Chinese Learning Tips You Don’t Want to Miss | ft.

[@dathomirrules9689]

This man is proof that you are never too old to learn something new, he is a true inspiration to anyone wanting to learn a language

[@お節介じい]

Steve先生在香港的时候初学华语。当年在香港华语不太普及。可是他的华语竟然这么流利。实在不简单。当然他还会讲粤语。

[@MrLangam]

I understood 95% of this using Chinese subs and I feel so proud man. Been studying for 2 years now. Just when the pandemic started.

[@sarminalexandr]

good movie like verbling很好学中文

[@Gabriel-hs9mv]

I understood practically everything with 繁體中文subtitles on😁😁 Thank you so much Grace! Please keep posting videos in Mandarin every so often, it’s a great way for us to check our progress!

[@ВикторияБесшапошникова]

哦，老师，真好，采访中文学者这主意非常有意思，每个人走的这条路都不一样，但是我们互相学习交流很重要。除了很大的帮助，还有送给我们的灵感。没什么大不了的！大家一起加油💪！俄罗斯🇷🇺关注你

[@kunlongwang8380]

你的中文水平真的可以

[@lucasroceli9197]

我觉得声调比汉字难。谢谢你的视频，内容太好。

[@EllaPress]

I liked what he said about understanding first, before being able to have a conversation. He's so right! If you can't follow what someone is saying, then is game over. Thanks Grace!

[@aysinwanasida1649]

这位先生对学习中文给了我很大的启发。不用害怕说错，主要对方了解我们的意思。用的词语不恰当或语法排序不正确也不是大的问题，不阻碍大家沟通。我以前一直害怕说错不敢张开嘴说中文导致了中文口语没什么进步也失去了学中文的信心。要说就说呗，干啥想那么多😅

[@photo200]

哇，非常有趣的！謝謝。我只想分享我個人經歷。對我來講，學中文的最大難處不是學聲調，也不是句子結構，甚至不是學漢字，而是中文有好多同義詞！（不只是中文，很多語言也有）。人家說學習新的語言需要學到差不多 3000 個新詞才能夠流利地交談。我認為不是 3000 個詞，反而是 3000 個概念，其中每概念各有三四個同義詞。我發現到直到我學到足夠那些同義詞，就會很難流利地聽懂日常對話。我結果最近開始強調學習多一點的常見同義詞。

[@isolei1]

I agree that writing characters and remembering which tone to use are two of the more difficult aspects of Chinese. I find that memorizing tones is easier if you have two words or phrases that you can compare - for example, I imagine most learners of Mandarin quickly remember the tones for 'buy' (mǎi) and 'sell' (mài), because it's clear to see how mixing them up will cause problems. Finding your own way to learn once to getting to an intermediate and advanced level is also important. I bought a couple of the Chinese volumes of One Piece when I was in China, which made studying more interesting. That's how I know phrases like 旱鸭子, hoho.

[@GraceMandarinChinese]

Thank you for sharing your methods! I can think of another (famous) one: "吻 to kiss" and "問（问）to ask" 😂

[@rafaelstori1670]

You are awesome! Thanks from Brazil!

[@tinytuzi8167]

Thank you! This really solidified that I need to work on comprehension more

[@kevinlambo3211]

Wow Im actually surprised how those closed captions made it seem like he easily used simple and natural Mandarin. This gave me more motivation.

[@Impulsage]

谢谢你的字幕。Finding closed caption on youtube can be quite difficult. And having the characters actually in the youtube subtitle format makes it soo much easier too look them up. Thanks a lot!

[@morgianaalibabax2307]

This video is so inspiring. I hope that you will have another conversation like this with Mr.Steve. Thank you so so much.✨✨✨🌹🌹🌹 这个视频很帮助，您们帮我维持继续学习中文的动力。谢谢您们。🥰👍

[@phoenixhou4486]

He’s fillers sound like what old people in China would use haha. Impressive!! I’m jealous of his walls of books🤪

[@springbreak2021]

Wow this was an incredible interview. Thank you so much for the helpful tips! This has encouraged me to keep practicing even harder!

