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[@KoreanwithMissVicky]

UPDATE: 1.I'm getting so many questions regarding the book that appears in 01:48, so I would have to make a separate comment feed to let you guys know. It is a beginner's Chinese book for native Korean speakers, and the name of the book is 티엔티엔 (天天，tiantian) published by Pagoda. Pagoda is a foreign language institute in Korea. 2. 80/20 Rule's official name is Pareto's Law, not Parkinson's Law. I got confused because I learned about both terms in the same book. But I hope you got my message! 3. About the background music, I apologize if you find it a bit too loud or disturbing. I cannot get rid of it or tune it down anymore because it's already built-in now and I cannot replace it with a new video file either. I made this video about a month into starting making videos, and I was not good at adjusting the volume to the listener's best convenience back then. I kindly ask for your understanding (: Thank you to everyone for watching this video, and I wish you all the best learning Chinese! Also, please check the description box if you have questions regarding the apps and websites that appear in the video. Love, Vicky

[@suu964]

can u tell me what app did u use for writing chinese letters u at 4:26 wrote freely by ur fingers and it transferred it to chinese letters what is ths app ??

[@KoreanwithMissVicky]

It's called Hanping Lite (: It's a dictionary app

[@suu964]

빅키Vicky thank u so much for replying I hope to learn like u 😍☺️

[@demenascus]

I found it interesting that in your book published for Korean that pinyin is used because i would have thought that you could make all the chinese sounds easily with 한글 .. by the way Korean is sooo much easier to learn thanks to easy alphabet . i wished that they would have done something similar in China many decades ago instead of coming up with "simplified characters".. which are still pretty difficult to learn . I liked your comments because it is more or less the way i am learning Chinese .. songs,movie, and books like Tintin ... and it works for me .. that keeps me motivated ! 고마워.

[@isnawatiisnawati4238]

Hey guys do not go to my house ok I was a good

[@joshpickles9022]

I'm in my mid thirties and learning Mandarin. I'm probably 60% fluent. It's never too late to learn and your brain will always accept new knowledge.

[@SorryL0L]

I'm about to turn 30. And I'm like flooding my life with the language lol.

[@randomcallum]

I'm 29 and moved to China 3 years ago... I still can't hold a conversation with anyone :/ pretty embarrassing tbh

[@seasons1146]

Tips?

[@thuhuong2322]

I'm 30 and am studying Mandarin. Your comment gives me more motivation :D

[@jpalmcentral6293]

@@randomcallum well I guess when " An idiot learns " he or she takes a long time.😁

[@mariasong9589]

I’m 13 almost 14 and I’m learning Mandarin Chinese it’s a very interesting language and writing it is difficult but I love learning languages :) I am currently taking classes online and watching videos in Chinese I hope to be fluent one day :)

[@lucyalexandra.]

Me too! I’m also learning french and korean

[@fluffyunicorns1161]

Me aswell except it quite hard for me because at school I'm learning German, French, and Latin and then I'm learning manderin at home I started about 5 days ago and a know about 10-20 words and about 3 sentences, I want to learn maori but I don't know if I'll get round to it, and even though I'm English and know it 100% fluently you could still say I'm learning it because we have to have English lessons at school to learn new types of words with all the onomatopoeia's, tricolon, ect. 🤭

[@CatFUNguss]

Good luck! Hope all the best to you.

[@mariasong9589]

Afrikaanse Boi thank you so much!!

[@pommesdeterre7588]

Me too!I'm just learning korean,japanese,chinese,spanish,greek and russian..thou

[@jeffzhu6813]

As a Chinese, I really think your Chinese is very good. Although it can still be able to hear foreign accent, but it is well done enough. It is difficult to speak Chinese without an accent, but it does not affect communication. The problem of pronunciation is very difficult not only to foreigners,but also to Chinese. There are a lot of characters we do not know how to read. even now,I can't read many idioms correctly.eg.沆瀣一气 or 虚与委蛇.Chinese is a difficult but charming language.不过既然你们选择了，那就是上了贼船了，哈哈，勇敢地面对吧！

[@13lohsh79]

嗯嗯。厉害厉害

[@richardnguyen7119]

哦是吗，你应该不说

[@brikenavokopola915]

I don't know why chinese are obsessed with the accent, people have accent, that's it. Even chinese have different accents if they come from different places. The most important thing in a language is get the message across.

[@garig9790]

@@brikenavokopola915 Very true. But to be completely honest, it is human nature to judge the people around us. Even I, speaking 3 languages from a very early age, judge others that have started learning the languages I speak for their accent or grammar. I understand that is completely disrespectful and downright wrong. Even so, I remind myself that at least they have the courage to try and learn a new language and they should not be judged for it.

