Who do you think are the best Chinese speakers out there? Let me know who else's Chinese I should break down next time! And what other mistakes can you find that Chris makes while speaking? Also, remember these videos are never meant to criticize or praise any individual's current or previous Chinese level. It's simply a tool to help you learn and find what mistakes you may make while speaking Chinese yourself! Hope you find it helpful! 😊
jjsays is really good other people also suggested doing her, she will be very famous one day but i will still be in a gutter drunk with my dog begging for spare change
oh uncle hanzi might be good to do! jin yu 金鱼 used to sing in Chinese but she left PRC a few years ago idk why but seems to be doing only english singing lately or lele farely whom i find super annoying but holy shit his chinese is really good. i think he might in fact be the best other than Ai Hua; he learned his Chinese around 19-20 years of age yet speaks to my non-native ears perfectly.
Gwillym from Skritter never speaks Chinese so there might not be enough material to do him unfortunately i think the guy who runs skritter has a bad accent. mostly he talks in english too.
I used to think I really wish there was someone who followed Chris's format but for Chinese learners, and was so happy when I found you! So much Chinese learning content on youtube is aimed too much at lower levels, love love these nitpicking series. Didn't realize you were his wife until today!
Guess I'm your perfect target group, studied Chinese at university (in Europe), lived in TW for 12 years (hence TW accent that Chinese detect in about 2 seconds), married to a TW lady, speak mandarin daily, but not making much progress anymore, more laziness than anything else. It so happens we have the same surname Fan. You are the absolutely perfect teacher for advanced Chinese learners, I didn't think I would ever find someone like you, too perfect: you put your finger so precisely on all the problems of (slightly lazy) advanced speakers, and you're even able to imitate their mistakes, so funny. I feel sorry I just "discovered" you this morning. Your vibes and facial expressions are so much fun and positive, love your style and personality. You have motivated me to once again trying to rectify all my mistakes (as you know: tones, and q, j). I have my work cut out...
It was so nice to find out you guys are spouses, whenever he mentioned you in his videos I wondered what you are like. What a good match 😃 I am a beginner learner and trying to make sure I get my pronunciation and tones right from the start and you videos are so helpful!!! Thanks so much for being my RUclips teacher who helps me impress my classroom teacher 😉😊 Appreciate you guys a lot, stay safe xxx.
Hooray! Rita's finally giving the fans what they've been wanting! 😁 Honestly though, I was hoping that you were going to be more brutal with the analysis on Chris b/c I wanted to see some more banter between husband and wife (besides, it seems like he can take it), but you always stay classy, I guess. Good job on this one, and hope to see more collaborations between the two channels in the future! Take care! ❤️
@@LaomaChris Awesome! Although I only started my Mandarin-learning journey a year ago (at an old age), you have been a big inspiration for me over the last few months! I hope that both of you can continue releasing great content in the future! Cheers! 🍻
I have been watching some of your videos and was so surprised to check and see you get under 100k views on most and only have 7k subscribers! Your videos are so professional and well edited it shocked me!
Hey Rita! If you're interested, I think you can venture on (or even share) some analysis on the difference in accent/pronunciation possessed by different learners from different countries and how you'd help them. And I think you can do some reaction to Taiwanese, Singaporean and Malaysian Chinese. Just some suggestions for your videos. Cheers!
Rita, do you take students? You're a great teacher! Thanks for the excellent (and witty) content. Your views should be in the 100,000s - hopefully soon.
Thank you so much! Appreciate it😊 currently I don’t take more students, but I’m working on my online course, and hopefully it’ll launch later this year!
Rita, have you considered teaching group classes to foreigners looking to learn Mandarin, similar to what Chris does with people wanting to learn English? I would definitely be interested in signing up!
I ain't even got to the 'le' sentence structure yet but gotta keep in mind that it will come up XD. I need to look for your other videos that rate people who speak Chinese so I know who to watch. Guess I will check Laoma Chris now then. Thanks for the video and can't wait for the video he sits down and talks about how he practices although it might be out need to check after looking at his channel a bit! Also have a great day to anyone who reads this!
I’m very dumbfounded… I have watched many of Chris’s videos….this is the most shocking news I’ve heard.. would love to see you and Chris collaborate… really… my two favorite you tubers… wow…😲😮😶
I’ll definitely be interviewing him on my channel soon! Keep an eye on my community tab or instagram (Fun Chinese Club) where I’ll be asking what people want us to talk about! Thanks for watching, Paul!
@@RitaChinese thanks for replying back!! I’m actually really happy for you. Chris is a great guy, I love his humor. Not only is his Chinese really good, but he’s a cool and interesting guy. I’m also a big fan of you. I’m starting to watch a lot of your videos on accents. And you can really distinguish the sounds, especially the second and third tone. That’s real talent! I hope you can create more videos! I kind of lost motivation studying Chinese, but I think after watching yours and Chris’s videos, I can get back into studying Chinese again :)
Can you make a video regarding the difference in the Chinese spoken by the South East Asia community? Like Singapore and Malaysia. Will be interesting to see the differences.
