Chinese language

Punchabear
Punchabear Posts: 42
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Anyone here speak Mandarin? I've been learning for a while and I'm always looking for more people to practice with. I hope to be good enough one day to be able to use it as a possible career opportunity, but right now I can have basic conversations and handle myself at a restaurant haha
Anyway definitely let me know if you speak or are learning Mandarin as well!

Also, Italian is on my list of languages to learn, and I used to be pretty ok at German.

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  • Poemetra
    Poemetra Posts: 47 Member
    你好。 I took Chinese for two years.
  • Punchabear
    Punchabear Posts: 42
    你好吗？ I've been learning for about 2 years, but I'm better at speaking than writing/reading haha
  • f15htank
    f15htank Posts: 33 Member
    i just started taking it this semester at college, wish i was good enough to practice with you
  • harveysnith27
    harveysnith27 Posts: 15
    I don't have any idea about Chinese language.
    Even i can't understand, read, write but i love to learn so any one who can teach me.
  • SurfinBird1981
    SurfinBird1981 Posts: 517 Member
    I lived in Beijing for a year 2007-8 and now I live in Taiwan (both mandarin speaking countries) my speaking is naff and my writing is non existent :laugh:
  • Punchabear
    Punchabear Posts: 42
    i just started taking it this semester at college, wish i was good enough to practice with you
    I'd still be glad to practice with you at whatever level. It's always good to go over basics too :)
    I don't have any idea about Chinese language.
    Even i can't understand, read, write but i love to learn so any one who can teach me.
    Check out these sites if you're interested:
    http://www.italki.com - Connects you with native speakers who can help you learn pretty much any language.
    http://www.memrise.com - Free online sessions that help you learn and memorize languages.
    http://www.fluentflix.com/ - Has several videos in Chinese to help familiarize you with words and their usage.

    I'm on all those and they're pretty helpful, and all free :D
  • Poemetra
    Poemetra Posts: 47 Member
    I am much better at reading and writing than speaking. My tones are awful. I have forgotten how to speak a lot of what I had learned but I can still read it and write it lol.

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