[@paulxavier331]

Wow! Thank you for these English subtitles! I only know a few words in Chinese so this was very helpful.

[@TheOriginalJohnDoe]

Many people should just understand that no matter what language you're learning, every language has vocabulary and you just have to listen, read, speak and review a lot. Besides that, there's no secret to learning a language.

[@janniezbedny2334]

Reading and writing is great for learning, I chatter with a Chinese person for a couple of weeks, few days after I started learning it. At first I had to use translate tools all the time, but I learned so many characters and words in a small period of time. Now I'm looking for different reading materials online for better variety of vocab. Unfortunately, listening and speaking are much more difficult to learn, it's a long process of learning. Having listening materials with transcripts is probably the best way to learn.

[@TulekBehar]

Finally met John Doe

[@groverchiri4031]

非常有趣，我喜歡這，多謝。

[@Manabi05]

Thank you very much for this very helpful interview !!! I'm even more motivate to learn chinese now thanks to those amazing advices ! And thanks for the subtitles (they're always really useful). ❤

[@Garbaz]

I really liked his answers. No "This way, that way, you have to", but more general insight, like the focus on comprehension in the beginning. I hope I can one day also speak 20 languages :D

[@jellysalsa]

This is a great interview. I was happy to see his emphasis on listening and comprehension which is the hardest part of learning Chinese in my opinion. I tell my Taiwanese friends that I can speak Chinese, but I can’t hear it.

Hey! Just commenting to say that your channel is really helpful. This video idea was creative and really into the matter of learning a new language. Thank you!

[@vnagovitsina]

Wow! Thanks a lot, Grace! This video is what I've been looking for♥ Keep making such a good content. I really like the format of listening other people experience

[@tedc9682]

Thank you very much. Great interview. I needed the subtitles to understand it, but I heard a lot of words I knew.

[@haizahaifa88]

thanks a lot Grace

[@darrellwong4097]

Great interview Grace! It’s good to understand Steve’s method. Some great tips. Thanks

[@ricardozar01]

Thanks for the advice your video was helpful 😃👍

[@japaneseteachermorris]

Good video! Interview style also perfect! Thank you so much!!

[@GraceMandarinChinese]

Thanks Morris! Glad you like it!

[@jebbyjackaland1172]

My favorite

[@dharmendraprajapati4355]

惊人的采访👏

[@ramlyndonramirez7791]

🗣多谢！

[@zyxfitri1516]

thanks for this great video collab. love you grace

[@mnkjhiu1]

Maybe because it's not the first language I'm a "beginner" learner at a lot of this is definitely how I notice myself learning. (I am only focusing on Chinese now). They're tips and tricks I mostly already do, which makes me feel good! But I find having NO common words like I do with French/Italian, in a way, forces me to actually learn and recognize even more than just relying on the similarities and overlap of English with Romance languages. I feel I have learned a lot (but also so little) in a different way than when I was studying Italian. (granted - Italian was also immersion learning)

[@hiko7474]

真的是一股子相声的味儿，不愧是看侯宝林学中文的大师🤣

[@Sakura-zu4rz]

I have a frustrating experience. Not knowing where to begin or hitting a plateau can feel demoralizing and make it hard to hit the books and study like you know you should…Having friends from other cultures makes me more creative. In fresh ways about space and how people create their own world and environment. It is best way to connect between creative thinking and cross-cultural relationships!

[@woyingzhefeng]

棒棒哒 ! 🐘

[@antiamerika6666]

Love ur channel from Indonesia

[@jellyrei9881]

thank you love 😙

[@iZenZation]

Wholesome interview. Thanks a lot!

