How I study Chinese + 3 month progress!

[@YuanQ]

This is so good for only 3 months!

[@mudiagaonota303]

Almost unbelievable!

[@shantelwilliams5763]

I'm a year in and I feel like I spent the whole year learning tones. Like I don't feel ready for conversation like that at all

[@nohelycasquete3039]

@@shantelwilliams5763 Don't worry, every person learns in a different way and learning a language has to be enjoyable, you have to enjoy the learning, it's not a competence, just be consistent, you will see that one day you will be able to understand and speak the language

[@ValeTicket]

I been studying chinese for three years and I always have a hard time listening and speaking, I get too caught up in perfection. I realized by hearing you talk that even if it wasn't perfect you could express yourself perfectly fine, I want to be more confident this year and just let myself be wrong and learn from that rather than not even trying.

[@slyrebull8949]

Totally agree

[@ValeTicket]

@@Andre83572 hi, actually great, I've been trying to listen and talk more that is what I'd had a harder time with but it's also what gives you the most confidence and so far so good!!

[@rymab4391]

我也是哈哈哈哈

[@lauravil5909]

You learned all that in 3 months??? That's amazing! You should be so proud of yourself. I'm still trying to muster up the effort to start learning 😂

[@nepkaf]

I spent many years in China as a kid and was so fluent back then but now I barely know 200 characters. This video really encouraged me to brush up on my Chinese! Thank you for the great content. Also, coffeebreak Chinese is a great way to practice listening Chinese :)

[@wherevershegoes]

I’m so glad this video could inspire! I’m so jealous of your time in China! I haven’t been yet 😭 And thank you for the listening suggestion ☺️🙏🏻

[@elinglesdiario7805]

I have been learning Spanish for many years and I just started learning Chinese, but while I was studying Spanish I noticed something very important. Speaking slowly and correctly (as I think you are doing... I dont know chinese yet) is more important than speaking fast. My Spanish teacher told me that a lot of the time we think native speakers speak fast but in reality we as non native speakers understand slower. So by you speaking slower and correctly you are doing yourself a favor in the long run. I had many people tell me that my Spanish was excellent and people could understand me really well even though I spoke slowly. My other friends that were learning Spanish would speak fast and they would not receive those same compliments as me. Keep speaking slowly, clearly and correctly and soon enough you will develop those speaking muscles to the point of speaking as fast but clearly and correctly. Your Chinese sounds great!

[@君不花]

speaking slowly is a process of exercising and thinking. making a sentence is a good journey of learning a foreign language

[@meetworldhome]

You speak so well for only 3 months. That's amazing!

[@aidabadaoui6622]

I studied Chinese for two years, but I neglected it for a while so as I started to forget a lot. anyway now i am determined on working hard on it again so if you want we can be study buddies, motivate eachother, share notes or tips...it will be very fun and motivating😊

[@罗茗-f6x]

@Grant Archer Hi. I'm a Chinese. I want to ask if you need a learning partner . We can communicate with each other in Chinese and English. Thank you.

[@Sparks9329]

@@罗茗-f6x can you help me practice my Chinese please

[@gaieepo.jeffrey]

I am a Chinese myself, and I have learnt a few languages on my own. Steve is a great teacher for language learners, he knows "how to learn a new language effectively". And it seems you are a great student of his. You immerse yourself into the language and learn characters the hard way (also the more effective way). Keep up the good work!

[@deerbeau]

I’m a native Chinese speaker. Your Chinese is very good.

[@ocsensjourney9693]

Well, i just realized that you really enjoy the feeling when you speak in Chinese, that's great ! Enjoy and figure out the joyfulness along the process of learning.

[@okorolina]

The Chinese book you use is the same that my son's Chinese tutor used to use when we had lessons. What a great set of tips. I'm excited to put this into practice!

[@iinnrrr]

I think it's because the book you're using is aimed for kids, that's why it's easier to 'digest' there are two version for whoever trying to study mandarin there's Hanyu and Zhongwen. Most of my friends who learned chinese at school since they were kids are using hanyu. You should download the workbook too. They're good to practise

[@thestorygirl2818]

such great tips! Also super impressed with your Chinese after 3 months. Thanks so much for linking the Zhong Wen textbooks! Such a great find. Thank you, Adriana!