[@antypunk_gg4708]

@@garig9790 It doesn't work that way in Brazil. Don't know why 😂 but almost everyone who speaks our language we will say they sound very cute ( asians really sounds cute 'caz they pronounce words just like babys ). French is the only one accent that's more than strange!!! 😂

[@dsindun7224]

girl your English is very good

[@choiyeonjun839]

i was enrolled in chinese class for 4 years, i didn’t really want to learn and didn’t put my all in it. So now i want to try again to make my mom proud after she worked hard to pay it for nothing :D

[@KoreanwithMissVicky]

Hi guys, thanks so much for watching and for all your support! I noticed that many of you in the comment section were curious about where I found the movie scripts. I found them through some of the Korean blogs about Chinese language, but unfortunately I cannot get the script of ALL the movies I enjoyed. Sometimes, the movies you can watch for free on KZbin come with both English and Chinese subtitles so that's one good way to use as a script, too :) (e.g. 我的少女时代，谁的青春不迷茫，既然青春留不住 and many more! You can type "Chinese movies with subtitles" on YT search bar) I do not know as of yet any other bloggers from other countries that post Chinese movie scripts, but I'm pretty sure if you look into them more, there may be some. Even if you need to pay for it, I think it's still going to be worth the money.

[@drodrigues3451]

Vicky 빅키 I'm learning too..V sweet of you to explain these tips..Found them refreshing and helpful..God Bless ..Xiexie ni :)

[@binli3650]

Vicky 빅키 很好👀

[@sophiashcherbakova2867]

There are several things for how to learn Chinese Decide exactly why you wish to speak it Try to use Chinese everyday Decide which method works for you the best. (I read about these and more from Magic Mandarin Blueprint website )

[@bishnugiri21]

There are several components to learning Chinese online . One place I discovered which successfully combines these is the Magic Mandarin Blueprint (check it out on google) definately the most helpful treatment i've heard of. Look at all the amazing info .

[@shehancena5476]

There are several suggestions for how to learn Chinese Decide exactly why you wish to learn Mandarin Try to use Mandarin in your everyday life Decide which process works for you the best. (I learned about these and more from Magic mandarin blueprint site )

[@becomingsher]

Amazing Vicky, thank you for these great tips!

[@ConfusedWonkie]

Meanwhile I'm Chinese but I speak Cantonese Chinese and english and I am learning Korean and mandarin Chinese 😅...

[@sleepyearthling]

me too! Also learning Japanese as well tho :D

[@taiwanwesley]

I found Cantonese super interesting.

[@elizaandreadaki9942]

I'm Greek. I speak Greek, English French. I also speak Japanese and Korean at a good level. I am also learning Chinese and Spanish

[@VenalesM]

Hey guys, I would like some advise on "how to manage time and study" for 2 languages at the same time. I'm currently learning German and Chinese throughout the week, but I feel my schedule/organization is weird e.e'

[@TheHawkisYellow]

@angelwong Me too!

[@eringuo9210]

My school counselor has studied Chinese over 4 yours at college and your Chinese is way better than his.

[@KoreanwithMissVicky]

Haha maybe you can show him this video then :) It will help him improve faster!

[@TulekBehar]

Vicky 빅키 我请你聊天💬

[@EllieGogou]

Vicky 빅키 Do you have other social media accounts?

[@user-md2xp8lk7n]

i dont understand your chinesei am from taiwan

[@NomSauce]

It's cause academics only gets you so far, eventually you have to submerge yourself into the language by speaking to native's or absorbing their culture somehow, wether it be through movies, shows, music, streaming, sports/eSports. What she's doing is very effecient in terms of learning language, the point of going abroad is to force yourself to speak the language and listen to it on a daily basis. She's basically doing that but from home.

[@Megan-nq6ob]

才学了六个月就这个程度，简直太棒了，我觉得你有语言天赋。I can't believe you have learned Chinese for only 6 months,because your grammar and pronounciation are both amazing.Maybe you are a talented language learner.

[@opportunityinchina9871]

Solid advice. Learning the foundation well (i.e., pinyin, tones, 1000 most common characters) is critical to scaling up.

[@NoFearDTA]

I also use an app similar to that called “HelloChinese” , and I also used songs to learn words before I could understand them. My favorite Chinese song is Chengdu by Zhao Lei . I learned a lot of words from that song. Your English and Chinese are both good 👍👍👍 I also believe to stick to one or two methods of learning instead of overloading. I’ve been learning for about 9 months, but I also work a lot and have less time than I think a lot of people would, so I’m pleased. 加油 Vicki

[@lunaanime4865]

I am also using Hello Chinese and honestly I found it really helpful and for exercising speaking and hearing I use super Chinese

[@danielwen67]

I finished that app, that app is so much fun and colorful. After you finished that app, be sure to download Chinese Skill. It is more comprehensive and when you finished all the lesson tree, upgrade your account to paid version to continue your study to approximately HSK 3. 加油!

