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@michael5111282 жыл бұрын
I hope you are seeing this comment on this year old video. I believe most schools in the US called Chinese Mandarin instead of Chinese. Actually Taiwan officially calls its language Mandarin after the US but for China it is Chinese. There is no Mandarin in Chinese schools. China 中文 Chinese vs Taiwan 国语 Mandarin, even the Chinese names are different for the two. The US recognized Taiwan as China until December 1978 when Jimmy Carter pledged One China Policy with Deng, so it kind of made sense for Taiwan to have adopted the word Mandarin. BTW There is an interesting Jimmy Carter video on KZbin telling the story. As you know, to specify the dialect, Chinese always use the word Putonghua. Many times people said to you 你这个普通话说得比我还要好. Putonghua is the official English word for 普通话, you can see it on China Daily or hear it on CCTV all the time. It’s not a big deal since 99% of Chinese wouldn’t pay attention to such details, I only think it's a bad habit that can be cured.
@yijiun7553 Жыл бұрын
@@michael511128 Honestly, this is an extremely thoughtful video which should receive greater public attention. You ought to better promote your insights to the wider society in Asia, Africa and Latin America.
@nsebast3 жыл бұрын
6 years only and self-taught and you are really fluent now. Amazing!
@marcoricci32023 жыл бұрын
The thing I find incredible is that she is writing her university thesis in chinese, really unbelievable.
@itsquitntimeisrael65193 жыл бұрын
COMMON SENSE: Once you learn ONE foreign language (she said Hindi) & intensely studied another one (French, but didn’t like it), then picking up another language is difficult, but one knows what to look for & where to go look for it: well, then you are pretty far ahead, & then it’s a matter of FOCUS, CONCENTRATION &. DETERMINATION. Wish me luck!
@meliamedaverman35583 жыл бұрын
It's almost one month since I started learning Chinese Mandarin. I am a Chinese Historical drama/movie addict. Since I was little I watch so many Chinese KUNGFU movies and I fell in love with them and their KUNGFU. I love chinese people and their food. The reason I wanted to learn Chinese Mandarin it wasn't just for my dramas. But I am teaching myself that if I want to accomplish any goals in life I must be PATIENT and WORK HARD and UNDERSTAND that there is a PROCESS to reach my goal. In the past I just wanted to hurry up and get to where I want to be without working hard for it. I had no patient then. So by learning Chinese Mandarin teaches me to achieve this goal I must work hard and be patient in the process.
@nyclee91333 жыл бұрын
Me and you both
@myriampro49733 жыл бұрын
I became a Wuxia fan a couple of months ago. So, why not? I've started to pick up some random words already.
@cso41593 жыл бұрын
Beautiful
@freemanwong78753 жыл бұрын
Actually Chinese culture is so fun. For myself I was born in Hong Kong but still not fully understand the whole Chinese culture. I hope I can understand more in the future.
@xinwang30803 жыл бұрын
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@dannyw9853 жыл бұрын
Most of us would be discouraged to walk into a group/environment that is foreign to us. You walked into a group of all Chinese and converse in Chinese and decided to stay. Wow, you are a force to be reckoned with. Your method of learning a new language should be put in a text book to whoever wants to pickup a new language. The criteria to be successful, one has to love the language and totally immerse in it, just like the ways you did!
@limjonney9172 Жыл бұрын
As in my case ... By reading books ... I've improved "writing skills" By watching famous mini series ... I've improved "speaking skills"
@realaubreyliu3 жыл бұрын
自学,两年半,不在中国,就通过了HSK6,you are a legend!!!
@anjaseidl40038 ай бұрын
for kids it´s a combination of movement, picture, repetition, singing, dancing, every piece of vocabulary with Total physical response
@marcoricci32023 жыл бұрын
I have already commented this, but it is incredible to think that you have studied Chinese by yourself for 6 years and you are using it to write your university thesis.
@cosmeticscameo82773 жыл бұрын
basically linguistic talent + practice vs linguistic no talent .
@erturtemirbaev52072 жыл бұрын
Greetings from Kyrgyzstan 🇰🇬
@bunnyfreakz2 жыл бұрын
Number one to learn foreign language is passion. If you are passionate about it, you will persist to learn it.