I've always thought Chinese is quite melodious but whenever I hear the tone comparisons between the wrong and correct ways of pronunciation, I've come to realize I have such a hard time identifying the differences. I'm pretty sure it's because I've had little to no exposure to the language that it's hard for me to pick up the differences. Is this what it means to be tone deaf? Lol omg I still find it to be a very beautiful language though, and I hope to have the courage to learn it one day.
It just takes time to be exposed more to the sound system and to figure out how it works, but it's nothing impossible, and everyone can do it as long as you wanna put in time and effort! 😊🙌
I feel like every country does the "and then..." whether it's literally "and then" in english, "ran hou" in chinese or "entonces" in spanish... lol. This was also a popular scene in Dude Where's My Car.
Hey, having watched the video I'm super curious about something. You mention he pronounced 不管 with a rising tone on 管, but in the context in question, it preceded another third-tone. We're generally told to change a 3rd tone to 2nd tone before another 3rd tone. I realise just from hearing Chinese people speak that this doesn't always hold, for instance in cases of emphasis or at certain phrase boundaries, but I'm not 100% sure what these rules are. Would you be interested in making a video on this topic? Thanks.
When I was a beginner, this was super annoying to me. The rule, “change the 3rd tone to a 2nd tone if it’s followed by another 3rd tone” is inherently much too vague. My Chinese teachers and others I asked at the time would not help me. Eventually, I was able to listen to people in detail and gradually get an idea of how to apply this “rule” correctly. I’m still not perfect, but much better than before. I think Chinese teachers and textbooks really should introduce this “rule” to beginners with the warning that it is not simple and will have to be learned over time.
Chris's level is certainly extremely high... I reckon Lele Farley (look him up on RUclips) has even clearer Beijing accent and possibly more advanced skill in the language. Not that it matters at this level. Both are amazing, and both very funny too.
definitely agree with you that speaking too many 'ran hou' is a bad habit, especially for young people, I've never heard my parents using lots of 'ran hou' when speaking. But in stead, they use 'na sha' or 'nei shen me' to pause, just like 'well..' in English. Just realized analyzing people's spoken Chinese/English is so interesting!
不管你说 bu guan ni shuo 管 guan is formally 3rd tone. But because 你 ni is also natually 3rd tone, you have to change 管 to 2nd tone. This is common trick that most of foreign Chinese learners can't grasp in daily use.
I would say the more languages you speak, the more attuned you can become to slight variations in pronunciation, like d/t/n in English hitting the roof of the mouth around the alveolar ridge, the tip of the tongue hitting the teeth in Mandarin, and Spanish using a bit more of the “blade” (the area directly behind the tip of the tongue) to hit the teeth.
I think that every language helps a little bit with the next one. Like, to me, the difference between sh and x is a little bit like the russian ш and щ. It also makes your brain more "flexible", capable of adapting to new things. I speak with my teacher in English but my native language is Spanish, and I often feel he does not have to explain some things because since I'm Spanish I don't think that way. Like last time he said "dont use 它是六点" like in English "it's six o'clock". I wouldn't have said it because I don't think that way.
Fan 老師, what do you mean by “he speaks TERRIBLE Chinese” ? What would be the basis to affirm that? I know Chris speaks very good Chinese but why saying “terrible”. Is that because he speaks fluently or because his tone pronunciation is mostly correct or what? Then, how would you qualify the Chinese of 大山? I think he is the only one foreigner which Chinese sounds very native. 感謝老師的回答。
I think it's common enough nowadays for youtubers to over-exaggerate things to please the algorithm. For example, I've seen these videos where it's like "Blah RUINED my event!" when in reality they just showed up and said hi.
I think that she was just joking. Being married to Chris affords the opportunity to pick at him, I suppose. *shrugs* The title of the video has been changed anyway, so the point is largely moot. Rita's also done a video on DaShan's pronunciation. Check it out! Short spoiler, she's very impressed!
@@BigPhi84 you’re right. Lol I just checked the video again and actually she really changed the title. I think the new title is more reasonable. Anyways, RUclipsrs like to use weird ways to have loads of viewers. 呃！我覺得這樣很糟糕。
I can't hear the difference at all. I have tinnitus. Do Chinese have trouble with hearing problems, such as tinnitus, and being able to hear the tones properly?
He's quite good at speaking mandarin. Have u heard dengxiaoping speak mandarin? With a Sichuan accent. As long as u understand what is being conveyed, that's OK. Ran Hou is equivalent to "like" which is peppered in most English sentences, specially by teenagers talking.
Rita is a great Chinese teacher and her English almost closes to perfect, but also has some room to improve in pronunciation too, like th, v, I in the middle of the words, u like in cultural, big open mouth a and small open mouth e Etc I make the same mistake and I am still improving. I know the grammar very well but when I am speaking, always make some mistakes. He, his she her always bother a lot .
@@xuexizhongwenit's about her grammar. There's no way you can have native pronounciation after growing up for so many years in non English speaking country.
@@kelvingunawan1099 Of course you can. Laoma learned Chinese as an adult and has very close to native pronunciation. His wife can do the same with English if she tries.
Hi Alex! We speak mostly Mandarin, English when we’re with friends family who don’t speak Chinese, and then occasionally some phrases in Spanish or Cantonese here and there! 😂😂
@@RitaChinese Oh yes, Chris mentioned in his latest video he was learning Canto. It'll be good to see how he streamlines it, as I also hope to learn one day.