[@Shchliu]

I love how ur always learning new things!! You r really motivating me to brush up on my chinese skills ☺️

[@naoko707]

15:00 i disagree a bit with this thought, let me explain why In Chinese especially, words that you think aren't that useful to study, will come handy later. In university all my classmates (including me) were complaining about us having to study how to write magnetic tape 磁带 （ci2 dai4), because who uses those anymore to listen to music?? But later on, I found out that fridge magnet is 磁铁 and that necktie is 领带, then something clicked into my mind and it all made sense. As well as another chinese word: mao2dun4 矛盾 meaning contradiction, but literaly meaning just spear and shield. (The reason was because of a story of merchant selling the sharpest spear that no shield could resist, but also selling the most resistant shield that no spear could scrach. So that was a contraddiction...) But anyway, even though you think it isnt very useful to learn how to say sword of words like that, its always good to know!

[@monkeynorn]

I’m a native Mandarin speaker. Your pronunciation is really good, even though you’d only learnt for 3 months. 很棒！

[@Layla_K]

I’m studying from almost two months and I was able to understand everything u say what a nice feeling:(((

[@wherevershegoes]

Congrat!! Keep going 🙌🏻☺️

[@jonathanjona7823]

Wow you're are amazing. Your learning Chinese just 3 months and your pronunciation is very good. Thank you so much for your great content

[@shantelwilliams5763]

I'm a year in learning Mandarin and I'm self teaching. I'm trying to take it to the next level

[@dinasutanto6115]

Wow you're gr8! You worked hard to make this video! I'm also studying Chinese, it's an interesting language plus I wanna stay connected with my ancestors, those are my initial goal. But by the time goes on, I feel like it's hard to keep going, I lost motivation and start to question my goal, as it's an ungrounded goal (in my opinion). But seeing you work so hard on your Chinese, blows my mind and I hope you're willing to share what keeps motivating you to keep going forward? What fuels you to keep studying CHinese? I hope I find strength by receiving your story, thank you!

[@evayang7253]

Thañk youuuuu ur video when u started learning makes me feel im okay cause i read pinyin really slowly

[@touda-wc9oi]

As a Chinese, you speak very well. The pronunciation is pretty good。Little tips for you :take the words into the language environment , like movie、 TV shows，then you will understanding the most confuse parts of Chinese 。that's the way we learn it.we can't fully understand the meaning either, if only read the tones and pinyin.

[@okorolina]

Wow your Chinese sounds awesome for three months!

[@strawberry_notes]

Amazing 😍... I'm also studying Chinese, now I'm learning vocabulary. I want to improve in a short time.

[@nikiichan]

I love learning languages by watching videos, listening to music and reading. I used to speak Chinese (my 5th language) but I forgo most of it because I was way too conscious about my tones and accent as well as constantly being told that I couldnt do it even though I was actively speaking at the time. I want to go back to it now. I will try this method because I did learn it based on whole words.Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[@KristineAbby]

Learning Chinese is my next project.. wish me luck! Ehehe

[@zzz2508]

im a native chinese studying english.so can we help with each other?

[@KristineAbby]

@@zzz2508 YES! How should we do this?

[@NisikaChamadith]

Thank you so much. I'm so glad that I found your video. I'm also learning Chinese and your video was super informative. I'm going to recommend this to all my friends who are learning Chinese. Keep up the good work. Good luck !!!! 🤗💖

[@wherevershegoes]

thank you for the kind words and support! 🙏🏻

[@eringao3512]

As a Chinese, I know the difficulty of Chinese, just as I learn English. And I really wanna make a friend who wants to learn Chinese and whose mother tongue is English, and then we can practice together and make progress together. Learning together can be more motivating. Languages are amazing, but learning them is crazy!!!