[@TaelurAlexis]

@@danielwen67 oh wow i heard hello Chinese takes you to HSK4? I’m about to try out Chinese skill

[@vaniar.1583]

I think we should consider a few factors: 1. She's really talented at languages because her English is really good for a Korean. I have many Korean friends and they cannot speak English like her. 2. Korean and Japanese have many things in common with Chinese (ex. numbers for Korean or characters for Japanese) so it's easier for them to learn Chinese than it is for europeans or americans. So 恭喜你，谢谢你的建议🙏🏻 I will definitely apply them, but I would also tell to all the beginners, don't compare with her and don't get upset if your pace is slower than hers. 大家加油！

[@dougnickerson]

I knew her English was exceptional when she said, "now, without further ado . ." :-)

[@ariel2jieun]

For your point no.2, I agree that Japanese or Koreans have definitely more advantages in learning Chinese than others in terms of pronunciation or characters. But about your opinion no.1, it makes sense and also doesn't. Her good command of Enlgish can be also seen as result and evidence of effective seceret to learning new language, not only reason. She's speaking different languages well in hand because she's put this much of her time and effort through this effective methods. And she's showing us the exact way she'd done with the proof of her language skill as a result of that. So it's about 'how to get talented in language'. If she did, we all can guys! Way to go!

[@BiBi-mc9dj]

talent can only get you so far, for monolingual learners it might take 1 year instad of 6 months

[@vaniar.1583]

Bi Bi I don't think talent affects only how long you need to learn a language, in my opinion it also affects the level you can reach, how native you will sound.

[@maxvoroshilov3207]

You are sooo right - indeed from advanced to basics! Great, and thanks!

[@dreamxpaili]

I'm Chinese and trying to learn Korean right now and you really inspire me! It's only been two weeks so far, but I'm really encouraged by you to keep it up!

[@MarkusBlue]

I also realized a verse on the sticky note saying: love one another as I have loved you. That’s amazing

[@maheralwajih8648]

The best thing I like about this video is the background music, even during listening to the tips you feel more motivated by the music it feels like listening to the song over and over

[@trevorm3680]

This is really cool, Vicky. I am impressed that you put focus into learning the characters. During my studies, 99% has been on having a conversation.

[@annaszederkenyi8439]

Thank you for the video, your advice is super helpful! I'm bilingual, but I've come to love Chinese as of recently. I've been struggling with the learning process quite a bit, because I don't even remember how I started to learn English, and I have no access to any Mandarin teachers/courses whatsoever. Seeing how you could start on your own with apps and books really gives me hope, it's amazing!

[@arthuryang3004]

For a Korean person, your Chinese is actually pretty close to native fluency, kudos to you!

[@kuroichan101]

Im studying japanese right now but I so want to start learning chinese too. This videos is really helpful.

[@lunaanime4865]

The good thing that Chinese characters are similar to kanji so you won't have problems in writing

[@amylimna]

and the good thing is that if you wanted to learn Korean, you won't have the problem in a sense of grammar. Because japanese and korean grammar are alike.

[@Apetitegirly]

@@amylimna not really....

[@Apetitegirly]

@@amylimna i speak korean and i just checked the japanese grammar and it is NOT that similar to be helpful so....

[@urbanvidas2765]

Very cool stuff Kiddo! I was especially impressed by your suggestion of changing the default language settings on your electronic devices. Wow, that's a bold move but I suppose you're right. The more you can adapt your daily life to simulate complete imersion, the better right? Taking the initiative by volentarily raising the stakes on yourself. Willfully placing yourself in a 'Sink or Swim' dynamic and, by so doing, incentivising yourself to step things up a notch. As you say...through desperation and urgency. I started learning to sing in Mandarin a little over 4 years ago. I only started taking Chinese language Classes about a year and a half ago and I watch more Chinese television and cinema than American...by far... these days. Great, great tips Vicky! Thank you so much for sharing!

[@ejj2992]

오늘 알고 계속 다른 영상들도 보고있어요 정말 대단쓰👍👍👍

[@ojingaj30]

오!!😯 Chinese Skill은 진짜 진짜 좋아해요👏🏽👏🏽 That app 아주 좋아요!

[@niccsypm1586]

한국 사람 이예요??

[@khtim7118]

Well, learning Chinese is a long road. If you are learning that, don't be shy to speak just like the way we learnt English

[@MandarinMonkey]

Thanks for putting this together. It's always great to learn from other learners. Finding best practices and what works for individuals. Although, you made this some time ago, the tips are still relevant and we appreciate the upload. Thanks again. and jiayou!

