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Learning chinese methods?

I want to start learning chinese (mandarin) and I don't really know what methods I should use to learn it. I know a few friends that can speak mandarin, and I have a textbook and old workbook that can help me learn it. Does anyone know any online resources I can use to help learn chinese?

June 4, 2012

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UchihaNight

Just make sure it is traditional text.

Reply June 4, 2012
yoguy911

if you want to learn fast, speak it everyday with other people

Reply June 4, 2012
ThePepsi

i hope you don't plan on learning how to write

Reply June 4, 2012
Rann

Are you interested in learning to speak Manderin or read and write as well? If you are only interested in learning how to speak it, ask your friends for help because by practicing everyday, it makes a big difference. Books can help sometimes, but it would be better if you are actually speaking Manderin with someone. As for wanting to read and write as well, I don't suggest doing that unless you already know a little bit of reading and writing. From someone who can read and write Chinese, Chinese characters are one of the hardest ever. I am not trying to discourage you or anything, just giving you a little bit of warning because my 7 years of Chinese classes were not fun at all.

OT: Google it?

Reply June 4, 2012
rp10s

[quote=Hero4Hire]I believe the lease expired more than a decade ago.I went there last summer so I would know that they speak Chinenglish.[/quote]

Yes, but the culture stays the same even after Britain leaves...

Reply June 4, 2012
NoobCake

I read somewhere that if you tilt your head 90 degrees to the right, the chinese words are English in a graffiti-like font.

Reply June 4, 2012
xoxo

*stalks thread*
i want to learn mandarin too, but i'm pretty lost where to start as well. there aren't as many resources out there to learn chinese as there are japanese
@above ...that's not really an option for most

Reply June 4, 2012
Omegathorion

I used [url=http://www.nciku.com/]Nciku[/url] a lot.

Reply June 4, 2012