[@walkingair97]

非常好！😁😁😁❣🤜🤛

[@kyeoltae5015]

Hi Grace! This doesn’t really have anything to do with this video, but I was wondering if you know about this accent. So basically I pronounce ‘zh’, ‘ch’, ‘sh’ as ‘z’, ‘c’, ‘s’, which is common. The way I pronounce ‘r’ however is different. I know some people swap it with ‘l’ but I actually pronounce it as ‘s’ (the s like from a bee). I couldn’t find anything on the internet 😅

[@erturtemirbaev5207]

The best thing to do is to write several characters everyday. And read a lot

[@alkinoi6211]

That helped me a lot 谢谢！

[@bridget6735]

The content of this video is helpful to me . Thanks a lot!

[@MoneySmartPinoy]

谢谢老师！

[@fivantvcs9055]

Nice video +Grace Mandarin Chinese , 谢谢 . Good advice for 'searching to understand more than speaking, at the beginning'. Nevertheless, the time to take and pass through the tones assimilation is very long (but of course possible) and that's probably the main reason that is braking me to go further in Mandarin than discovering, compared with Japanese (tough too).

[@erturtemirbaev5207]

他很厉害

[@MikeDillion]

Wow! Awesome video!!

[@jono_bates]

This was super interesting! I am not sure if you are going to see this comment but perhaps for a future video, you could interview a Taiwanese KZbinr called 理查老师 (KZbin name: Richard Chinese Language). He is amazing because EVERY DAY he gives free live Chinese classes on his channel. I would love for him to get more exposure and also to understand why he does what he does. Check him out :)

[@CasandraRA]

I would like to know some of the books he suggests buying

[@aiesyajoo]

谢谢

[@WangYi9]

12:45 Absolutely agreed . I watched many c drama , so it always happens to me 😂

[@muzeyicharles19]

How many didn't peak anything in the conversation yet u have spent 7yrs learning Chinese

[@azucarados-mc1zg]

I have a question :^ where did he used yo get the Chinese character he would practice every day? ._.

[@jorgechau2327]

❤❤❤

[@deontesampson1993]

All I gotta say is Grace sounds like the word Great for a reason❤️ enough said #Grace4president #qualityoverquantity

[@D.Wapher]

很有趣的專訪 nice!

[@erturtemirbaev5207]

Are you from Taiwan?

[@erturtemirbaev5207]

你是台湾人吗？

[@D.Wapher]

@@erturtemirbaev5207 是的

[@erturtemirbaev5207]

OK。 你是男人还是女人？

[@D.Wapher]

@@erturtemirbaev5207 這點我應該沒有必要給予答案，想問你想做什麼調查？

[@jinsung9128]

Grace, do you offer private lessons like 1on1?

[@KruYong4644]

非常感谢。

[@JustVizzing]

Can songs help us learning tones?

[@mayandjue7525]

i want to know can native chinese speakers remember all chinese character writings? Do you know and write all chinese characters?

[@fafainchina]

I think characters reserves are only the basis. It's important to listen more and practice more. 加油💪

[@mayandjue7525]

@@fafainchina Thank you so much for your answer. 😍😍

[@erturtemirbaev5207]

Greetings from Kyrgyzstan 🇰🇬 how are you?

[@Peter-eh4oi]

Oioo😅😅ô

[@genace]

Thanks Grace and Steve for this very insightful interview! This is all great advice, and the ending showed a funny but valid point about comprehension. Question: When you learned English, at what point did you attain full comprehension? Was it when you learned enough vocabulary to understand everything? I’m just curious how other people overcame this hurdle.

[@GraceMandarinChinese]

Hi Josh! I wouldn’t say I’ve attained full comprehension in English 😝 But when you reach a certain level, you can start guessing the unknown words from the context! So most of the time it wouldn’t be a problem! (Unless there are too many words I don’t know in a sentence, I would need the other person to say it in another way so I can understand)

[@genace]

@@GraceMandarinChinese Thanks again Grace for your in-depth reply! I now know that I need enough vocabulary to be able to guess words by context. This is always a big obstacle for me, but it’s now much clearer what to aim for. And I think your English comprehension is better than you think it is. Even native English speakers use dictionaries often, or we may even just guess words by context also. I always need to do this when readings texts or literature.😆 Thanks again, Grace!