I have been told tones are strictly cemented changing them as you say northerners do means that they are then technically saying the words wrong. I been told doing this means you won’t be understood Now I am confused. Is the changes in neutral tone as you explained a cultural thing or laziness. I am confused now
Some teachers don't know there is a tone on the second character of words and don't teach it. Eg. Teaching Nails as "zhi3jia" when it's actually "zhi3jia3" Also why do some native teachers only teach you the 1 character version of words, eg they will teach us: To help = bang And I only find out much later when I look at a proper dictionary that the whole word is bang1zhu4 🤔🤔 Very frustrating
Imagine i was teaching you beginner English and instead of teaching you the word "supermarket" I just taught you "super" and told you that everyone would understand.... But the first time someone says "supermarket" to you, you have know idea what it means bc your teacher didn't teach you the whole word 😅
Anyway I'm autistic and I hate inconsistency, or people not giving me the full information/withholding important information from me. And I am determined to learn all the tones and FULL words of everything but it's extremely hard to get a teacher that good, at least I haven't found a teacher or learning source yet that has been thorough and consistent with things like this :(
It's nice to learn accents and slang later on, but firstly it's important to learn the proper word and proper pronunciation. If anyone knows a teacher or website or books that teach properly please recommend them to me.
Sounds like he's trying too hard just to impress Chinese. I've lived in China for 9 years and can barely understand what he's saying...(not that i consider my chinese very good).
Got it! I've already done a xiaomaNYC video that you can check out at ruclips.net/video/Ey0gJvLO15c/видео.html And I've put the others on my list! Thanks for the suggestions!
that's such BS...lol....Chris speaks as perfect Chinese as Chinese people. Most Chinese people don't speak Chinese as well as he lol..I've lived in Chinese for 7 years. One could never tell he isn't Chinese by speaking to him on the phone...Rita, on the other hand, you have a very recognizable Chinese accent when you speak, and your fluidity is a bit lacking....
I thought so! Have been a long time subscriber to Chris! Recently subscribed to you. You have been very helpful in my 52 day-so-far studying to learn Mandarin. Love your format!
I'm learning Japanese and something I find interesting is that for both Chinese and Japanese it seems that the learner is encouraged to have a native accent and sound as native as possible. Whereas as someone from the UK, many of us see our accents as part of our identity, culture and as an indicator of where we're from. If a Polish person is living in England we very much expect them to speak with a Polish accent, it would be weird if they spoke with one of the English accents unless they were born here. We don't see accent as being in any way an indication of how skilled they are at speaking English. Their accent is who they are. Just thought it was interesting.
@Takahashi Shimo Mo Yeah um, no. Even if you mess up 50% or more of your tones people will understand what you mean. Mark Zuckerberg made his speech with terrible tones, yet it was perfectly understandable. That being said, a thick accent is a barrier for understanding in any language, but inference and context can easily do the bulk of the job without issue. This is probably a cultural thing with how the whole idea with mandarin is to erase the differences between the chinese languages, and in general make everything nice and homogeneous. That being said, let's be honest, all language learners want to be as similar as possible to a native, it's just natural. It happens in english too. And to finish off, this is really just an educational video. I genuinely believe Rita doesn't believe that Chris should work on his accent because of all of his mistakes, and that his chinese is not good enough as is. I mean come on, she has such a strong accent in her english it would be hypocritical to say that. The mistakes exist, and pointing them all out can help learners figure out where they can improve themselves, but there's not such an obsession with perfection as you might think.
@@SupremeDP not sure what you were responding to as the comment is gone, and most of your comment seems to make sense, except the claim that 50% of tones screwed up is remotely acceptable, and that Zuckerberg was at all understandable, much less "perfectly". As a native speaker I needed subtitles, his accent was COMPLETE garbage. In tonal languages, the accent is like a third essential part in addition to phonetics. If you don't have it right, it's like you're skipping vowels in a Roman language. There are Chinese dialect accents that are similarly part of identity and comparable to a Polish accent while speaking English. But that's acceptable deviation because you're largely still understandable, barring any super thick accents. You don't get to mess up 50% of vowels and substitute random vowels and still expect to be understandable.
In fact, Chinese and Japanese (a Very hard truth for Chinese) the "accent" is Very Very VERY important to listen and speak. If you really want to speak with your mother accent you have to find listerners who know how to hear broken Chinese from foreigners. Unlike Portuguese, English and French (languages I have experience with) I don't see any major problems with accent, but in Chinese... It's only possible Understand if you train yours ears to understand this "Chinese tongue of foreigners". You will never hear this truth from Chinese teachers, because it turns off new students, but I have good news, you can handle the Chinese accent, you just need to practice a lot
Thank you, I've awaited this video!! It was quite entertaining seeing all the comments on your other videos requesting your reaction to him, unaware that he was your husband.. I remember when I first realised.. I thought you looked familiar! Your videos, and Chris' are so helpful, especially for pronunciation, which is an element of language learning I really want to focus on, with any language I learn.
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Who do you think are the best Chinese speakers out there? Let me know who else's Chinese I should break down next time!