[@anasanad9616]

Yes we can I'm interested to learn chinese

[@Sparks9329]

@@anasanad9616 I know am a bit late but can we be friends and Chinese together

[@adubb6393]

I know this for Chinese but this motivated me to learn russian

[@adubb6393]

Small update i have learned the letters and some phrases

[@delmundl]

@@adubb6393 wow!! goodluck

[@adubb6393]

@@delmundl thanks

[@hatonafox5170]

I'm 100% not making a joke. You're working hard so keep at it but I was listening and was like, "Dang she's speaking Chinese with some really good pace. I've never heard someone at 3 months speak so quickly." Then I realized, my settings were at 2x playback lol. Loved your video and your integrity of showing where you were at 3 months into your journey.

[@rbballos7122]

To learn more is learn and read everyday with studying except day break,eating,and others

[@itsgummo]

What are the books I should buy? I clicked the links in the description but the website is all in Chinese and I don’t understand

[@jameswest785]

This is great. Thank you very much for your advice! You have done amazingly well to be this advanced in 3 months. I have been learning Chinese for almost 2 months and although I know a good amount of vocabulary, I can't yet string sentences together like you did in the intro... I could work them out and translate from English to Chinese and then say them but nowhere near as quickly. I have a few questions: 1 - Did you suddenly notice the speaking "click" for you? If so, what helped you improve as quickly as you did? 2 - I use Lingq as well and the mini-stories are great, can you recommend any other good content for a competent beginner (2 months in)? 3 - How are you progressing with Chinese now? Thanks again! Any advice you can offer would be really appreciated.

[@julil9388]

Brilliant 👏 thanks for sharing your tips and helpful resources to check out 👍I look forward to your update on your 中文 language journey!!!

[@liya1426]

As a Chinese，I know the difficulty of Chinese. I am learning English and I really wanna make a friend who wants to learn Chinese. We can practice and make progress together.

[@Daniel-qi1ld]

How long have you been learning English?

[@Sparks9329]

Am interested can we practice together

[@linkflap1342]

First clip with you reading slowly is literally me now, struggling to pronounce correctly any character. Started learning chinese like two weeks ago. I was learning English in similar way! Short stories, vocabulary from them to master and next short story and so on... Thank you for books and other links to learn chinese!

[@ohopin]

Do you want to have a language exchange?I can teach you Chinese if you like🥰

[@evayang7253]

​@@ohopinI'd like to

[@balonder0]

Nice lightin. Estoy orgulloso de ti Feliz Navidad, próspero año y felicidad!

[@ratanakhoeun7064]

that is an impressive speed of learning. 3 months, and you could speak like that.

[@ahanz5757]

Hey gal, am a native chinese here. Looking at the date of this video..you should have perfected your 4 tones by now... if not, then look for yoyochinese Yang Yang. Search for 4 tones video by her in youtube. Wish you the best!

[@pootiesart]

I only clicked on this because I needed to say I think you’re GORGEOUS ✨ have a great day!

[@draculaissus]

I’m very late to this video so I will watch your update after! but I learned Chinese for four years in high school and I am currently in my third year of college and haven’t been keeping up with the language currently plan on brushing up on what I learned and expanding which is how I stumbled upon this video 🫶🏽

[@strawberrypockyuwu9217]

I love how many times you said “um, err”

[@therealist2000]

Wow I'm super impressed

[@disciplinefreedom3083]

So good for 3 months. Well done.

[@thinnthuzarhtet4823]

Ahh I should try your methods, you speak so well for 3 months

[@thinnthuzarhtet4823]

I would like to know how many hours per day you spend for learning new language? I feel stuck in English between B2 and C1 level and I want to improve it. As well as I am planning to start my chinese learning journey as you mentioned and I want to see improvement and not neglect my study session. Any suggestions would be appreciate ☺️

[@pupungxaza5207]

I am so happy find your video, I stuck learning Chinese, I feel bored, but u make me want go on again (sorry my English is bad) but..♥♥♥ wo xihuan ni.. ☺ Wo juede ni Hen piaoliang😍

[@kristoffereberius2476]

Thanks for the video. You're very inspiring

[@easyChinese]

你太棒了！只学了三个月就如此流利地说中文。

[@easyChinese]

@JJDX 加油！

[@bamagirl595]

For 3 months, your pronunciation is REALLY good! Wow - keep it up!!