@stephenreiss71812 жыл бұрын
Wonderful and succinct advice.
@coltsandbows3 жыл бұрын
My PhD is in developmental Psycholinguistics (how kids learn language) and bilingualism. I agree with your approach 110%. To master any language as an adult requires PASSION for the language. You live it intensely 24/7. You are right that memorizing words is a waste of time. In fact, words are not language. Language is simply rule knowledge - how you put the words together to make sentences. So memorizing 10,000 words in swahili is worthless if you can’t produce a simple grammatical statement.
@benganchan14202 жыл бұрын
Swahili . Reminds me of the black and white movies starring Johny Weissmuller as Tarzan .The producer needed an extra to play a Zulu warrior reporting to his chieftain and they picked a Kenyan student to play this role…. he only have to say something in Swahili. When the movie was screened in Nairobi, Kenya , the audience roared in laughter when the extra said “ the money the producer of this movie paid me is not even enough to pay for transport to the studio”
@ja5jo1072 жыл бұрын
pretty amazing.. thanks for sharing 😊😍 subbed
@marioleonl88003 жыл бұрын
In my humble opinion, humility plays a key part of learning any language ( There’s no such a thing as ‘ foreign ‘ language , must be ‘ another ‘ language . A wise man once said: For every language you learn , you become another ( acquired ) ; if you learn 5 languages, you become 5 persons -in 1 persona )
@zeldasabastical3629 Жыл бұрын
Very true, when you learn a new language you experience a whole new culture which adds to your personality and character because the culture is embedded in the language.
@sweehungtan56332 жыл бұрын
Excellent, intelligent, well done.
@johnniewalker76283 жыл бұрын
Of all the expats I follow, you and Blonde in China are the better Mandarin speakers. Passion, persistence and thick skin are more helpful.
@johnniewalker76283 жыл бұрын
Meant to say perseverance.
@AmelieZh2 жыл бұрын
@@yunfeigao5217 老外也用了哎
@jasonloke22193 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing!
@bob.b.s83383 жыл бұрын
You are a legend regarding learning Chinese language, I think the most important for learning a language is, you do not hate that language and you love that language you choose to learn.
@Byu123983 жыл бұрын
Agree!
@shahzadmughal76663 жыл бұрын
@@Byu12398 great point
@刘虎-r5q3 жыл бұрын
I can't agree with you,It is not interests in a foreign language that are the key to master it,it's ambition.
@carsonchan51023 жыл бұрын
@@刘虎-r5q I can't agree with you; very rarely is it black or white, but many different shades of grey. Interest / ambition/ Passion -- they would all do one well as motivation
@stevenlk3 жыл бұрын
great point, i genuinely loved English when I started learning at school so I get good at it at a much faster pace then my peers. But I've been learning German and live in Germany for 3 years now and all my university courses and everything are in German but I still suck at it.
@阿棗 Жыл бұрын
@joel2301823 жыл бұрын
Peppa Pig is becoming an indispensable tool in language learning :'D
@anglo-saxonno.16962 жыл бұрын
I love peaceful China, kind Chinese, awesome Genshin Impact, beautiful Liziqi and too much!
@pooi-hoongchan86803 жыл бұрын
Wow, Katherine , you are a genius being self taught in mandarin.
@123nepaliraute22 жыл бұрын
we do share the same story Catherine...🇳🇵🇳🇵😍😍 I love chinese.I m impressed by your Chinese
@bombomu23 жыл бұрын
Humble, clever , energic, beautiful. Your husband is so lucky man.
@layzhangofficial97713 жыл бұрын
Rainbow pee😂
@huyifan833 жыл бұрын
@@layzhangofficial9771 Haha, only Chinese can understand what you say.
@karmin87463 жыл бұрын
@@layzhangofficial9771 哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈逆天
@kakali40753 жыл бұрын
家里有矿
@ascensionvaldes14123 жыл бұрын
She is enough, doesnt need a husband😂
@nikolavojnovic65522 жыл бұрын
But you ARE an exceptionally intelligent person, have no doubt about it. ✌️
@michaeldong40293 жыл бұрын
Interesting stories on how Katherine learned mandarin by herself without taking any classes and not bothering learning how to write. Her mandarin is really good almost like a native speaker with good intimation and comprehension. The power of immersion and passion
@magonite523 жыл бұрын
Presume you meant intonation.