And what other mistakes can you find that Chris makes while speaking?
Also, remember these videos are never meant to criticize or praise any individual's current or previous Chinese level. It's simply a tool to help you learn and find what mistakes you may make while speaking Chinese yourself! Hope you find it helpful! 😊
中文呢，不算难？ shouldn’t the tone for 不 be 二声？ you put bù suàn
jjsays is really good other people also suggested doing her, she will be very famous one day but i will still be in a gutter drunk with my dog begging for spare change
oh uncle hanzi might be good to do!
jin yu 金鱼 used to sing in Chinese but she left PRC a few years ago idk why but seems to be doing only english singing lately
or lele farely whom i find super annoying but holy shit his chinese is really good. i think he might in fact be the best other than Ai Hua; he learned his Chinese around 19-20 years of age yet speaks to my non-native ears perfectly.
Gwillym from Skritter never speaks Chinese so there might not be enough material to do him
unfortunately i think the guy who runs skritter has a bad accent. mostly he talks in english too.
你可以选 Afu/Thomas 吗？他是德国人在上海。
HE'S YOUR HUSBAND?! I did not know that. my life has changed.
😂😅🤣
@@RitaChinese really???
WHAT HAHSHDJSK
Omg... I thought she looked familiar but never realized this!!!!
😊😊
I heard this guy has a wife who also speaks really good Chinese. I’d love to see you grade her Chinese in a video sometime.
Might be awkward
Edit: They edited their comment so my response doesn’t make sense anymore
😂😂are you joking
You're watching his wife right now.
@@joysun228 that’s the joke…
I just love people talking about languages. Making a video analyzing your husband's speaking has to be a world's first.
If you enjoyed this video, raise your hand to show Rita and Laoma your undying support 🙋✋🔥
I used to think I really wish there was someone who followed Chris's format but for Chinese learners, and was so happy when I found you! So much Chinese learning content on youtube is aimed too much at lower levels, love love these nitpicking series. Didn't realize you were his wife until today!
Guess I'm your perfect target group, studied Chinese at university (in Europe), lived in TW for 12 years (hence TW accent that Chinese detect in about 2 seconds), married to a TW lady, speak mandarin daily, but not making much progress anymore, more laziness than anything else. It so happens we have the same surname Fan. You are the absolutely perfect teacher for advanced Chinese learners, I didn't think I would ever find someone like you, too perfect: you put your finger so precisely on all the problems of (slightly lazy) advanced speakers, and you're even able to imitate their mistakes, so funny. I feel sorry I just "discovered" you this morning. Your vibes and facial expressions are so much fun and positive, love your style and personality. You have motivated me to once again trying to rectify all my mistakes (as you know: tones, and q, j). I have my work cut out...
太好了！！！ I think Chris is the most lucky guy in the US! You know why fan laoshi?! Because you are the best! Thank you for all!
😊
Every day I come to check whether Rita done one about me yet... And every day, I'm so sad.
感觉你讲中文一直还是外国人调调 多像马思瑞学习吧哈哈哈
This I want to see!
@@李李-v7g （我哭了）
@@adevoidvesselI'm scared now.
@@TravelinChina 不哭不哭，你的内容很nice，我每期都看了
You really deserve a looot more subscribers, you put some much effort and originality into your videos!
It was so nice to find out you guys are spouses, whenever he mentioned you in his videos I wondered what you are like. What a good match 😃
I am a beginner learner and trying to make sure I get my pronunciation and tones right from the start and you videos are so helpful!!! Thanks so much for being my RUclips teacher who helps me impress my classroom teacher 😉😊
Appreciate you guys a lot, stay safe xxx.
Hooray! Rita's finally giving the fans what they've been wanting! 😁 Honestly though, I was hoping that you were going to be more brutal with the analysis on Chris b/c I wanted to see some more banter between husband and wife (besides, it seems like he can take it), but you always stay classy, I guess. Good job on this one, and hope to see more collaborations between the two channels in the future! Take care! ❤️
We’ll definitely be filming some stuff together soon!
@@LaomaChris Awesome! Although I only started my Mandarin-learning journey a year ago (at an old age), you have been a big inspiration for me over the last few months! I hope that both of you can continue releasing great content in the future! Cheers! 🍻
I have been watching some of your videos and was so surprised to check and see you get under 100k views on most and only have 7k subscribers! Your videos are so professional and well edited it shocked me!
I’m trying! Slow and steady, but really appreciate the kind words! Happy to know people find my content interesting/useful
I don't even study Chinese, but I love watching these videos regardless. Maybe I would learn if tones weren't so hard, ha.
If you think Mandarin is hard, check out Cantonese or Vietnamese! They're even crazier!!! 😂😂😂
Tones aren't the hard part imo
@@BigPhi84 Thai has entered the chat 😂😂
The characters are the hard part
@@piedpiper8101 I think the hard part is just grammar
Laoma Chris has the best sounding Chinese of any RUclips I have come across.
You should watch Dashan
Not true. He speak just like a Manchu not a true Chinese.
haters gunna hate. Dashan is so washed up now though...
Hey Rita! If you're interested, I think you can venture on (or even share) some analysis on the difference in accent/pronunciation possessed by different learners from different countries and how you'd help them.
