Problem
How do you learn Chinese (Mandarin) - which is very complicated for English speakers - without spending hours of time and therefore a fortune in money?
Answer
Duolingo has just (November 2017) introduced free Chinese (that means Mandarin).
Useful Websites
Their explanatory page tells you about who speaks what where.
As a Singapore resident, I know that Mandarin is one of the official main languages. I hear Mandarin from official announcements whenever I travel on the underground (in Singapore called the MRT, which means mass - rapid - transport or something similar).
Announcements end with thank you in Mandarin - Xie Xie (which sounds like shay shay.)
Look at the duolingo. Also check out their tinycards.
Here are some words for you:
Chinese - English
cha - tea
ni hau / ni hau ma - how are you?
xie xie - thanks
English - Chinese
how are you - ni hau?
tea - cha
how are you? - ni hau? ni hau ma?
thank you - Xie xie (sounds like shay shay - and almost the same in Japanese)
www.duolingo.com
https://www.duolingo.com/comment/25219775 (Tells you about the New Chinese course.)
www.tinycards.duolingo.com
Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer. Author and Speaker. Polyglot learner and teacher of twelve languages. Bloggerglot - I just invented that word - see my other new blog:
htpp://www.luxturytravelforless.co.uk
How do you learn Chinese (Mandarin) - which is very complicated for English speakers - without spending hours of time and therefore a fortune in money?
Answer
Duolingo has just (November 2017) introduced free Chinese (that means Mandarin).
Useful Websites
Their explanatory page tells you about who speaks what where.
As a Singapore resident, I know that Mandarin is one of the official main languages. I hear Mandarin from official announcements whenever I travel on the underground (in Singapore called the MRT, which means mass - rapid - transport or something similar).
Announcements end with thank you in Mandarin - Xie Xie (which sounds like shay shay.)
Look at the duolingo. Also check out their tinycards.
Here are some words for you:
Chinese - English
cha - tea
ni hau / ni hau ma - how are you?
xie xie - thanks
English - Chinese
how are you - ni hau?
tea - cha
how are you? - ni hau? ni hau ma?
thank you - Xie xie (sounds like shay shay - and almost the same in Japanese)
www.duolingo.com
https://www.duolingo.com/comment/25219775 (Tells you about the New Chinese course.)
www.tinycards.duolingo.com
Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer. Author and Speaker. Polyglot learner and teacher of twelve languages. Bloggerglot - I just invented that word - see my other new blog:
htpp://www.luxturytravelforless.co.uk
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