Hi chris! Around 2:51 you wrote the wrong character, but you said it right though! It should be 钟 zhong in the first tone. I think 种 means to cultivate on land or something like that.
Yes, you're right, there is a mistake in the character and the Pinyin there, although I said it right. It should be 钟 zhōng, thanks for the correction.
You are doing a great job, Chris! You really understand the major points of confusion for English speakers learning Chinese. What a great intuition for all the tough topics. I really don't know anyone else out there who addresses all these subtle but perturbing nuances on the journey from English to Chinese. And such thorough examples to make your points. Please keep the great videos coming!
If I spend 1 year in China learning Mandarin, with no prior experience, can I get to a decent level? (I speak French and English fluently and am learning Italian too - should be fluent in next couple of years)
Depends how you take this one on. It's a language you (I presume) have never seen something similiar before and it's so weird and different from the indo-european languages. I'm studying chinese myself (so I might be biased if I say this) but I don't think you get to the level you want to get to. I could say so many more obstacles you might face learning this that it just becomes impossible. You just have no basis and a comfort position from learning french as an english speaker for example. I don't know dude, that's just what I think. Maybe you're a super intelligent polyglot who will learn it easily, who knows
Mounted Archer by referencing Italian and French I just meant I have a linguistic brain etc But surely it can't be impossible, otherwise thousands of people wouldn't have learnt it as a foreign language. And immersion? Would that not aid me? I just want to get to as high a level as possible. And I have watched lots of videos etc I'm not 100% new. But surely if I throw myself into it, in China, for a year, I should get pretty good results right? Even if it bares little to no resemblance to European languages.
Those languages are pretty similar . I think even becoming familiar with the language will take some months. I'm not saying it's not possible it's just being realistic.
So you think it wouldn't be a worthwhile idea to go to China to learn mandarin for a year? I mean, I admit it will he hard, but many people have done it before. Surely in a year, with like 20 hours a week plus immersion and outside of class work etc I should be able to get to a decent level, no?
Of course it's a great idea and I never said it wasn't. I just have seen so many people discussing about a decent level i mean a decent level is what? HSK5 ? 6? Or being able to speak fluently? The problem is it takes double the time it normally would take because the script and the pronunciation are different from each other. I think when you go for a year with realistic goals en a lot of dedication you'll get pretty far for sure.
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Hi chris! Around 2:51 you wrote the wrong character, but you said it right though! It should be 钟 zhong in the first tone. I think 种 means to cultivate on land or something like that.
Yes, you're right, there is a mistake in the character and the Pinyin there, although I said it right. It should be 钟 zhōng, thanks for the correction.
You are doing a great job, Chris! You really understand the major points of confusion for English speakers learning Chinese. What a great intuition for all the tough topics. I really don't know anyone else out there who addresses all these subtle but perturbing nuances on the journey from English to Chinese. And such thorough examples to make your points. Please keep the great videos coming!
Thanks for the comment Steven, I really appreciate it!
Fascinating!! 谢谢🙏🏼
You're welcome
So good content, thank you!
Hi Chris . This was very helpful of you . Could you also help us with the grammar of the word 一样 in your next video. Thank you
That's a good one, thanks for the suggestion!
Thank you
You're welcome
If I spend 1 year in China learning Mandarin, with no prior experience, can I get to a decent level? (I speak French and English fluently and am learning Italian too - should be fluent in next couple of years)
Depends how you take this one on. It's a language you (I presume) have never seen something similiar before and it's so weird and different from the indo-european languages. I'm studying chinese myself (so I might be biased if I say this) but I don't think you get to the level you want to get to. I could say so many more obstacles you might face learning this that it just becomes impossible. You just have no basis and a comfort position from learning french as an english speaker for example.
I don't know dude, that's just what I think. Maybe you're a super intelligent polyglot who will learn it easily, who knows
Mounted Archer by referencing Italian and French I just meant I have a linguistic brain etc
But surely it can't be impossible, otherwise thousands of people wouldn't have learnt it as a foreign language. And immersion? Would that not aid me?
I just want to get to as high a level as possible. And I have watched lots of videos etc I'm not 100% new. But surely if I throw myself into it, in China, for a year, I should get pretty good results right? Even if it bares little to no resemblance to European languages.
Those languages are pretty similar . I think even becoming familiar with the language will take some months. I'm not saying it's not possible it's just being realistic.
So you think it wouldn't be a worthwhile idea to go to China to learn mandarin for a year? I mean, I admit it will he hard, but many people have done it before. Surely in a year, with like 20 hours a week plus immersion and outside of class work etc I should be able to get to a decent level, no?
Of course it's a great idea and I never said it wasn't. I just have seen so many people discussing about a decent level i mean a decent level is what? HSK5 ? 6? Or being able to speak fluently? The problem is it takes double the time it normally would take because the script and the pronunciation are different from each other. I think when you go for a year with realistic goals en a lot of dedication you'll get pretty far for sure.
Eh is it's shei or shui for 谁？
It can be either shéi or shuí.
This is like Mandarin ASMR....
Maybe add a little more sentences like:
It's very important to learn Chinese in the 21st century.
It's rumored that he is having an affair.
It's free to sign up.