And I think you can do some reaction to Taiwanese, Singaporean and Malaysian Chinese. Just some suggestions for your videos. Cheers!
Could you do a video on the Taiwanese Mandarin accent? My first Chinese teacher was from Taiwan and I want to keep my accent consistent with hers!
Rita, do you take students? You're a great teacher! Thanks for the excellent (and witty) content. Your views should be in the 100,000s - hopefully soon.
Thank you so much! Appreciate it😊 currently I don’t take more students, but I’m working on my online course, and hopefully it’ll launch later this year!
@@RitaChinese wow, sounds excellent! I’ll work on my Chinese and look forward to your course 🤓
Rita, have you considered teaching group classes to foreigners looking to learn Mandarin, similar to what Chris does with people wanting to learn English? I would definitely be interested in signing up!
That intro was EVERYTHING😂😂
I ain't even got to the 'le' sentence structure yet but gotta keep in mind that it will come up XD. I need to look for your other videos that rate people who speak Chinese so I know who to watch. Guess I will check Laoma Chris now then. Thanks for the video and can't wait for the video he sits down and talks about how he practices although it might be out need to check after looking at his channel a bit! Also have a great day to anyone who reads this!
You can analyze Lele Farley's Chinese next time. His Chinese is also awesome.
I’m very dumbfounded… I have watched many of Chris’s videos….this is the most shocking news I’ve heard.. would love to see you and Chris collaborate… really… my two favorite you tubers… wow…😲😮😶
I’ll definitely be interviewing him on my channel soon! Keep an eye on my community tab or instagram (Fun Chinese Club) where I’ll be asking what people want us to talk about! Thanks for watching, Paul!
@@RitaChinese thanks for replying back!! I’m actually really happy for you. Chris is a great guy, I love his humor. Not only is his Chinese really good, but he’s a cool and interesting guy. I’m also a big fan of you. I’m starting to watch a lot of your videos on accents. And you can really distinguish the sounds, especially the second and third tone. That’s real talent! I hope you can create more videos! I kind of lost motivation studying Chinese, but I think after watching yours and Chris’s videos, I can get back into studying Chinese again :)
為甚麼現在才推這部，我要讚爆XD
You should analyze Blondie in China
Good suggestion! Thanks Sara 😊
Can you make a video regarding the difference in the Chinese spoken by the South East Asia community? Like Singapore and Malaysia. Will be interesting to see the differences.
I've always thought Chinese is quite melodious but whenever I hear the tone comparisons between the wrong and correct ways of pronunciation, I've come to realize I have such a hard time identifying the differences. I'm pretty sure it's because I've had little to no exposure to the language that it's hard for me to pick up the differences. Is this what it means to be tone deaf? Lol omg
I still find it to be a very beautiful language though, and I hope to have the courage to learn it one day.
It just takes time to be exposed more to the sound system and to figure out how it works, but it's nothing impossible, and everyone can do it as long as you wanna put in time and effort! 😊🙌
请老马做一期视频点评一下马嫂的英文！
老马不敢，或者中间直接跪在搓衣板上录视频
那就是求生欲为负值的视频。
I feel like every country does the "and then..." whether it's literally "and then" in english, "ran hou" in chinese or "entonces" in spanish... lol. This was also a popular scene in Dude Where's My Car.
I just wish for her to point out all my mistakes in Chinese 😅
Hey, having watched the video I'm super curious about something. You mention he pronounced 不管 with a rising tone on 管, but in the context in question, it preceded another third-tone. We're generally told to change a 3rd tone to 2nd tone before another 3rd tone. I realise just from hearing Chinese people speak that this doesn't always hold, for instance in cases of emphasis or at certain phrase boundaries, but I'm not 100% sure what these rules are. Would you be interested in making a video on this topic?
Thanks.
你的直觉非常正确！同一个词语在不同的上下文中确实可能使用不同的音调，例如：这（件事情）是一件好事（hǎo shì）means good deed，然而：这个人非常好事（hào shì）means officious，但是大多数情况下一个音调的不正确并不影响理解（因为人会联系上下文推导正确的意思）只是会显示有些奇怪，实际上母语者有时也会说的过快导致音调失误
When I was a beginner, this was super annoying to me. The rule, “change the 3rd tone to a 2nd tone if it’s followed by another 3rd tone” is inherently much too vague. My Chinese teachers and others I asked at the time would not help me. Eventually, I was able to listen to people in detail and gradually get an idea of how to apply this “rule” correctly. I’m still not perfect, but much better than before. I think Chinese teachers and textbooks really should introduce this “rule” to beginners with the warning that it is not simple and will have to be learned over time.
Awesome stuff! 👍 I guess you got a typo in pinyin for the word of 地道 at 10:20 , 道 should be in neutral tone instead of the 4th tone.
Chris's level is certainly extremely high... I reckon Lele Farley (look him up on RUclips) has even clearer Beijing accent and possibly more advanced skill in the language. Not that it matters at this level. Both are amazing, and both very funny too.
Yeah, Lele Farley's chinese is really good!
@ƎVOLUTIONATED Oh so you are pro-dictatorship then?