[@here5574]

Also I just subscribed, I love your down to earth, honest, and genuinely sweet personality :-)

[@erikagracegernato2491]

Great tips! I am on my 2nd month of learning and I use edX as my guide. This is also very helpful, and I agree with the "work your way down from advance to basic" sometimes I walk around Chinatown and it thrills me to sometimes be able to decode the store's purpose by its characters, and not the english one. Thank you!

[@user-eb4br8ce6f]

wow。。。it is a really good idea to learn Chinese .....加油

[@regcamposph2560]

I'm a Filipino and I've been learning Marndarin for 2 weeks. I use Chinese Skill App and it really works. Thanks for the advice. 谢谢。

[@jefftheturtle4425]

Which ones

[@ViciVidiVeni]

Im also a filipino and im studying in a chinese school 😂

[@audreymeadow8694]

@@ViciVidiVeni where is your school,

[@audreymeadow8694]

which app

[@tgmtf5963]

I am a filipino and i play MLBB.

[@olgagolovan46]

Thank you, Vicky! Your tips are so helpful!

[@_cloudz6920]

omggg i'm so glad one of my fav korean learning channel has a video on that!!!

[@craigjones3965]

Wow! You write with your thumb around the pen and under your forefinger!! Haven't noticed any persons writing that way before lol

[@HibaAlhmoud]

Craig Jones yes ;)

[@user-np2ui1yu9r]

I've seen many people around me in school write like that. It seems like something mostly girls use, for some reason.

[@loveyou-wk8xj]

I write like her haha

[@BernardoLameiras]

6:28 urgency and desperation stimulate the brain more so one can absorb things faster. Well, we should learn under torture then.😊

[@eileenbucik9801]

Like in school? xD

[@TOSPEEDFIRE13]

Great Video ! Thanks a lot for all the explanations and tips given! Really helpful

[@bonbon4793]

Loved this ! I'm trying to learn Chinese too !!

[@TheKimcheeRamen]

Great tips! Please reduce the volume of the background music, as I found it disturbing me when I tried to listen to your voice. I'll try these tips for learning Korean :)

[@rngmrfreshasian3555]

Im chinese and idk how to speak chinese😪

[@girlyteengirl101]

i giggled but then i realized i'm the same as you

[@marksanchez6580]

晚安

[@13lohsh79]

哈哈

[@Segsywafflez]

Same lol

[@itslovelyhelin213]

哈哈哈哈哈

[@MarkusBlue]

This is so helpful! I’ve seen soo many videos about Chinese but this is the most helpful I’ve seen! Keep it up

[@TheACCLatino]

You’re video was very inspirational! Loved it!

[@Killybillee]

Great video, you do make strong points. Even though I am not a beginner, I did pick some good advices from your video (like that quaint little app). My thanks to you. p.s.: even though I am not Korean, I ask just out of curiosity, did you have any previous knowledge of Hanja, from school or some other place? if so, did it help you in your Mandarin learning?

[@KoreanwithMissVicky]

I'm happy you found this video helpful! And yes, Koreans learn hanja from public education as early as in elementary school, so most Koreans have at least some basic knowledge of hanja; we all know what characters like 有，一，二，三，四，死，生 mean even before learning Mandarin. But that doesn't mean we also know how to pronounce it in Mandarin or how to form a sentence using these characters. We just simply know what each character means, in which Sino-Korean vocabularies these hanjas are used, and how they are pronounced in Korean way. How we pronounce each hanja is not exactly the same with standard Mandarin pinyin, although similar. For example, 无 is read Wu in Mandarin with the second tone, but in Korean it's read as Mu with no tone; 工 is read gong with the third tone, but in Korean it is read gong with no tone (the same romanization, but there are subtle differences between how it's actually pronounced in two languages.) Knowing Hanja definitely helped me understand and learn Mandarin much faster. I wouldn't say Chinese and Korean language themselves are similar to each other(in fact, Chinese is more similar to English than to Korean in many ways.) But what makes it easier for Koreans to learn Mandarin, at least in the beginning, is that we already know the meaning of some hanjas, and also pinyin is not that difficult to remember because it's not completely different from Korean pronunciation. In other words, we are not starting from the very beginning, the complete nothingness, as we would be when learning Western languages from scratch. We already know some parts of Mandarin naturally, and that's what comes in useful to us :)

[@Killybillee]

I see. That is indeed very interesting input; and it always helps to have a "head start" of course. Now, if I may bother you for just a bit longer with just another question: the ChineseSkill app is quite entertaining as I've mentioned (it can be a bit tedious at times if you're not a beginner but nothing you cannot grin and bear through, and it's always good to revise anyway!), however it naturally uses simplified chinese characters. I have been studying for a couple of years using proper traditional characters (out of an aesthetical pursuit mostly; I find simplified characters to be most unsightly) and whilst I can understand simplified ones quite well, I'd very much rather have an app or other resource that uses the aforesaid traditional characters. Do you know of any? If you do, I'd be most grateful if you shared it with me. Have a good one!