@yongwoo10203 жыл бұрын
Everything she says is so true.
@brokenheart12903 жыл бұрын
The best languages teacher in the whole world is Peppa )))
@lordumas2 жыл бұрын
As an ABC, I think the NOT learning to write is really good advice.
@elainenorthcutt35853 жыл бұрын
I often wondered how you accomplished this amazing feat! Wow! Makes me feel proud :- )
@tuyenpham10332 жыл бұрын
Lol. I’ve been watching the wrong show all these time! Chinese anime is not very good for learning Chinese. I’ve learned words like “I kick your butt.” With other actions words. Nothing useful for make friend.
@犇羴鱻3 жыл бұрын
I am Chinese. Let me explain a little bit, the reason why your Chinese colleagues don't talk with you at the beginning when you just got to China is that they have very poor speaking English skill, they can not express themself very clearly, but I am sure they can do more than their words if you need any helps. The most effective way is to write some words to them about your trouble. I guarantee that this applies to all foreign friends who are new to China.
@omarabdo8933 жыл бұрын
You are right i am a student in Nanjing too
@guijunzheng83773 жыл бұрын
Chinese can read English,but their speaking English and listening English are very poor.
@ThePearltong3 жыл бұрын
You misunderstood. She was talking about lab work in her university in the United States, where all participants of that project were Chinese.
@hangtuah8882 жыл бұрын
@@ThePearltong Yes he needs remedial English it looks like.
@simonchoi26332 жыл бұрын
At first I thought you are a genius but you told us there are also hardwork and fun work involved.
@SpanishAcademyTV3 жыл бұрын
These are valuable tips that everyone should know 🥰 We would love to partner with you so you can have one more resource to share!
@truthbeknown58142 жыл бұрын
Have viewed most of your contents, as you can see a fan. Would you retrospectively consider adding English dubbs to your earlier short personal stories? I would love to see the whole album. Thanks.
@MC246282 жыл бұрын
You are truly amazing, Katherine, and so fluent in Chinese! Not many people can reach your level of fluency in Chinese even if they spend their lives in the country. Well done for your nice and positive videos!
@truthbeknown58142 жыл бұрын
Picking up on the local senator scenario, of course you know in person makes better impression . Good luck to you both in your endeavours.
@franzvonduysterhaes56162 жыл бұрын
I'm from a country where French is one of the three official languages, so I've always had exposure to it. It's not foreign. Had compulsory French at the end of elementary school (two years) and all through secondary school (six years). I know a lot of words and expressions, but I still can't express myself fluently or join in a conversation with native speakers. I hate the sound of French and I feel that its syntax is ugly. I dislike the way words are pronounced in French. In short, I agree with you entirely about the internal motivation. You need to love the language you're trying to learn or it's impossible. Great video!
@simoncandoseijas58193 жыл бұрын
Thank you. You've been very supporting fo all of us who want to learn mandarin and grow as a person.
@aiart34533 жыл бұрын
Katherine! OMG u learned hindi. Me2. I am learning Chinese now. I am located in Australia but have a tutor that I chat with from China. I agree! writing is a long term game. Learn to speak and understand.
@asahiglass3 жыл бұрын
I want to learn Chinese too.........
@qifee12 жыл бұрын
I was learning by talking to myself, but few months later, my GP advised I should got to Rehab Center for a treatment..................that advice left me in dumb............................................ haha, I'm just joking
@mohammedibrahim423 жыл бұрын
Beautiful katherine you master Chinese language you're very smart I will always love you and respect you 😅😉
@ronaldliu89583 жыл бұрын
XCELLENT VLOG . . S U P E R S U P E R EDUCATIONAL . . I DID XACTLY THE SAME THING 30 YEARS AGO . . XCEPT, I DID IT IN FRENCH . . @ L'ALLIANCE FRANCAISE , . . 2HRS / DAY . . TWICE A WEEK IN 15 MONTHS . . READ,WRITE & SPEAK FRENCH
@dimitrioskarastamatis49193 жыл бұрын
You show how beautiful a human being can be! I`m trying to pick up Manderine on the internet, it`s hard but fun. Thanks for making my day!