Great video, There is one word that Chris uses far too often that is a real giveaway that he is American. The word "super".
British people also say super…
Do you speak better English or does he speak better Chinese?🧐🧐🧐 #TeamFanLaoshi
Lele Farley也讲地挺好的 推荐去听听～
I thought with 不管 and 你 being right next to each other, the guan3 ni3 would turn into guan2 ni3? Am I mistaken on that?
This is a kind of 变调. Both 管 and 你 are the third tone. So the tone of the first word is changed to the second tone，like 你好。
@@albertsun3483 this means you agree with OP, right?
true
Blake Yes
You’re right.当两个第三声的汉字连在一起时，为了读起来不会那么奇怪，会将第一个汉字读作第二声，例如：很好。
2:39 for "chest hair" is there no mistake for "chest" (it should be the 1'st tone instead depicted the 2nd one, shouldn't it) ?
YESSSSSS. This is it. THE VIDEO. XD
Review the best of the best. Dashan .
definitely agree with you that speaking too many 'ran hou' is a bad habit, especially for young people, I've never heard my parents using lots of 'ran hou' when speaking. But in stead, they use 'na sha' or 'nei shen me' to pause, just like 'well..' in English. Just realized analyzing people's spoken Chinese/English is so interesting!
不管你说 bu guan ni shuo
管 guan is formally 3rd tone.
But because 你 ni is also natually 3rd tone, you have to change 管 to 2nd tone.
This is common trick that most of foreign Chinese learners can't grasp in daily use.
I was paying lots of attention to the lessons before realizing that i dont need to learn chinese pronunciation bc i never speak to people irl anyway 😔
I’m not even learning Chinese and have no plan to but I love watching these 😂
Someone help 😅
Can you analyze 杰里德‘s Chinese
Can you do a video on JakeandBake chinese?
Does being fluent Spanish speaker help with his Chinese pronunciation
I would say the more languages you speak, the more attuned you can become to slight variations in pronunciation, like d/t/n in English hitting the roof of the mouth around the alveolar ridge, the tip of the tongue hitting the teeth in Mandarin, and Spanish using a bit more of the “blade” (the area directly behind the tip of the tongue) to hit the teeth.
I think that every language helps a little bit with the next one. Like, to me, the difference between sh and x is a little bit like the russian ш and щ. It also makes your brain more "flexible", capable of adapting to new things. I speak with my teacher in English but my native language is Spanish, and I often feel he does not have to explain some things because since I'm Spanish I don't think that way. Like last time he said "dont use 它是六点" like in English "it's six o'clock". I wouldn't have said it because I don't think that way.
I don't know if Spanish by itself helps, but maybe more that he speaks many different languages. His example below probably can speak to that 😆
Spanish is heavy in conjugation and reflexive verb, which are not a thing in Mandarin 😂❤️
No. I would say Spanish is a lot closer to japanese. I don't think there are that many pronouciation similarities between Spanish and mandarin
Fan 老師, what do you mean by “he speaks TERRIBLE Chinese” ? What would be the basis to affirm that? I know Chris speaks very good Chinese but why saying “terrible”. Is that because he speaks fluently or because his tone pronunciation is mostly correct or what? Then, how would you qualify the Chinese of 大山? I think he is the only one foreigner which Chinese sounds very native. 感謝老師的回答。
I think it's common enough nowadays for youtubers to over-exaggerate things to please the algorithm. For example, I've seen these videos where it's like "Blah RUINED my event!" when in reality they just showed up and said hi.
I think that she was just joking. Being married to Chris affords the opportunity to pick at him, I suppose. *shrugs* The title of the video has been changed anyway, so the point is largely moot.
Rita's also done a video on DaShan's pronunciation. Check it out! Short spoiler, she's very impressed!
@@BigPhi84 you’re right. Lol I just checked the video again and actually she really changed the title. I think the new title is more reasonable. Anyways, RUclipsrs like to use weird ways to have loads of viewers. 呃！我覺得這樣很糟糕。
@@jerryli6763 totally agree bro. I think there is really no need to exaggerate since his Chinese is not the best among the non-native lol.
最后那个镜头真的是笑死我了 哈哈哈哈
Muscle memory... I need it.
Good luck with your studies!
In the next video, does he review your English ability?
I can't hear the difference at all. I have tinnitus. Do Chinese have trouble with hearing problems, such as tinnitus, and being able to hear the tones properly?
No, my Taiwanese wife has tinnitus, and he no issues.
He's quite good at speaking mandarin. Have u heard dengxiaoping speak mandarin? With a Sichuan accent. As long as u understand what is being conveyed, that's OK.
Ran Hou is equivalent to "like" which is peppered in most English sentences, specially by teenagers talking.
I dont know any Chinese so the wrong and correct sound identical to me 😅 but its fascinating
老马的中文 vs. 马嫂的英文 哪个更好？ PK 一下。
马嫂的英文 pronunciation of English is not good. A lot of consonant endings are not pronounced correctly just like typical Mandarin speakers.