[@tmdsb2655]

Vicky 빅키 I thought 工 is first tone? Maybe I'm wrong I never really paid attention to tones haha

[@sokkhoeunchea2925]

Vicky 빅키 hello may you show me writing show dictionary

[@Jandos47]

I’ve been practicing for 8 months and I can understand everything you say with out subtitles which is pretty cool to hear some Chinese from someone who had the same length Time as me

[@kayvang-thao1207]

@Alejandro where did you go to learn Mandarin Chinese?

[@Jandos47]

Kay Vang-Thao i just used KZbin and a lot of audios on sound cloud but I stopped studying

[@masterbeater3754]

@@Jandos47 why did you stop even though u were making progress

[@Jandos47]

@@masterbeater3754 idk I lost interest after covid hit i should get back in to it tho

[@thewellsianpodcast]

Xie Xie Nin! This was SO helpful, as I've tried to learn Mandarin o and off (more off than on) for years and feel as though I've goten nowhere. Off to Conversation Exchange to see what's up! This was very positive and informative. Have a goodun!

[@AlexTube2006]

Excellent Vicky, thanks for the tips!

[@martinborgonia9743]

I have been studying French Japanese and Chinese. I find the chinese language most difficult to understand. But your video brings me motivation!

[@margaretd3710]

The music is too loud! I'd rather hear you. And I believe the "Parkinson's Law" is actually known as the "Pareto principle" - the 80/20 rule.

[@here5574]

I love your approach and perspective! :)

[@HanpingChinese]

Wonderful, thank you for the shout out! 4:18 Very happy to see our app helping you learn Chinese 😊❤️🙏

[@Conighttonight]

I think I'm going to Taiwan to live there in one year from now, so this has given me courage! I think I can atleast learn survival Chinese! (I'm English currently living in Japan and it took me about 1 year and a half to get on a basic conversational level in Japanese ^^)

[@taiwanwesley]

There are some similar sound between Japanese and Mandarin, so it might be easier for you to learn it. But you should be aware of characters, sometimes the exact same words have different meanings, such as 勉強...etc. And happy to hear you're coming to Taiwan.

[@tingtingsworld]

Welcome to Taiwan!!!

[@seoulmate1360]

Can you please provide the name of the textbooks that you used?

[@themitchellbrothers]

That was lovely. I agree with all of this, it reminded me of when I was learning German and inspired me to charge forward with Mandarin

[@Claire-wg7sx]

Thank you so much for this video! This is so helpful!!

[@Galactic.Scoonie77]

What is the name of the book you used?

[@sokkhoeunchea2925]

ScoonieX wade do you have websites learning Chinese

[@amranow8783]

Yes whats the name of the book?

[@amranow8783]

Yes whats the name of the book?

[@13lohsh79]

Subscribe Now 汉语词典

[@katxu5265]

You’re so good at this(speaking from a native

[@yaboy2501]

I've been living in Taiwan for 8 months and I totally agree with you! They're very kind people and are super supportive whenever I try speaking Chinese.

[@fabianaguerrero5358]

Thank you for the video! :) and for sharing your experience.

[@philipgruenhagen8411]

i enjoyed the video but I have a big problem with the back ground music. can you please cut it out?

[@tansent]

Impressive progress. Just one thing, the character behind you, "囍", is normally used in a wedding scenario though.

[@redicent]

J.T. li My mom wondered what I was watching because of the character behind her, lol.

[@desisenpai9979]

I'm really glad I found this! I'm currently in the process of learning Chinese, but the way I've been going about it, it has been like trying to swim through mud. I will certainly take your advice, and I appreciate that you took the time to share it! Thank you very much! By the way, I am also getting into establishing my own channel in which I'll be talking about language and culture. I hope to be able to explain things as clearly as you have. Again, thank you and good day!

[@janisorveye8184]

This was so helpful, so much more than all the others: 5 tips and all,thank you so much

[@tusaludintegral]

Hi Vicky Thanks for your advices. Where cauld I find chinese movies script? Thanks

[@JustinG1057]

tusaludintegral Yes, what movies and scripts were you able to find, Vicky?

[@VinhPham4ever]

Here for anime lovers www.ktkkt.com/

[@phamthuong6276]

all of chinese movie have chinese subtitle. you don't need to find

[@KlidaXtreme]

John, thanks for the page, I needed something like that!

[@jordandavis6709]

pham thuong umm yeah we do

[@borangtouch]

Name of the books you used please? Thanks

[@alexfreeman525]

very cool, I love your video! I am Brazilian and speak English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, so now I am learning Chinese. is good that I came across a good video like yours. keep up the good work because you are a very lovely personality, Vicky.