[@sugarcop]

谢谢！This is very interesting!☺️ Btw, Russian is easy haha, but maybe it’s for me as a native speaker

[@thecalendarninja]

Grace...you are the most beautiful woman 👩😍❤ in the world! Maybe the best teacher too! How much does it cost to order the whole course? 🤔 I need to buy it because my level is bad,,I'm only like HSK 2 or 3 level, not good enough. I want to become fluent over the next 10 years.

[@jckbquck]

Question and Answer SESSION ; not "section".

[@brosan5404]

I like how he just says "flashcards" if he doesn't know the Chinese. And "tutor" I am assuming is also not Chinese, lol

[@gonzapacini5668]

Nice video but way too many ads...

[@szhhh1326]

他在12分29秒处说的「就是」应改成「而是」。只有这样，才能说得通；「不是……就是……」的意思跟「不是……而是……」很不一样。那么，他还说中文语法很简单，我就不得不觉得很可笑。凡是称中文语法简单的中文学习者，就是没有学到高级的中文语法。

[@Blazjul]

I actually don’t think a polyglot is a good person to ask for tips for people learning a language, many of whom are very intimidated already.... there are many interviews like this, almost a requirement for all online language teachers, it seems...I would prefer to see someone who has really struggled, like most of us mere mortals, but has found a way to make progress, interviewed...

[@suras8849]

Maybe you don't realize this, but Steve Kaufmann has struggled a lot. His fluency is the result of this struggle ;)

[@Blazjul]

@@suras8849 Sorry, if you are able to speak THAT many languages, it is due to an innate ability...I'm sure he 'struggled,' but many people do and never attain anything close to his level. So, I still think these videos are intimidating for learners, but they seem to be 'de riguer' for online language teachers. Thank you for your feedback, Suras :)

[@suras8849]

@@Blazjul I agree that it can be intimidating for a newcomer, because he seems to be far off in the distant. I'm not so sure about the 'innate ability thing' though. Considering that he has spent a large part of his life to study languages it should not come as a surprise that it pays off eventually. Especially when you consider that he is only proficient in a handfull of the languages he claims to speak. (No offence! I am impressed with and inspired by him!) Anyways he is an accomplished language learner and I think it is not a bad idea to listen to his thoughts about the subject. What works for people with high ability would probably yield results for less talented as well (Even though I doubt that 'innate ability' matters that much when it comes to language learning.)

[@Blazjul]

@@suras8849 Yes, I agree that others can learn from Mr. Kaufman, and you make some good points. I still disagree about innate ability--some people have more of an 'ear' for language than others (I, myself am tone deaf, musically, which makes Mandarin especially challenging for me because it is a tonal language)...the dirty little secret about language learning for adults, especially someone in later middle age like me, is that you will most likely never achieve anything close to fluency...but that doesn't mean that you can't have a lot of fun studying a language, which I do, and also gain insights into another culture that you wouldn't otherwise obtain. Thank you for your thoughtful feedback, take care.

[@suras8849]

@@Blazjul Having fun with a language is really one of the most important factors. I don't know whether the ablitity to learn languages or the potential to become 'fluent' declines with age, but I personally value reading and listening comprehension the most anyways and see the ability to speak almost as a byproduct. Listening in Mandarin is indeed tricky, but i would assume that it just takes much more time for the brain to adapt. Either way keep going, maybe you will surprise yourself. Take care and good luck!

[@sara.cbc92]

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[@fidestv3190]

Am coming from Africa I like this channel but try to give a simple sentence not hard ones thx

[@keatslau9026]

Am I first?

[@CornbreadJenkins34]

🍪

[@xanderx8289]

He says the right things. But his tones are quite bad. He should take classes with me so that I could teach him.

[@TheOriginalJohnDoe]

0:38 I know you want to say here "without further a do", but have to improve your pronunciation here a bit as it wasn't that clear.

[@kysphattie]

That was unnecessary 💀