@pad9x3 жыл бұрын
all very good tips. also 100 per cent that your heart needs to be in it.
@happymax63983 жыл бұрын
Your experience in self-motivation and self-created immersion program serve as a role model for many! Very inspiration indeed! I love your "never stop learning" attitude!
@temprmj14 ай бұрын
color me impressed
@RayCromwell3 жыл бұрын
Wow, this is great advice. I've been learning Mandarin on and off for a few years, starting in my 40s (late I know). I'm probably HSK3 now, but the problem is, I spent all my time learning vocabulary, how to read and write, that I got great at using WeChat and HelloTalk for conversations, but I never practiced listening much, so I'm basically deaf in Mandarin, even though my vocab is about 1500-2000 words. I can speak and put sentences together, but then the Chinese listener thinks my Mandarin level is much higher and when they reply, I only get like 30% of it. So absolutely, don't make the mistake I did, focus focus focus on listening. If you can get good at listening, you can use KZbin and Bilibili to 'bootstrap' more learning, and you can get energized by being able to participate in real conversations. As opposed to getting good at reading/writing. But I wonder when you first started, and your lab partners knew you only knew a little bit, did they still talk to you at full speed, or did they deliberately speak in small sentence fragments, or use simpler vocab? I've tried doing language partner stuff and going to club meetings, but I find almost invariably, I end up teaching English pronunciation to partners more then listening to Mandarin, out of frustration. There's like an initial tough hill to climb to get to that plateau where conversations can go smooth enough. Before that, I feel like its impolite or annoying to keep stopping conversations and asking what something means. I wonder if you would ask for explanations in your early days, or if you just picked out the few words you knew and silently just dealt with the ambiguity of not being sure what the whole conversation was.
@美食萊克3 жыл бұрын
得多交流多说话。识字量多对读写有帮助,对说话帮助不大。
@kats_journey_east3 жыл бұрын
The group dynamic of the lab helped a lot. In one on one situations the problem you have described is a bit more common (the partner doesn’t have the patience to deal with your lower level and the language exchange doesn’t work well) but in the group setting everyone was chatting with each other and just throwing me little bits here and there. I participated more and more in the conversations as my level slowly improved. and they seemed to find my attempts to interact with them funny and cute as opposed to being a burden since they were having their own group interaction at the same time and not just focused on me . But not everyone is fortunate enough to have a group to interact with on a regular basis so I recognize that I was a bit spoiled in that sense 😜 our university also had a Chinese language club where 2-3 Chinese students would chat with Chinese learners but hardly any learners ever showed up because ..... they were too busy doing the reading and writing homework 😂😓
@kats_journey_east3 жыл бұрын
As for asking questions , I had to “pick my battles” and just ask the most important questions (ask about stuff I thought was grammatically important or a word I thought was critical to understanding the main focus of what the person was saying, etc). I wouldn’t ask for every single thing . You have to accept that when you’re a beginner you can’t understand 100% , otherwise you will drive yourself crazy and others too
@@RayCromwell You are good in writing mandarin, and is able to make a bit in-depth article. Awesome! Well, the methods the host teachs that is u quite useful not marely in learning Chinese, but also the significant ideas on English learning. Now I have been striving for one and half year, I like to translate the mandarin to English on my own and correct my wrongs by Google translate or take its original translation for reference, thus on purpose to made up and build the proper englsh frame in my mind, to make it be a part of my body. Wish you can speak fluently Chinese soon as your writing. For me, the task to speak well a language as the native is so hard than to write, like hardly the sounds of pronunciations is made precisely and constantly ........ 加油朋友。 一起加油!
@wenjunli20063 жыл бұрын
哈哈,你上辈子肯定是个中国人
@celloting013 жыл бұрын
All true and good advice. Very true about immersing yourself totally in the language in every sense and opportunity. Surround yourself by speakers of the language, or being in the environment (eg country) of the language is the key to learning the language. Or even dating a person of that language is a real booster. Your accent and proficiency is truly impressive. It's my mother tongue (supposedly, lol) and I can barely utter a few words, never mind speak it. I envy, but am happy for you. Congrats and hope you've a good and happy future in China!