[@rabah_meca7015]

I would say the advices you put in this video about learning a new language are really priceless. Me myself I discovered these ideas through my long journey in learning English. But I have to say you are a real champ, 6 months is a record. Keep up the good spirit.

[@sunnyexo-l]

How can I find the script for a drama ? Or movie ...

[@jeffzhu6813]

I am a Chinese.In China,many people watch videos or movies on these website:爱奇艺（www.iqiyi.com），优酷（www.youku.com），腾讯（v.qq.com）.Only a part of foreign movies have Chinese and English double script,most of the movies only have Chinese script.Hope to help you:)

[@fooocuslu2304]

website:iqiyi、bilibili、youku

[@wfkivett]

Get rid of the music. It destroys your audio.

[@jesusnunez2969]

I was about to write the same comment, I loved the video and hated the music :)

[@haihuachen2627]

if any BGM, classical maybe a good choice. Chopin etc.

[@arcosu2720]

@@haihuachen2627 yeah great idea, just play op 10 no 4 in the background and im sure you'll be able to tell what she's saying

[@namdude0373]

At least turn it down! It was hard to focus on her voice, I agree

[@nobuna2114]

You can still listen to the music if you want to. When I am listening to music I am not learning. I listen to it because I love music and if you study a language and can understand what they are saying then you should also spot mistakes in the pronunciation, at least if you are focusing that much on the lyrics. I do not and I don't adapt the pronunciation used in songs. But I agree that you shouldn't learn from songs

[@nurnazruddin]

Thank you for sharing Vicky!

[@maorangina]

I have to show your video to my student, for much efforts you’ve put into learning. And you are an exception, because few people have linguist talent when they reach adulthood.

[@3012951]

The video is good but the music is too loud. :')

[@heyheyhey40]

I think that it’s easier for Koreans to learn Chinese than it is for westerners.

[@heyheyhey40]

A. T. Yeah, that makes sense. Thanks for the clarification. I know that most countries in Asia are in some way influenced by China whether big or small.

[@ashleydayton4374]

The way you talk about Chinese is the way I feel about studying Korean! I have an interest in learning Mandarin (Hanja sparked my interest) but my current focus in Korean. Thank you for the advice and good luck in your studies!

[@BeatBasement]

Thank you for your tips Vicky. I started learning Chinese few weeks ago,and I am very excited to keep on studying. I love the language. Also would love to learn Korean in the future as well. All the best.

[@saadamjad7641]

The video is Very Good But the backgrpund music is awesome ❤️❤️❤️💚💚💚💜💜💜💜💜

[@RonKarnes]

Hi Vicky, what is the title and author of the workbook you use early on in the video. Thank you,

[@pc7988]

Thank you for your video. I think I'll follow some of your studying methods. This video is super useful and your eager of learning just drive me crazy right now, haha :)

[@supremecondostoronto]

You are very very talented. Way to go!

[@HibaAlhmoud]

I want to learn Chinese ;-; i really like it ;-;

[@user-oe7nb7fz9v]

我想学英语

[@niuannuan__]

ME TOO

[@corrd1028]

hi I'm Chinese and I really want to learn English.Could we help each other😊

[@newmotivation1189]

@@corrd1028 yes,and will you teach me Chinese

[@safegirljc1192]

Im also from Tanzania I realy like this Language

[@jakelee8520]

Wow Vicky, it is really good motivation for me to learn Chinese. Can you recommend one book for learning that? 효정이 멋있다! ㅋㅋ

[@KoreanwithMissVicky]

Thank you 오빠!^_^ If you are just beginning to learn, I recommend 티엔티엔! 파고다에서 출판한 책이에요!

[@royceelmsury2141]

Hi Vicky Vicky i downloaded the app but I'm not sure whether i can use it without wifi because I'd like to learn it in school off my phone please could you tell me just as a heads up

[@KoreanwithMissVicky]

Royce Elmsury Hi Royce! You cannot use Chinese Skill app without wifi unfortunately 😥 But there is another app called Hello Chinese and it works without wifi so you can give that a try!

[@royceelmsury2141]

Vicky Vicky Thanks

[@erickn4515]

Vicky 빅키 What is the name of the book in English?