Rita好厉害👍🏼是学语言学的吗？
艾瑞卡一家 地道的东北话 节目效果肯定好
Rita is a great Chinese teacher and her English almost closes to perfect, but also has some room to improve in pronunciation too, like th, v, I in the middle of the words, u like in cultural, big open mouth a and small open mouth e Etc I make the same mistake and I am still improving. I know the grammar very well but when I am speaking, always make some mistakes. He, his she her always bother a lot .
Close to perfect? It’s understandable, but she definitely has a strong accent.
@@xuexizhongwenit's about her grammar. There's no way you can have native pronounciation after growing up for so many years in non English speaking country.
@@kelvingunawan1099 Of course you can. Laoma learned Chinese as an adult and has very close to native pronunciation. His wife can do the same with English if she tries.
React to Laoshu 505000
Rest in Peace, Moses. 😭
who is her husband
she said something about it at the start of the video
What language do you speak in private? English, Mandarin or Spanish?
Hi Alex! We speak mostly Mandarin, English when we’re with friends family who don’t speak Chinese, and then occasionally some phrases in Spanish or Cantonese here and there! 😂😂
@@RitaChinese Oh yes, Chris mentioned in his latest video he was learning Canto. It'll be good to see how he streamlines it, as I also hope to learn one day.
Good thing I love Pandas and chest hair!
语言一门儿艺术，基于其国家的历史与文化。说话（发音）即使达到母语者的程度还不是最高水平，在母语者水平之上，还有配音演员、广播员、主持人的水平。我一直好奇有没有人能做到两种语言的无限切换，并且其说话在母语者水平之上。可惜身边无一人可以，直到高中看纪录片《我住在这里的理由》中的官琳小姐姐，作为一位中国人，她的日文发音达到日本电视台的标准，并且也进了日本电视台；且用中文播报也是专业级别的。自此我明白，想做到双语双开到达播音员级别，这件事情，是可以做到的。
這個不常見，香港曾經有位新聞報導員/英語老師叫劉家傑，他在英文和中文頻道都做過news anchor，雙語自由撤換沒有口音。
What is Putonghua?
2：39 xióng māo panda. You did not mark the difference in the bubbles. Both appear xiōng máo . So. went to my preferred dictionary HanPing to find it
so chest hair is xiōng máo
10:29 you should say faster. you said fast. This is typical for Chinese to not say the comparison in the adjective
14:31, what is Invisalign?
16:07 what is the Chinese character fan fir Fan Laoshi. thank you
I’m discovering the best way to get 厲害 chinese is to marry a chinese person. 😂
ur Chinese English is pretty good
OMG！！！
Haha OMG for?!!
@@RitaChinese 老师好！！，就是很惊讶，我现在才知道你们是夫妻！。太棒了！ 哈哈
@@MaGDaTo 哈哈哈惊不惊喜？意不意外？😆🙌谢谢你喜欢我们的视频呀❤️🙌
范老师👍棒棒的😊我喜欢🌹👍🍀
You guys are couple!!?? 😂😂😂 Shocked haha no wonder he speaks good Chinese lol
I have been told tones are strictly cemented changing them as you say northerners do means that they are then technically saying the words wrong. I been told doing this means you won’t be understood
Now I am confused. Is the changes in neutral tone as you explained a cultural thing or laziness. I am confused now
什么他是你的丈夫！！？
我一个中国人，我自认为我的普通话没有老马标准😄
Gweilo!!!
Some teachers don't know there is a tone on the second character of words and don't teach it.
Eg. Teaching Nails as "zhi3jia" when it's actually "zhi3jia3"
Also why do some native teachers only teach you the 1 character version of words, eg they will teach us:
To help = bang
And I only find out much later when I look at a proper dictionary that the whole word is bang1zhu4 🤔🤔
Very frustrating
Imagine i was teaching you beginner English and instead of teaching you the word "supermarket" I just taught you "super" and told you that everyone would understand....
But the first time someone says "supermarket" to you, you have know idea what it means bc your teacher didn't teach you the whole word 😅
Anyway I'm autistic and I hate inconsistency, or people not giving me the full information/withholding important information from me. And I am determined to learn all the tones and FULL words of everything but it's extremely hard to get a teacher that good, at least I haven't found a teacher or learning source yet that has been thorough and consistent with things like this :(
It's nice to learn accents and slang later on, but firstly it's important to learn the proper word and proper pronunciation.
If anyone knows a teacher or website or books that teach properly please recommend them to me.
Great but could you do some more advanced videos? This is too basic! As a Chinese learner it is almost impossible to find such videos
你俩超般配耶～
什么鬼 He is your Husband?! Cool couple.
Thank you!
Your husband 🤔
Your Chinese sounds so 官方
我作为一个土生土长的中国人都听不出老马的普通话有什么毛病，因为他说得比我好😂
我知道是中文一点难
越来越多的学习你得到高水平
我不知道他是你的丈夫！ wow
😁😁
老公教英语，老婆叫中文。
中西合璧，珠联璧合。
Sounds like he's trying too hard just to impress Chinese. I've lived in China for 9 years and can barely understand what he's saying...(not that i consider my chinese very good).
if athena made this video about me i would die...
hahah would be fun for her though😆
How come you are Ignoring LELE FARLEY. Maybe you don’t like his politics ?? Are you being typically Chinese?
Or 老雷, but 老雷 doesn't care much about sounding like a native. But perhaps commenting on his extensive vocabulary and grammar.