@OneMission-bw1st3 ай бұрын
You sure are an inspiration. I have been "learning" Spanish from, like forever.😩
@DaKrazedKyubizt2 жыл бұрын
From personal experience with Spanish and now trying to relearn Mandarin the right way, this is excellent, top-notch advice. Pay attention, y'all! The only think I would add to this is, aggressive reading also helps tremendously with vocabulary.
@hanfucolorful96562 жыл бұрын
I know many Chinese families sent their children to Chinese language schools, but eventually, they drop the school and failed the mission to learn Chinese in Canada, writing get students frustrated and took too much time, learning a skill that has no use. I told my son Mandarin, only need to read, no need to write, even in China today, people no longer write Chinese after graduating from university, you only need to learn how to type on the phone/computer, that's enough, now my son can use Chinese on a daily base (type on the phone), a big help for his work as a music teacher.
@beautifulpakpk15943 жыл бұрын
In a American lab group you only speak Chinese language, huhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, so funnnnnnnny................
@KellyS743 жыл бұрын
This was really helpful, thank you.. I've been trying to learn Chinese for a while now, but I'm struggling.. I love learning Mandarin so much, as challenging as it is, my love for China, the culture, the people, the food, and of course the language, keeps me going.. I just need to find the right learning style for me.. I listen to Chinese radio and watch TV shows, films and immerse myself as much as possible everyday, but it's just a very slow process.. I'm going to try to drop the character writing element for a while, as it is absolutely a huge part of my time, I will give it a try and see if it helps, thank you so much again.. Just, subscribed 👍🏻👏🏻
@yangliu51952 жыл бұрын
I really like English. I've been learning English more than ten years,I can read a lot,but I almost can't speak one sentedce.I've never talk to other in English.To me it's too hard to learn a new language.Just do it. Go ahead!You can do it!
@lme967 ай бұрын
You are such an inspiration, Katherine. I'm so grateful I recently found your channel.
@haoryu32333 жыл бұрын
Thank you 1000 times for the useful tips and your story. I’ve been so frustrated teaching myself mandarin. I took a mandarin class here in Chengdu (virtually in person) and was so disappointed because even though it was a basic ground floor learning class the teachers didn’t speak English and taught using advanced vocabulary so it was just a bunch of sounds and I could’t follow or catch on no matter how hard I tried. Small tip for you, if you start the chapters in your description with 0:00 they post to your video timeline ;) Also if you shoot indoors change your frame rate (FPS) to either 50 or 25 or the lights will have an annoying flicker (if you didn’t know already). Devoted subscriber, Joshua
@kats_journey_east3 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful for you! Thanks for the tip about the chapters, I will do that next time . How do I change FPS? It’s a camera setting , or a setting when I upload to youtube ?
@kats_journey_east3 жыл бұрын
I had no idea about the flicker , I’ve never noticed it before 😭
@haoryu32333 жыл бұрын
Oh your videos are ok. It only happens with artificial lighting indoors. (More of an FYI if you try to record and notice it). ;) It’s a camera setting. It’s how many “pictures” your camera takes per second (FPS frames per second). Short explanation is that electricity changes polarity (flashes) at 60 times per second in america and 50 times per second in China (fast enough we can’t see it). So if your camera shutter speed (FPS) doesn’t match sometimes it takes the frame when the lights are bright and sometimes when the polarity is changing creating a flicker. ;) Best example is when you see the noise lines when you record a tv (or computer) screen in your videos. Same concept.
@kats_journey_east3 жыл бұрын
That’s so interesting , never would have guessed that one !! Thanks for the tip , I will try to watch out for that 😹
@sealand000 Жыл бұрын
Motivation and immersion are key
@Irboyang3 жыл бұрын
Go, hokies! Dear VT alumni. Glad to find your channel. It's really beautiful to see what happens when you take in new things with open mind, curiosity and no bias.
@varivavariva60452 жыл бұрын
Self taught Chinese --- impressive!