[@bumpty9830]

Enjoyed this! I recently re-started my study of Mandarin myself, as a native English speaker. Curious whether you've continued your study in the last three years. I am happy with the books I'm using for self study, by the way, and would recommend them to your audience. The series is called "Basic Mandarin Chinese" and comes in two separate tracks: Speaking&Listening and Reading&Writing. They're designed so that you can either focus on the spoken language for as long as you like and add the complications of the written language later when you're ready, or you can study the written language in parallel from the beginning. So it's four books instead of one, including the textbooks and workbooks from both tracks, but I appreciate the flexibility. The four come as paperback, and all four together are comparable to the price of a single hardback textbook. Published by Tuttle. Since you're studying language, I thought you might appreciate an English-language tip. A few times you used the phrase "I cannot but ..." which is perfectly good English, but to my American ears it sounds extremely bookish or old-fashioned, and out-of-place in your otherwise casual American-sounding English. You might think about replacing it, sometimes, with "I can't help ..." instead. For example "With the notes in front of me, I can't help looking at them" or the slightly less casual "With the notes in front of me, I can't help but look at them." Note the difference in final verb form with or without the "but". Either way, meaning is the same as "I can't but...", but this would sound much more natural to my ears with the rest of your speech. Hope you don't mind the unsolicited advice!

[@heyhey3789]

LOVE this!

[@ArshadPadhiar]

Hi vicky, can you please tell me from where you find the script of chinese movies. Thanks

[@jeffzhu6813]

I am a Chinese.In China,many people watch videos or movies on these website:爱奇艺（www.iqiyi.com），优酷（www.youku.com），腾讯（v.qq.com）.Only a part of foreign movies have Chinese and English double script,most of the movies only have Chinese script.Hope to help you:)

[@TulekBehar]

Jeff Zhu 谢谢

[@deboragomes2031]

Jeff Zhu 谢谢你!

[@calbertirons6579]

谢谢和我们分享你学中文的意见。我是美国人，已经学中文两年多。对我来讲学语言的成功就靠你自己的态度。如果在心里觉得一门语言太难了，怎么办呢？众所周知中文对外国人来讲不太容易，但是不用内化悲观的看法。谢谢你的youtube频道，加油！：）

[@user-xl7zy2sq3t]

英语也很难。我学了10来年了，但是很多英文文章看不懂，听不懂英语。

[@calbertirons6579]

语言有时候一定很难啊。英文语法也特别难，比中文语法难多了。不过成功是可能的。加油！ ：）

[@thunguyen-de2zv]

Calbert Irons 我是越南人学中文，你的中文也很溜哦

[@user-pm2sw8lv4n]

666

[@user-qn5rk9ml8y]

wow你写的很好👍，加油！

[@shansiwagan743]

Hi vicky! Thank you so much for this, this really help esp.the app im using it now ❤️❤️

[@princess_reaper]

This is very informative! Thank you so much for sharing your experiences with us. I also started learning Mandarin about 2 weeks ago and got this app from Google Play called Hello Chinese. It helped me learn the basics both spoken and written. I am also exposing my self to Chinese music, movies, and KZbin videos. The only thing that I haven't found yet is someone to exercise it with like a Native Chinese. So thanks so much for sharing the website of Conversation English. I'll go ahead and sign up! :)

[@hobilover2649]

My mother making me NOW learn Chinese when im 15. Oh well i hope i can learn

[@nevercomment73]

Hobi Lover how is it coming

[@taiwanwesley]

You can do it :)

[@ArshadPadhiar]

Thanks for your tips, But i would like to say that not all of us even after following these Golden rules would be able to learn Chinese as fast as you have learned. Koreans have the advantage, their language structure, Grammar have lot similarities with Chinese language. Similarly a student from Thailand will learn Mandarin faster too because the Thai is the Tone language.

[@KoreanwithMissVicky]

That is true. We Asians have more advantage when it comes to learning fellow Asian languages, just as Western people have more advantage learning English or other European languages than us, or Arabs more in learning Hebrew or Persian. So despite everything, I believe all come down to hard work and willingness to learn with joy. That is what ultimately leads to fast learning.

[@ArshadPadhiar]

yes i do agree with u vicky, motivation is they key. I myself started learn Chinese 5 months ago. I have also put lot of effort to know the best methods, and i found that, yes there are some. I appreciate your video and wish you a good luck, by the way 新年快乐，恭喜发财

[@peterfireflylund]

Huh? Korean and Chinese are two very different languages... There are some loan words and Koreans also know a few thousand characters. But isn't that just about it? The grammar is *quite* different.

[@kim0237]

Peter Lund Traditional Chinese characters were incorporated into the Korean language with Korean pronunciation. It's called hanja. It was not until the 20th century that hangul (Korean alphabet) truly replaced hanja.

[@arivanuaranu]

It's not so much about the characters as it is about the grammar, Kim Zhang. I would argue that Korean is more similar to Japanese in terms of grammar and syntax.

[@jessyca9833]

We have very similar ways of learning, I'm happy that I get some validating vibes from your videos when people tell me I shouldn't study more advanced content by studying tv show scripts too haha, thanks a lot!

