vlog u made like d Hongkong episode, d MACAU EPISODE AND THE MOUUNTAIN GIANT BUDHA IN CHINA EPISODE, I LIKE ALL YOUR VIDEO VLOGS, SUPER INCREDIBLE N SO MUCH INFO AND FUN, CONGRATULATIONS!

@susanjungg4369 5 лет назад

I enjoyed this conversation very much although I had to read the subtitles most of the time. However, the vocabulary here is exactly what I am interested in so have downloaded the pdf to study it. This was enough for me to donate the $10 since I have enjoyed this and several other videos by Mandarin Corner. Thank you! I also agree with Tyler's learning strategy. I teach ESL and after each class I have a practice session with the Chinese speakers so I can practice Mandarin. Like Tyler says, the most common words come up over and over again so it is a natural way of remembering them. Also my grammar stinks but the Chinese speakers are so happy to help me and sympathize with me since I struggle with zhongwen the way they struggle with yingwen.

@MandarinCorner2 5 лет назад

Thank you, Susan! We already upgraded your membership.

@dakotaxu4792 4 года назад

After watching this video multiple times, I am more and more impressed by the American and his use and command of vocabulary within the video. He is very very fluid in his delivery and is able to field every question thrown at him, sometimes even elaborating on a topic freely. The video keeps you interested all the way to the end because the conversation is very interesting and natural and for NOT TRUE INTERMEDIATE students like myself, it gives us a lot of confidence and shows us a CLEAR path ahead to fluency: that is, learn new words along the way while keeping up with the conversation, then watch the video again and it suddenly makes sense. Even now I just can’t believe how easily the American has such a command on vocabulary that he can so easily mold his answers to the questions thrown at him with such ease. I could watch this particular video over and over. I sincerely appreciate the efforts of Mandarin Corner to bring such material to their audience

@JBfan88 4 года назад

Thanks a lot! The more I learn in Chinese the more I realize how little I know. Fluency is not the end, it is not the beginning of the end. It's merely the end of the beginning.

@dakotaxu4792 4 года назад

Tylers_World I watch this video every day so I can study it and I’m really impressed by how huge your vocabulary is. No matter what questions Eileen throws at you, you easily find the words to answer those questions, without having to stop and think or having to search for words. It’s just very very impressive

@JBfan88 4 года назад

@@dakotaxu4792 Thanks you very much Dakota. Good luck in your study. If I can do it anyone can.

@dakotaxu4792 4 года назад

Tylers_World hey Tyler, I am literally 5 sentences away from finishing studying this video featuring you and it was really so much fun, and quite possibly the best learning experience for me. It took me over three months but I learned so much. I’m really curious about something. Is it possible for you to estimate how large your vocabulary is in Mandarin? Thanks so much

@JBfan88 4 года назад

@@dakotaxu4792 passive vocabulary, in that when I read or hear it I understand-25k or more 单词 (LingQ says 23k, but I've since read a lot more). Active vocabulary, in that I can spontaneously use those words in conversation, probably 12-15k. Again, those are 单词, not 字, because I believe they are a better measure of fluency. I have having dinner with some people and they were eager to discuss American news and politics, which really stretched my abilities. I stumbled a few times, but still was better than when this video was made.

@mluisaforatini7261 4 года назад

I'm grateful to Mr Taylor and, of course, to you, MC's guys, for having shared with all of us several aspects of his own Chinese experience in such a lovely way: very interesting, very useful to improve my Mandarin language knowledge, and a lot of fun! I'd like as well to make him a few questions, but in Chinese (good training!) , not simply in English! I'll try to write down (写下）! 下次再见！Bye! If I fail, I'll make them in Engl!🤭 路易沙 Luisa 🧝🏼‍♀️🐺

@FlightDeckMagazin 5 лет назад

Eileen, thank you for uploading. Conditions to understand a country are: 1. Learning the language 2. Travel not in an organized group or much better, stay some years in this country.

@user-wd8wx5md5z 4 года назад

And going in small cities and countryside where few people speak English in order to have no choice but to communicate in chinese.

@amielgo1355 3 года назад

Mandarin Corner still coming with more exciting video, like d market fruits interview plus fish vendor , vegetable vendor n Cantonese cooking style dishes that U tried and bite, i enjoyed watching yor video!

@wangdefa520 4 года назад

很好的視頻，很喜歡看Eileen，謝謝 Eileen。

@gishashorts4715 3 года назад

My second video to watch on this channel. Am in love with this channel 😍

@PierreMiniggio Год назад

I'm seeing this podcast slightly more than 3 years after it was posted. Did Tyler start a RU-vid channel as he said he would ? 😁

@dombon5175 10 месяцев назад

thank you, thanks to your online interviews, i am doing big progress! tai gan xie le !

@dkxc324e 3 года назад

nice video.. thanks to him and elien

@StratosFair 11 месяцев назад

Fantastic episode !