[@anajulia8350]

I loved the first book

[@lenabeck2603]

3 months?????? thats amazing wow.....

[@mudiagaonota303]

Amazing progress in such a short time!

[@nehadhurwey503]

Did she say hindi 😶😶 That's the reason why I am learning chinese to read the journey to the west because the translator gave up to translate this series, but after learning basics I enjoying learning the mandrin

[@dusicau510]

Excellent and motivational! 👏👍❤️

[@worrellrobinson4332]

Hey there I am starting out on my journey with Chinese and appreciate your video keep up the good work kind regards Worrell Robinson from London UK...

[@Henry-teach-Chinese-in-jokes]

I’ve made many videos teaching Chinese language vividly and in a funny way. I hope you can recommend my videos to those who want to learn Chinese. I hope more people can learn Chinese to get comprehensive firsthand information about China and most likely seek more job opportunities.

[@miguelrock80s]

congratulations your chinese is really good

[@RoussinSong]

.I was nothing close to this level on my tirth month (6th now). Pretty impressive. ...Oh and, (8:56) yes it's totally understandable. I'm not fluent yet but it's more than enough since it's not high level sentences.

[@isha3702]

What was the book you mentioned earlier

[@michaelcrauderueff6022]

Hi Adriana! I'm a beginning Mandarin student myself. I'd love to know which teacher on iTalki helped you so much. It seems like she would be perfect for my learning style, too! Thanks!

[@MLBB_Luin]

How do u learn reading, is it only learning words and learning individual characters? Im very beginner idk where to start. help pls

[@wherevershegoes]

I learned individual characters. I think it's best as it's how the native chinese learn to read, and it helps you later on build vocabulary very easily (since many words reuse the characters)

[@hiraakhan9799]

how can we make a strong basic foundation actually i'm a self learner i don't know what to do...😕

[@not2sorry]

Very impressive and helpful videos! I just retired and am learning Chinese. I know you’re probably super busy traveling now, but any chance you can share the name of your iTalki Chinese tutor?

[@wherevershegoes]

Thank you!! And sure! Let me just first ask her if she minds me sharing 😊and do you have an email or Instagram, so I can share privately?

[@not2sorry]

@@wherevershegoes Thanks so much for your response and checking with her! Sent you a message in Instagram in case she is ok with your referral. Be safe and Happy Trails to you!!

[@Sparks9329]

How I wish that I have a friend to practice my Chinese with

[@flor3622]

Really helpful! Thank you 🙌

[@languagelearningdabbler]

Super impressed 🤩

[@steveb2145]

very useful and interesting. What about pronunciation ? ( pinyin syllables etc ) you never mentioned how you learnt, could you expand on that please? many thanks.

[@wherevershegoes]

Hi Steve, thanks for your comment! I did memorize pinyin and the 4 tones at the beginning since they aren't pronounced exactly as my mother tongues. But I improved mainly via 1. the skritter app, since there's a voice that pronounces each character and 2. all other listening content I've used. I think the best thing you can do is to start listening to as much content from the start so that pronunciation and, especially, tones can be learned naturally. I'm starting my 4th year of learning Chinese and I think that, in combination with lots of reading, is the best advice I can give! Good luck!