[@lightlight9494]

This is the best learning tips i ever saw, thank you❤️

[@masha_elr3058]

你好!我叫玛丽亚姆:) I learned chinese from the same app. I can understand a little bit if it comes to reading but the problem is that in my country there are no books like yours, and I cannot find anyone to teach me or to practice with, even my brothers get annoyed whenever I am talking or practicing or even singing chinese songs. I am a book worm too but I wish I could find a single chinese practice book :(

[@hob2671]

What app did you use?

[@developandplay]

Hibaq Ali It's called "chineseskill".

[@taiwanwesley]

Have you thought about podcast or TV show? I think that's good resources to learn and practice. And most importantly, that's the dialogue native speakers use every day.

[@emiistudy6678]

Hey . You can google fsi language course. With free book exercise (pdf) and audio file. Also they have many languages

[@Kescy.]

Try Chinese with me.

[@luisantunes9152]

The music is too high, can´t understand you !

[@paulgarcia2887]

Take an English course

[@kfdjhnhurjnnbjhu3ip410]

Paul Garcia lool

[@coffeepot3123]

Just ordered my first textbook for learning mandarin. Can't wait to get started!. Greetings from Norway.

[@davidusb06]

When I first traveled to China in 2007 to teach English for a year, one of my favorite actives quickly became taking a walk after dinner with friends and exploring the narrow lanes of the subtropical city we lived in. With a couple of lamb or chicken skewers in hand, we were set to explore the city for the night. On our nightly walk to the river that ran through the city, we observed the people around us selling clothes from carts along the streets and students playing ping pong in a park. Everyone was outside doing something (or nothing) and you felt like you were a part of it. One of the best things about China is that you can walk out of your door and everything and everyone is right there waiting for you. As China continues to grow, more and more foreigners are choosing to travel, live, work, or do business in China. No matter what your reason for exploring this vibrant country, the below tips on how to get by during your first days will help give you the confidence to buy your ticket and go have fun in China. #MasterMyVideo #IAmSoFunny #ILikeYoursVideos #YoumakeMeLaughingALot #DontStopMakingVideos #ILikeYourMood #ILikeChinaAndCanada #IPreferAsiaToHaveATrip #SoCoolAndSmart #ILikeSZ #Shenzhen #China #Mainland #HK #HongKong #HighGDPOfChina #PowerNextCenter #travel #traveling #ChineseBillionnaire #PoliticsIsFordbiddenInChina #GoToChinaBeacauseThisLocalDestinationIsReallyCool #TryToManageWithTheMandarinLol #VacationIsFunInChina #VisitingChinaIsAFantasticWayOfFreedom #IDonTSpeakChinese #ChineseDonTSpeakEnglishLol #SeeItAtTheInstagood #TripGoToChinaSoCoolDestination #holiday #TakeSouvenirAndPhotoChina #TheMountainGreenValeyIsFun #TravellingIn5StarsHotelIsCheaperThanInEuropeAndUSA #tourism #tourist #instapassport #GoToPassToTraveForgoingToVisitChina

[@hulunnchoo]

the music was a distraction...but great tips

[@teska132]

Aaah, you write on books. My heart...

[@CP4Z167]

Good tips! Very inspiring!! Thanks

[@NguyenNguyen-wi8ri]

Your video is really helpful. Thank you for sharing!

[@advisord7637]

Could you recommend some good and easy movies in mandarin Chinese? Thanks!!

[@tmdsb2655]

Advisor D hmm, does TV shows work? I recently watched a good one called 我们的少年时代

[@pinkaddiction13]

There is a movie on youtube called 17 again. It's awesome!

[@nuri2318]

TMD SB what is the last character? and is the pinyin right : women de shao nian de_______.

[@adilenem.9957]

A love so beautiful Meteor Garden 2018 Our Times I'm also learning Manderin and I just want to tell you that it really does help when you watch movies , also these movies/shows are really good, I highly recommend them

[@Kimeesunshine]

Parkinson? I thought it was the Pareto law 🤔..

[@1969mmoldovan]

I was wondering about that, too.

[@emiistudy6678]

Lol. I was thinking something wrong about that

[@gl3012]

It's when Pareto contracted parkinsons disease, it became Parkinsons law

[@jf6414]

It´s 4 people who shaking learning languages.....

[@ns8851]

hhh I thought the same, the only thing that comes to my mind when I hear parkinson is the disease. But when I watched this video, I looked it up and find out that there is actually a law of parkinson which is actually what she meant in the video but the image she showed was of Pareto, Parkinson's law is the adage that "work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion". It is sometimes applied to the growth of bureaucracy in an organization. This law is likely derived from ideal gas law, whereby a gas expands to fit the volume allotted.

[@jdgannonable]

man your English is awesome. Nice job, Vicky.

[@nadavaltman6878]

你好 Vicky，this is exacly what i was trying to do by now, and it gave me alot of ideas how to feel my life with chinese! 谢谢你。