I noticed several comments with suggestions, and she replied to all of them EXCEPT the comments suggesting Lele. Quite unusual.
马说的北京話好過他老婆
How pretend speak chinese perfect. The person are not chinese . Your english is perfect? 🤫
I think you can analyze:
Jjsays
小马在纽约
我是郭杰瑞
德国阿福
美国农民伯军然
Got it! I've already done a xiaomaNYC video that you can check out at ruclips.net/video/Ey0gJvLO15c/видео.html
And I've put the others on my list! Thanks for the suggestions!
@@RitaChinese 其实，我的名单可长得很，会再加下去，例如：
德国乐柏说
瑞士日志
瑞典高富帅
阳离子
is she speaking English?
that's such BS...lol....Chris speaks as perfect Chinese as Chinese people. Most Chinese people don't speak Chinese as well as he lol..I've lived in Chinese for 7 years. One could never tell he isn't Chinese by speaking to him on the phone...Rita, on the other hand, you have a very recognizable Chinese accent when you speak, and your fluidity is a bit lacking....
12:30 Chris的“美式中文”听起来有点儿太像Xiaomanyc的"Perfect Mandarin" 😂
lmao so true
Facts, there was even a comment that said that xiaomanyc had a “small ego” like what????
😂 真的呀
Wait, I've been watching him and watching you for ages, yet I didn't know you were married LOL
😎😂
I thought so! Have been a long time subscriber to Chris! Recently subscribed to you. You have been very helpful in my 52 day-so-far studying to learn Mandarin. Love your format!
Thank you! I'm glad you've found it helpful! And keep it up! 加油 (Jiāyóu)
Thanks for the support! Happy to hear that you’re learning Chinese now too! Stick with it! It’s an awesome language to learn 😊
I've watched him for a long time. Recently subscribed here
I'm learning Japanese and something I find interesting is that for both Chinese and Japanese it seems that the learner is encouraged to have a native accent and sound as native as possible.
Whereas as someone from the UK, many of us see our accents as part of our identity, culture and as an indicator of where we're from. If a Polish person is living in England we very much expect them to speak with a Polish accent, it would be weird if they spoke with one of the English accents unless they were born here. We don't see accent as being in any way an indication of how skilled they are at speaking English. Their accent is who they are.
Just thought it was interesting.
@Takahashi Shimo Mo Yeah um, no. Even if you mess up 50% or more of your tones people will understand what you mean. Mark Zuckerberg made his speech with terrible tones, yet it was perfectly understandable. That being said, a thick accent is a barrier for understanding in any language, but inference and context can easily do the bulk of the job without issue.
This is probably a cultural thing with how the whole idea with mandarin is to erase the differences between the chinese languages, and in general make everything nice and homogeneous.
That being said, let's be honest, all language learners want to be as similar as possible to a native, it's just natural. It happens in english too.
And to finish off, this is really just an educational video. I genuinely believe Rita doesn't believe that Chris should work on his accent because of all of his mistakes, and that his chinese is not good enough as is. I mean come on, she has such a strong accent in her english it would be hypocritical to say that.
The mistakes exist, and pointing them all out can help learners figure out where they can improve themselves, but there's not such an obsession with perfection as you might think.
@@SupremeDP not sure what you were responding to as the comment is gone, and most of your comment seems to make sense, except the claim that 50% of tones screwed up is remotely acceptable, and that Zuckerberg was at all understandable, much less "perfectly". As a native speaker I needed subtitles, his accent was COMPLETE garbage.
In tonal languages, the accent is like a third essential part in addition to phonetics. If you don't have it right, it's like you're skipping vowels in a Roman language.
There are Chinese dialect accents that are similarly part of identity and comparable to a Polish accent while speaking English. But that's acceptable deviation because you're largely still understandable, barring any super thick accents.
You don't get to mess up 50% of vowels and substitute random vowels and still expect to be understandable.
In fact, Chinese and Japanese (a Very hard truth for Chinese) the "accent" is Very Very VERY important to listen and speak. If you really want to speak with your mother accent you have to find listerners who know how to hear broken Chinese from foreigners. Unlike Portuguese, English and French (languages I have experience with) I don't see any major problems with accent, but in Chinese... It's only possible Understand if you train yours ears to understand this "Chinese tongue of foreigners". You will never hear this truth from Chinese teachers, because it turns off new students, but I have good news, you can handle the Chinese accent, you just need to practice a lot
Haha, finally you do one on Laoma 😂🔥🔥
My time has come 🤣🤣
@@LaomaChris you have a lovely splash of facial hair ❤️❤️🔥
@@LaomaChris The legend
Please ask Chris how to improve chinglish accent like at the end of video
This channel is so underrated. Keep making killer content Fan Laoshi!
Thank you, I've awaited this video!!
It was quite entertaining seeing all the comments on your other videos requesting your reaction to him, unaware that he was your husband..
I remember when I first realised.. I thought you looked familiar!
Your videos, and Chris' are so helpful, especially for pronunciation, which is an element of language learning I really want to focus on, with any language I learn.
Glad you enjoyed it! We’ll probably be collaborating a bit more in the future as well!