[@jeovana_marques]

Você fala inglês muito rápido, penso que quando vc aprender melhor chinês vai falar rápido também

[@ValeTicket]

Jajajaj me encanta que el portugués y español sean tan similares

[@jeovana_marques]

@@ValeTicket kkkkkkkkkkk verdade

[@narsasist1786]

In Jamaica where I'm from you hear Chinese everywhere like every store/supermarket and on the road but they only teach us spanish and french in school 💀 so i wanna learn Chinese but whwn i tell my classmates or parent's they laugh at me 💔

[@mimi-dg2mm]

omg im jamaican 2

[@splash7489]

Hi I am learning Chinese ,and I was very interested in how you learn, and your progress. This video is a year old, and you dont seem to have posted an update on your chinese learning , have you posted it elsewhere? .bye the way I think your videos are very good, thanks for posting

[@wherevershegoes]

I'm still studying chinese!! and I wanted to do a 1-year update but I haven't yet and it's been almost 1.5 years now haha I will try soon

[@danilenko8106]

How did you do that in 3 months?! I have a new challenge omg

[@AdityaKumar-nm1fl]

Wow you are learning the world's toughest language Hindi🇮🇳 And chinese🇨🇳

[@14vyi]

Your Chinese is amazing! :D

[@rhondaverma6358]

The zhon wen books link is not working for me. I’m impressed! I’m using about 5 different things and I’m getting very frustrated. I have a linq subscription but can’t figure out how to use it.

[@wherevershegoes]

Hey! I did see that! I think the books were removed… but I made an update video and I linked the Zhong wen books on Amazon!

[@lucastafarello4101]

Would you please update the Zhong Wen books link? I cant download them

[@wherevershegoes]

I wasn’t able to find the link again, but in my recent video about my Chinese progress I put the Amazon link! Hope that helps ☺️

[@Beatriz-xh7rq]

would you recommend a lingq premium subscription to a beginner?

[@wherevershegoes]

I personally would! I used it from the very very beginning. Just start with the simple material (the 60 mini-stories are perfect), then use cartoons (import into Lingq), and so on. Chinese is the 3rd language I learn, and using Lingq has helped me learn SO fast in comparison to previous methods.

[@hjluna7760]

I am interested about Chinese

[@yuqitheexquisite5018]

Wow! I'm impressed, I myself is still a beginner 🤓😂

[@peterbayne7227]

Man, I wish I could speak Mandarin that well, but I just find the language impossible to learn or understand. Well done for getting that far in the language.

[@tymanung768]

Some useful videos include 1) Steve Kaufman s videos A) general language learning B) specific Chinese learning 2) Ask Andy 3) Shuoshuo Chinese 4) Grace Mandarin 5) SMART Chinese 6) Learn Chinese with Yimin 7) Yo yo Chinese etc etc etc Your country and city may have courses A) by local.teachers B) by Confucius Institute (Chinese gov) Chinese grammar is simple?--NO verb conjugations by person.and no.!!!!! Chinese tones are in between * Chinese writing is hard, but possible. * Look for certain videos where teachers match Chinese tone patterns with English intonation patterns. Good luck. Zhu ni, hao.yunqi!!!!!

[@peterbayne7227]

@@tymanung768 I already know most of those channels. And I had Mandarin classes with a teacher for over a year with little success. Also, I wouldn't say that the grammar is easy. Just look at characters like 了 and 得 and 就。

[@isha3702]

That zhongwen book isnt physical???

[@GoodbyeRubyTu3sday]

Are you still learning hindi? Plus yeah I feel the same about LingQ :/ Such a cool concept but the website isn't that greatly made, I feel it's very confusing and not very easy to find contents

[@wherevershegoes]

I am! I reached a level similar to the one I had in French before going to France and becoming fluent quickly. So now I’m just maintaining it by watching Hindi movies. My goal is to live in both India and China for some time, and become fluent in both languages 🙏🏻☺️

[@sithpalp7328]

@@wherevershegoes Thats great ...कैसी हैं आप?

[@catalinacorteseses1389]

The link for the zhongwen books is a bit confusing and all in chinese :( are they on Amazon?

[@wherevershegoes]

Not that I'm aware of! In case it helps: you only need to worry about the 1st table (the other 3 tables are for teacher's books). The books are ordered from top to bottom in the table, so start with the very top row. To download the full book just click on the link in the third column, which says 整书 (means "full book")。Hope that helps! I still really recommend the books... I'm able to read very well now!

[@piedpiper8101]

Use chrome it's translates to English

[@araina3056]

Can you please introduce your teacher on italki?

