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Thread: Links to good media for learning Mandarin Post: Links to good media for learning Mandarin idontknowkungfu Wrote:Cui Jian is Korean, and Wu Bai is Taiwanese. I don't know why foreigners make better Chinese music than natives. Thanks for the recommendations, but for the record, although his ... |
zer0range | Chinese and Hanzi | 48 | 25,408 | 2012-09-22, 9:37 pm | ||
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Thread: Cantonese Post: Cantonese http://www.fyan8.com/yueyu.htm and http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/...199,page=6 are the two best I've found so far. Thanks for the help! |
zer0range | Chinese and Hanzi | 3 | 1,412 | 2012-04-22, 8:47 pm | ||
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Thread: Cantonese Post: Cantonese Anyone have a source of sentences for beginners for Canto? Needs to have audio, ala Zhongwen Red/Blue series. Thanks! |
zer0range | Chinese and Hanzi | 3 | 1,412 | 2012-04-20, 3:55 pm | ||
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Thread: For anyone who likes meaningless character count statistics Post: For anyone who likes meaningless character count s... This is very interesting... thanks for sharing JimmySeal. I'm a little surprised that it only amounts to around 3500, I figured it'd be a bit higher. Please keep us updated... I'll be interested to... |
zer0range | Chinese and Hanzi | 30 | 10,738 | 2012-02-01, 8:33 pm | ||
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Thread: Chinese drama Post: Chinese drama I would recommend downloading PPStream and PPLive. Between the two of them, they have almost every drama China has ever produced, along with a ton more. (Streaming TV, movies, documentaries, sports br... |
zer0range | Chinese and Hanzi | 3 | 1,889 | 2011-10-21, 12:05 am | ||
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Thread: Chinese drama Post: Chinese drama I'm not familiar with those Japanese dramas, so I can't really tailor my response to you, but here are some popular dramas that I enjoyed. 蜗居 - Dark in spots, really captivating... I think it was ban... |
zer0range | Chinese and Hanzi | 3 | 1,889 | 2011-10-20, 4:31 am | ||
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Thread: Why I won't be renewing my AJATT+ account Post: Why I won't be renewing my AJATT+ account Quote:of course it is good to have a private space with a handful of members sharing the same goals, and are bound to uphold a certain quality in communication with each other. But you also noticed th... |
zer0range | General discussion | 32 | 8,544 | 2011-09-26, 6:05 pm | ||
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Thread: Why I won't be renewing my AJATT+ account Post: Why I won't be renewing my AJATT+ account I can't remember what it exactly stands for, but it's a link to something in Japanese (or whatever language you're studying). I'd pretty much agree with what you said. I signed up for the forums, whi... |
zer0range | General discussion | 32 | 8,544 | 2011-09-26, 4:34 am | ||
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Thread: A Norwegian guy speaking Japanese? Post: A Norwegian guy speaking Japanese? Zorlee Wrote:Practice a lot. Practice every day. Practice does not make perfect - perfect practice makes perfect. Your whole post was a gem, but for me, here's the gem within the gem. |
zer0range | The Japanese language | 76 | 22,490 | 2011-09-25, 9:58 pm | ||
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Thread: Willing to learn chinese, but how? Post: Willing to learn chinese, but how? I would add one point on top of donjorge22's argument for Mandarin over Cantonese, which is simply usefulness. You're much more likely to run into a Mandarin speaker who doesn't understand Cantonese t... |
zer0range | Chinese and Hanzi | 8 | 3,069 | 2011-09-22, 3:28 am | ||
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Thread: Willing to learn chinese, but how? Post: Willing to learn chinese, but how? Instead of a course, perhaps think about 5-6 hours of tutoring spread over a couple of weeks. Beyond a basic understanding of tones and pinyin, a course isn't going to help you very much. If you don'... |
zer0range | Chinese and Hanzi | 8 | 3,069 | 2011-09-21, 3:28 am | ||
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Thread: Those who have "Remembered the Hanzi"... Post: Those who have "Remembered the Hanzi"... Use RTH to learn how to learn and remember characters, and then take a pragmatic approach, learning characters that are unfamiliar in whatever materials you're using. |
zer0range | Chinese and Hanzi | 23 | 5,605 | 2011-09-21, 3:24 am | ||
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Thread: Willing to learn chinese, but how? Post: Willing to learn chinese, but how? How much is your Dad willing/able to help you learn? In the beginning, having a native speaker who can work with you on tones and pronunciation is a huge help. After that, I'd listen a lot, look for... |
zer0range | Chinese and Hanzi | 8 | 3,069 | 2011-09-18, 3:26 am | ||
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Thread: How often is Pinyin Tools wrong? Post: How often is Pinyin Tools wrong? 要求 can be fourth or first. |
zer0range | Chinese and Hanzi | 5 | 2,031 | 2011-08-24, 10:27 pm | ||
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Thread: Good exercise book or textbook with engaging exercises? Post: Good exercise book or textbook with engaging exerc... For textbooks, you could try getting ahold of DLI Mandarin materials. If I recall correctly, some of the advanced materials are mostly Chinese. http://www.chinese-forums.com/index.php?...-download/ ... |
