HOW I have studied BEGINNER CHINESE 🇨🇳 on my own *my whole journey so far*

[@orianepalot8257]

Your video is so interesting and inspiring ! i especially love the answer "why not" when people are asking you why you want to learn a new language 😂

[@arinoyume]

I know right, best answer 😆😆😆 in French she said “et pourquoi pas ?” Hahaha

[@StudywithMiejie]

Thanks for sharing your journey! I always find it so interesting to learn about other language learners’ experiences. I’m also learning Japanese and Mandarin Chinese. I first studied Mandarin in college, but only for one semester. My original plan was to continue learning it on my own, but for some reason, I ended up focusing on Japanese instead. I’m also into learning Kanji and Hanzi, and I thought that starting with Japanese would make it easier to learn Chinese characters later. Right now, I’m at an intermediate level in Japanese and a beginner in Mandarin. In addition to these two languages, I’m also learning Korean, where my current level is upper beginner. In the future, I’d love to study French and Russian as well! Honestly, I’m not a big fan of Duolingo. I prefer using LingoDeer, which I highly recommend, and Clozemaster is another resource I enjoy. Thanks as always, アリさん, for your amazing videos! Hope we can collaborate in the future! ଘ(੭*ˊᵕˋ)੭* ੈ♡‧₊˚

[@arinoyume]

Thanks so much for sharing your journey, it’s so interesting to hear your story! 😊 for sure, let’s collaborate in the future 🤗

[@Camilshka]

Haha, this would be my answer on behalf of someone else 'why not??' lol. Great video, and i took worried that Chinese and Japanese would get confused in my head. I am finding luckily that it's not a problem, even as I start to learn Japanese kanji that have different meanings in Chinese. You're going at a fantastic speed (from my perspective of course) and making great progress. Whereas I can speak more than you, my grammar and vocab retention is terrible ha, so I have some ways to go to improve and build on that! I am loving the process though, and still refining how I can best absorb things in this language.

[@pattispace]

exactly why not 😊 I learned (and still learning because it is a journey your entire life) Mandarin, Japanese and now a bit of Hindi 😊. I speak English, french and Polish as well. I lived in Tokyo and I lived in Hong Kong for many year and was sent to mainland china many time for work. Learning languages is a fascinating journey 😊

[@elmadas]

❤ thanks, I am on this journey myself so I really appreciate your help

[@paulwalther5237]

I’m starting Chinese after studying Japanese and sure there are some words that are obviously related but this isn’t the biggest advantage. The biggest advantage I think is that my brain is just used to the shapes of Chinese characters in general and so when I see a Chinese character it’s just easy to remember it again when I see it.

[@Medalea]

I’m always so excited to watch your high quality videos, they are inspiring and helpful ❤

[@arinoyume]

Thank you so much I’m so glad that you find them helpful, it’s my intention! ☺️🩷

[@sn4459]

I've had that "why are your learning Japanese?" question a number of times. I think we should answer "to help keep Book Off in business!" 😂😅 Mind set is very important thank you for making your videos real and telling us about your struggles, goals etc, it's very motivating! Have you been to China before btw? If not do you think you'll visit some day? 😊

[@I_amchrisline..]

Hello what's your journey with English? Please if you have more time can you make a video about this topic it's really interesting actually 🎉❤

[@arinoyume]

I will talk about my journey with English in another video soon! It’s already in pre-production stage 🥰🥳

[@MarcelaChandía]

When I started learning Japanese, everyone would ask me the reason behind it, and I always answered first: why not? 😝 I mean, we need to take back joy and curiosity as valid reasons to learn; it cannot always be utilitarian! Your determination and tenacity in learning new things (and sticking with them) are inspiring! ❤

[@hikaia8614]

Thank you for the video!! I've been learning Chinese for 2.5 years, and at first I thought that the most difficult things about that language is characters. I was so wrong. Now my reading is at advanced level, I easily can read news, articles, but not fiction. Listening is the hardest challenge for me for now. It seems impossible :( I passed HSK 4, I can understand 30-40% of podcasts, more formal videos etc, but natural speech is insane...

[@StrawberryJamJam29]

I'm experiencing the same in another language. I am at an advanced level in French and can read news, blogs, but not fiction as well. It's because we have to now learn idioms, metaphors, slang, and the cultural contexts of what is discussed in fiction. For natural speech, I would recommend watching more videos that combine natural speech with subtitles in your target language. That has helped me with listening. A lot of people recommend watching variety/reality tv shows and then putting on the subtitles.

[@Thalespoliglota]

Could you do like an overview on the best resources to learn japanese and Mandarin so far? That would be super interesting! Thank you in advance.

[@arinoyume]

I sure will!! Thank you for your interest 🤗🤗🤗

[@aEquanimity]

Thanks for sharing! I was curious why you chose to focus on Mandarin. Is that why you dropped Russian for now? I actually started the Mandarin Chinese course on Duolingo a couple of weeks ago and have been doing it daily (though I don't plan on more serious study for now or it becoming a target language). I've never studied any Chinese before, but I've noticed how my knowledge of Japanese and Korean is helpful and so far the course is still easy, interesting, and enjoyable. Are you worried about confusing or mixing up hanzi and kanji?

[@paulwalther5237]

I was curious so I asked Chat GPT how many hanzi are recognizable by Japanese people. The answer is about 30% (for native Japanese speakers)