@polyglotpengyou 4 года назад

I was listening to another and I accidentally fell asleep asleep and I literally had a dream while listening to this... I heard every single go word in my dream. The person representing this guy was 小馬紐約 and the interviewer was my teacher from school. It was so weird. I had just woken up and decided to get listening in with another video and then I woke up after 10 minutes of this played like a dream

@talorrrani12314 Год назад

那么有意思的嘉宾！很聪明，好帅，很有幽默感！谢谢

@solomonsahile1337 5 лет назад

Nice one if u interviewed foreign person its nice to learn coz their Accsent easy to learn trust me this will be most viewed Vidio and pls make like this one more video thanks a lot !!

@Alexey-qs6nr 6 месяцев назад

I would love to see another video with him if he still working in China. Wonder how much his language improved in four years

@davidgivins4203 3 года назад

Putting in the time to learn Chinese going on two years and progressing slowly but progressing!

@simoncrooks7441 4 года назад

Thanks, good interview

@simonpearson5730 3 года назад

thank you so much for this amazing content!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@Sisilsmurfjesus 2 года назад

I feel like it's more like hsk 3. I am a beginner and can understand it, coz the grammar is simple. Thankyou Tyler and Eileen!

@dakotaxu4792 4 года назад

The lessons are amazing, the teacher so pretty

@nahhbia 5 лет назад

我很感谢这个尽力非常帮助我！ 👍🏾

@AshaGor 5 лет назад

As always - perfect lessons))

@sharetoall-nhn4886 2 года назад

So great...thanks 👍

@unicyclechinese3125 5 лет назад

很有意思看美国人说中文！谢谢Eileen！

@techleang8814 4 года назад

非常感谢老师

@LearnGermanwithMarzipanfrau 3 года назад

Thank you for this super lesson.

@KellyS74 5 лет назад

Such a great video 👏🏻... 谢谢你 for making and sharing this ☺️

@yandongyang6938 5 лет назад

are you a chinese learner？

@KellyS74 5 лет назад

@@yandongyang6938 I am yes, but not a very good one 😂

@yandongyang6938 5 лет назад

@@KellyS74 english speaker?

@KellyS74 5 лет назад

@@yandongyang6938 I am yes, English is my spoken language. I'm learning Mandarin :)... Are you learning English?

@yandongyang6938 5 лет назад

@@KellyS74 yes

@nicolecalomusic 3 года назад

非常深入的谈话！谢谢。

@omololaolabode1151 3 года назад

我喜欢这个，感谢 Eileen

@andre5095 2 года назад

This guy is pretty good, he has somewhat of an accent though, I think a few of the tough sounds like zh, ch he hasn't quite mastered yet, though he has a good attitude towards learning the language unlike the other foreigners in China. He's spot on about the less than 5% of foreigners in China can actually speak Chinese, I think it's even less than that. I've been in China for less than one year and I've still not meet any foreigners who speak as well as me or this guy.

@THEBIGGESTSCUMBAG 2 года назад

WHY YOU HATING THO FAM

@andre5095 2 года назад

@@THEBIGGESTSCUMBAG Who said anything about hate? That's just an observation and considering he has been in China for quite a while it's fair to make such a remark. Are you from the ghetto or something?

@anniesansan3007 3 года назад

This really motivates me to work harder in learning chinese language..if he can, so can I

@kamalmohamad3820 5 лет назад

27 / 7 / 2019 good video please make some videos practically like making tea ,shaving , repairing bicycle ........so to learn daily speaking .....

@abbeymaeliam1 3 года назад

Hi Eileen, don't know if you're still reading comments from this vid but thanks a lot for this content. I've just started my mandarin journey and hearing about a westerner's experience has made me really curious to go to china and improve my skills! I'll definitely be donating. Thanks again

@MandarinCorner2 3 года назад

Yes, Liam we're still reading comments. Thanks for such a nice review and for considering to support us!

@brianthart6921 5 лет назад

He seems to struggle to speak quite a bit, and yet his vocab is really impressive, and also he is using some amazing grammar, which usually westerners wouldn't. I wonder if maybe because he is focusing so much on the grammar, he is slowing down all the time to try to think about it? Regardless, he is listening and vocab is great - Nice work!

@icyboy771z 4 года назад

He probably memorizes a lot of words phonetically or using pinyin, but due to Chinese being a difficult tonal language and him not using the words often enough makes him slower then a native speaker. Some of his pronunciation is off, but regardless his vocabulary and his listening skills and being able to hold a conversation with a native speaker is very impressive already.

@estherandherlittleworld7821 3 года назад

I can't wait for their app to be out there

@THEBIGGESTSCUMBAG 2 года назад

*THANK YOU EILEEN*

@stephenskalicky2059 4 года назад

谢谢跟我们分享你的经历！

@MickyBane 4 года назад

There is a lot of Chinese-Peruvian restaurants here in Peru. Their food is a fusion of Cantonese and Peruvian and those restaurants are called in Spanish "Chifa". I guess some Peruvian heard a long time ago a Cantonese person saying "Chifan" and the name stayed forever.