zer0range | Chinese and Hanzi | 11 | 4,403 | 2011-08-23, 6:08 pm | ||
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Thread: White People Can't Read Japanese. Post: White People Can't Read Japanese. I speak Chinese and I get the same thing when I talk to people on skype sometimes, although it seems to happen more often to Japanese learners. No, I don't need you to type pinyin... |
zer0range | The Japanese language | 97 | 19,720 | 2011-08-15, 7:34 am | ||
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Thread: The DLPT (Defence Language Proficency Test) Post: The DLPT (Defence Language Proficency Test) Just another small update.. took the upper level DLPT again and scored a 4 in listening and a 3 in reading. |
zer0range | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 24 | 20,469 | 2011-08-03, 7:46 pm | ||
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Thread: Send me $1500! (AJATT Silverspoon) Post: Send me $1500! (AJATT Silverspoon) Cool troll dawg. |
zer0range | Off topic | 567 | 98,533 | 2011-07-31, 11:36 pm | ||
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Thread: Need advice on where to start & resources Post: Need advice on where to start & resources Hehe, yeah the Chinese have a way with names. |
zer0range | Chinese and Hanzi | 6 | 2,140 | 2011-07-27, 1:11 am | ||
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Thread: Need advice on where to start & resources Post: Need advice on where to start & resources http://www.zhongwenred.com/ Granted, I've been out of the beginning resource game for a couple of years, but at the time, this was the best available. It's got practical sentences and dialogues, reco... |
zer0range | Chinese and Hanzi | 6 | 2,140 | 2011-07-26, 1:57 am | ||
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Thread: Dunning-Kruger effect and Japanese skill assessment Post: Dunning-Kruger effect and Japanese skill assessmen... aphasiac Wrote:http://forum.koohii.com/showthread.php?tid=7248 He genuinely believed he could understand Chinese, until he was tested; where it was revealed he couldn't speak or understand the most b... |
zer0range | Off topic | 42 | 7,890 | 2011-07-24, 11:11 pm | ||
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Thread: The new MBA are around the corner. Post: The new MBA are around the corner. Clearly you're just Apple haters. |
zer0range | Off topic | 51 | 6,800 | 2011-07-02, 12:29 pm | ||
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Thread: For anyone interested in AJATT.. Post: For anyone interested in AJATT.. tarkonis Wrote:Ive posted days 11-20 thoughts :) I'm not married and have no kids myself.. I can't imagine what it must be like learning something 'around' them, so to speak. Keep it up and you'll get... |
zer0range | General discussion | 81 | 21,688 | 2011-07-01, 11:18 am | ||
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Thread: Effects of Japanese keywords on later Mandarin studies Post: Effects of Japanese keywords on later Mandarin stu... nadiatims Wrote:@zerOrange How do know 15,000 characters? Wouldn't you have to start delving pretty deeply into archaic or classical texts to get any use out of those? Classical, yes, archaic... that ... |
zer0range | Chinese and Hanzi | 25 | 6,045 | 2011-06-27, 9:14 pm | ||
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Thread: Effects of Japanese keywords on later Mandarin studies Post: Effects of Japanese keywords on later Mandarin stu... I have no way to really accurately count how many characters I know. I suspect somewhere around 15,000, and if I sit down to read a newspaper, I will still miss a few characters. And yes, we're talki... |
zer0range | Chinese and Hanzi | 25 | 6,045 | 2011-06-27, 7:59 am | ||
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Thread: Learning RSH after RTK: What to do with multiple keywords? Post: Learning RSH after RTK: What to do with multiple k... What you're going to realize after you've finished RTK/RTH and get a few months in to actually studying Chinese, is that the keywords for these characters is about as important a choice as what socks ... |
zer0range | Chinese and Hanzi | 5 | 1,749 | 2011-06-24, 10:27 pm | ||
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Thread: A gift for a Japanese connoisseur of coffee Post: A gift for a Japanese connoisseur of coffee kainzero Wrote:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kopi_Luwak I'll second this... it's no joke. Very smooth, full flavor. |
zer0range | Off topic | 8 | 1,821 | 2011-06-10, 7:08 pm | ||
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Thread: AJATT Silverspoon- Thought's opinions? Post: AJATT Silverspoon- Thought's opinions? ta12121 Wrote:I wouldn't say I'm familiar with efficiency study methods. I just stuck with it. I still believe that it will probably take me 3-5 years for my goals of fluency. But only time well tell,... |
zer0range | Learning resources | 145 | 39,803 | 2011-05-28, 9:52 pm | ||
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Thread: AJATT Silverspoon- Thought's opinions? Post: AJATT Silverspoon- Thought's opinions? ta12121 Wrote:So 1.5-2 years to become fluent, doesn't sound so off. It doesn't sound so off to you because you're familiar with efficient study methods, I mean, you're on a forum that is all about SR... |
zer0range | Learning resources | 145 | 39,803 | 2011-05-02, 11:47 am | ||
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Thread: A few basic phrases I picked up... Post: A few basic phrases I picked up... Yep. |
zer0range | Chinese and Hanzi | 9 | 1,887 | 2011-04-21, 1:58 am | ||
