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Understanding tones
Jun 21, 2007 11:43
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  • DAVEC
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Thanks, That all seems to make sense to me. I am one of those students who asks all the questions nobody thinks of.
Jun 22, 2007 04:59
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  • JABAROOTOO
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I'm sure glad that makes sense because speaking the language does not always make much sense.
Jul 4, 2007 02:41
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  • MONICAMARS
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i think Pin Yin is the most difficult part in Chinese learning.
www. chineseour.com can help you to learn Pin Yin ^-^
Jul 4, 2007 03:30
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Actually, it's hard to explain but we can do it in a right way. Sad.
Jul 4, 2007 10:14
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  • JABAROOTOO
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Actually the pin yin is the easyiest part for most foreigners whose language uses the smae roman alphabet, Pin yin was introduced to help us learn the language without having to learn Hanzi.

tones and writing and remembering characters seems the hardest to me.
Jul 4, 2007 17:26
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  • DAVEC
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I agree, to me pinyin is very easy to speak once you learn the basics but tones are very hard and characters even more so.
After 1 year learning 2 hours per week I feel confident that I could have a basic conversation, order food,room,tickets and similar stuff although my tones might be a bit off. September I start learning to write but I doubt if after 1 year I could write the same amount as I can speak. But I will try.
Jul 5, 2007 11:57
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  • LIONPOWER
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Practice perfects a man.
So, Davec, don't worry, go ahead.
Jul 7, 2007 00:36
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Lionpower, it should be "practice makes perfect"... in case Chinese students are following this and wants to learn good English, too. :)

Are u French btw?
Jul 7, 2007 14:10
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  • DAVEC
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there are lots of grammatical error on the threads, it is no big deal..If Chinese students want to learn then 'u' and 'btw' are texting language and not what English people use
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