Archive for September, 2005

Are You Going to Eat Beijing?

Wednesday, September 7th, 2005

Learning Chinese Pronunciation
The tonal language concept comes up a lot when people try to explain how difficult it is to learn Chinese, but I think that’s just because it’s a completely foreign concept that doesn’t show up when you try to learn most other languages like French, German, Japanese, etc. However (and I’m probably going [...]

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Hello, Mr. #%&@!

Wednesday, September 7th, 2005

Fun with Tones – Our First Adventures Stateside
So everyone tells you that learning Chinese is really hard because of the tones. You’re bound to hear all about how important it is to not just say things right, but to say things the right way.
There’s a common example that shows up in our Chinese textbook, explaining [...]

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