Practicing Your Language
16 years ago
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Well currently I am practicing Chinese. It is pretty embarrassing for me to do it at school or by myself. Just wondering how others feel about learning another language. Also If anyone would mind being like a Chinese pen pal that would be great--it is ironic that I am part Chinese and I am not so good at it. 😢 So anyone wanna be my pen pal.
我说中文说得不好。我又慢又不很聪明，可是我认为我一定进步。要是你帮助我，你会觉得喜悦。谢谢你
And if anyone could help me with some Japanese that would be great. I know I am greedy trying to learn Chinese and Japanese at the same time, but its a goal I have set for myself.
arigato gozaimasu 🙂
True victory does not come in defeating the enemy in battle, but in winning the war before the need of one.
Sun Tzu
16 years ago
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chinese...my reading and writing is beyond bad...i can hold a conversation though...
your writing (typing?) is pretty good, though it sounds a bit awkward...
16 years ago
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Yea I know I am taking Chinese 3H now, but I have never practiced grammar enough. My bad lol.
True victory does not come in defeating the enemy in battle, but in winning the war before the need of one.
Sun Tzu
16 years ago
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I had chinese few years ago, for a whole year .. guess what , the only thing i remember is ni hao XD
16 years ago
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I had chinese few years ago, for a whole year .. guess what , the only thing i remember is ni hao XD
i learned that from wow, the gold farmers are all usually chinese.
16 years ago
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你不错了。去年我也不说中文说得很好，可是我每天练习中文。我现在能念书本和说中文。我的同学帮助我，于是我不过觉得说中文坏！！！！
well correct me if I am wrong anyone. I need practice lol
True victory does not come in defeating the enemy in battle, but in winning the war before the need of one.
Sun Tzu
16 years ago
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Quote from MasterOfMagic
你不错了。去年我也不说中文说得很好，可是我每天练习中文。我现在能念书本和说中文。我的同学帮助我，于是我不过觉得说中文坏！！！！
well correct me if I am wrong anyone. I need practice lol
wow, that was pretty bad...
去年我说得中文也不好,可是我每天练习中文
于是我觉得我说得中文坏
would be better, though you shouldn't use 坏 in this manner, cause it means bad as in evil...
16 years ago
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Thx a bunch
I suck at grammar cause all I do most of the time is practice my words. Also some words I do not understand their usage because I do not use them enough. SO thx for the pointers. I will try to get better. After all I guess learning is a trial and error sort of thing. 😀
Don't get me wrong but the way you wrote it. Doesn't it mean therefore I feel my Chinese speaking is bad/evil?
True victory does not come in defeating the enemy in battle, but in winning the war before the need of one.
Sun Tzu
16 years ago
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Don't get me wrong but the way you wrote it. Doesn't it mean therefore I feel my Chinese speaking is bad/evil?
yeah, pretty much...
16 years ago
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There is a website were u can blog in a foreign language and native speakers will correct you. www.Lang-8.com I use it for Chinese and I think its useful.
Heisenberg may have slept here.
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Chinese who sucks at Chinese here...took me almost a month just to translate one chapter -_-;
How do you guys write Chinese characters on the computer anyway?
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I had chinese few years ago, for a whole year .. guess what , the only thing i remember is ni hao XD
I went through 4 years...
My mom's been pushing me to go to China to relearn...
16 years ago
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I will never try to learn Chinese/Japanese it seems way too difficult. I had trouble just learning English, which everyone states is the easiest. But now it is.
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Just wondering how others feel about learning another language.
I'm fluent in four languages but it came easy to me, since I noticed there are similar words, phrases and such in most languages, or maybe it's just because it's in my blood..
I'm now learning Italian which I find to be such a pain, it's making me forget my Portuguese >_>...I travel back and forth from country to country so it's very valuable knowing different languages, in order to communicate with others and know your surroundings and not seem like a total tourist who stands out always having a handbook with you.
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How do you guys write Chinese characters on the computer anyway?
I've been wondering the same. And came to the conclusion that maybe the characters are part of their keyboards. But I doubt it....
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How do you guys write Chinese characters on the computer anyway?
I've been wondering the same. And came to the conclusion that maybe the characters are part of their keyboards. But I doubt it....
By using the language bar?
You have to install the fonts though.
Either that you can use a similar program or use a special keyboard.
16 years ago
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How do you guys write Chinese characters on the computer anyway?
I've been wondering the same. And came to the conclusion that maybe the characters are part of their keyboards. But I doubt it....
By using the language bar?
You have to install the fonts though.
Either that you can use a similar program or use a special keyboard.
I feel like I should have known that... 😐
Well I wasn't entirely wrong on the keyboard thing.
Special keyboard? Didn't know there was such a thing.
16 years ago
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Yea the keyboards with chinese characters over the letters.
I haven't seen one since the 90's though...but I bet they're common in Asia (duh 😛 )