[@lipan6921]

Hi there! I am glad to know that you are interested in Chinese Language. I am a Chinese American and Mandarin is my native language. My major educations were in China. If you want to practice and improve your oral Chinese, I can help you or anyone who is interested via online video conversations for free. I can also tell you many Chinese idioms and allusions and the stories behind them. 嗨! 很高兴知道您对中文感兴趣。 我是华裔美国人，普通话是我的母语。 我的主要教育是在中国。 如果您想练习和提高您的口语，我可以通过在线视频对话免费帮助您或任何有兴趣的人。 我还可以告诉你很多中国的成语典故和它们背后的故事。

[@jasonchow4840]

awesome video

[@MuhammadKhalid-jw1gd]

How to remember the tones of every Chinese word.

[@susanmahrabi8408]

how did you learn pinyin?

[@sisyphusn5653]

发音超棒！

[@azimvaliev4912]

Love you 😍😍👍👍👍👍

[@Beatriz-xh7rq]

is there a skritter list for the zhongwen books? what's it called?

[@wherevershegoes]

There is not! I've been building lists as I go. I just checked and it looks like I can publish my lists, but it has to go through a review process. If they get approved, I'll let you know and post links in the description box ☺️

[@Beatriz-xh7rq]

@@wherevershegoes thank you!!

[@wherevershegoes]

@@Beatriz-xh7rq Hey!! Finally Skritter approved my zhongwen vocabulary lists! I linked the first book in the description box, but you can find the rest by going to Skritter > Decks > Browse > search for 中文 plus the number of the book 😊 so far I have books 1-9 (9 is incomplete because I'm still working on it!). Hope that helps!

[@Beatriz-xh7rq]

@@wherevershegoes tysm!!! I hope you make more videos about you learning journey because i found your tips very helpful

[@wherevershegoes]

@@Beatriz-xh7rq Yep, I definitely will!! 😊

[@Espoir458]

I swear you just made me feel so stupid 🤦🏾‍♂️ I live in China since 2018 up to now but I can’t speak 10% of what you just said. Anyway quick question how many hours do you spend studying a single day

[@hhmimi9359]

学三个月就可以这样，厉害了。

[@Lsong60]

Watch "Ten rules to learn Mandarin fluently"

[@zzz2508]

im a native chinese studying english. tell me if u r native english speaker and want to practice chinese, writting listening speaking or else.

[@mimi-dg2mm]

im interested in learning!! do you want to be language partners? :D

[@delmundl]

let's be partners!

[@g-smith4466]

Very good intonation! +1

[@cathys2307]

三个月这个水品可以说是天赋异禀了

[@binbons2]

great

[@javiermarcialcespedesberne8575]

Hola, como van?, Los mejores y más cordiales Saludos desde puente piedra, lima, Perú, ojalá que puedas venir en algún momento a mi país y que disfrutes de la solidaridad, amabilidad, y fraternidad para con la gente que no gusta de la guerra y sus consecuencias, aqui podras difrutar mucho de todo por aquí, con la familia y los amigos, felicidades por tus vídeos y que tú y los tuyos esten bien, sean bienvenidos siempre.

[@wherevershegoes]

Justo tengo planes de ir a Perú este verano! Me parece un país precioso y tengo muchas ganas de visitarlo! :)

[@tymanung768]

Unos, recursos 1) la comunidad china en Peru 2) Institutos Confucius (gobuerno Chino) en Peru 3) Editores, en la China y en El Taiwan--- livros A) en Chino, para, aprender El Espanol B) en Espanol, para, aprender El Chino 3) videos simulates en youtube? Burns suerte!! Zhu ni, hao yunqi!!!

[@erniev2644]

Are you still studying Chinese? Just curious on your progress. 😊

[@wherevershegoes]

I am! I'll be posting a video soon 😊

[@erniev2644]

@@wherevershegoes 👏🏽👏🏽 Going back and forth on learning Chinese or Japanese. Can’t wait for your video. 👍🏽

[@zihuatanejo7741]

很棒>

[@jasonmask9513]

👍🏻