@MrTioung1113 жыл бұрын
你是一位非常努力的人。
@採菊绚麗3 жыл бұрын
好有趣...与大家分享! kzbin.info/www/bejne/b6iplIywfbtpsKs
@bdcochran013 жыл бұрын
Language comments: Girlfriend came to US and watched re-runs of I love Lucy. To improve comprehension, I listen to a zoom class with people speaking about current events or I watch the news because the pronunciation is impeccable and the speed is conversational. The vocabulary is high school level. You don't have to understand every word. I am studying a language with 12 tenses and moods of verbs vs. only 6 in English. No problem to recognize the tense when written. However, the spoken language is not the written language so you need to listen carefully to distinguish whether the subject is singular or plural, and some of the pronouns are the same for both genders.
@kevinwang9632 жыл бұрын
hard working makes human smart
@中国杨2 жыл бұрын
Listening is really important. Just like how a baby learns a language, it starts with exposure. At the very beginning, the baby cannot understand anything, but they learn it gradually with time and with more exposure and stimulations.
@demanso13 жыл бұрын
That's hot. Something about bisexual chicks.
@ualuuanie3 жыл бұрын
Took me a few years to speak Mandarin but I can never learn how to read it. There are just too many characters for me to remember. When I was in China working in the 90s I had no problem talking to the locals but everytime a technical report came in I would be hunting high and low for 1 of the local staff to read to me. Sadly they have not made Goggle Translate yet :(
@izzbee2173 жыл бұрын
Dude this is exactly my foreign friends situation they're all can speak fluently and to communicate with locals but they just can't read a single word
@our5Tube3 жыл бұрын
Try Baidu Translation 百度翻译,it is much better than Google Translation. I tried and compared both so many times to believe it.
@dawimibi2 жыл бұрын
Very positive and good advice
@language_acquisition3 жыл бұрын
Thank you Kathrine. Your experience with Hindi - being able to speak but not being able to understand what anyone said - is exactly the problem I have with Persian. You've made me all the more determined to focus on my listening skills. Thank you!
@tonomoresorrow3 жыл бұрын
Nice! Now challenge Cantonese!
@Tbobobo3 жыл бұрын
These are super useful tips even for someone learning other languages. Thanks Katherine!
@MarcoPolo-hn8or Жыл бұрын
Wow, that’s incredible that you learn so fast👏👏👏
@haroldlongbaugh98393 жыл бұрын
My son went to dual language school (Chinese-English) since he was 4 y/o into pre-K, but since it was a public school for all Americans, its Chinese curriculum plateaued out at a very low level. He graduated from after 5th grade, now it is a struggle to keep him interested to continue learning Chinese. You are such an inspiration, thank you.
@rollingdownfalling3 жыл бұрын
From watching a lot of language learner's videos on YT, I believe learning a language in a classroom environment is not ideal. If he can understand the language great, if he can't speak much that means he lacks interaction with speaking. But the problems with language (especially the LEARNING) is that when we were a kid, we don't normally care much about language learning, we normally like to have fun with friends or play with certain things (I believe real learning truly happens when we were in our teens, because we are more aware of what we want in life). The reason that we don't actually need to "learn" our native language is because we are already fluent before our first year in school. All the learning effort in school are just to improve and sharpen an existing skill along with writing.
@nigellei8591 Жыл бұрын
take him to Chinatown, let him order in the restraurant (tell the waitstaff to only speak to him in mandarin)
@wanaiwan8 Жыл бұрын
你的孩子你引导后让他自己选择吧
@h3rutirta Жыл бұрын
hen mei
@ukiyomi3 жыл бұрын
I just got a motivation boost, like, I'd say one of the strongest ones I've ever gotten. Thank you.
@WinXitheP00h2 жыл бұрын
Kathrine I have a question
@melvche19923 жыл бұрын
As an ethnic overseas Chinese myself that knows the language by heritage and not by education, I am thoroughly impressed by your journey, and in fact, I'm taking tips from you to learn the official PRC Putonghua Mandarin, which is waaayyy different from the Chinese I speak in my community.
@okbbbb69793 жыл бұрын
Most of Chinese people or east Asian people are very friendly and kind, I don't understand why so many US guys are so keen to hate Asian race, many US guys even hit Chinese especially Chinese old ladies in the street or in public, why is this happening? anybody can explain this phenomenon please??
@MrTubesong3 жыл бұрын
MSM. you hardly find any positive news about china in US, all negative
@qshao58793 жыл бұрын
We really need to break the stereotype that Chinese language is difficult, that is not true and may prevent people from learning it, Yes indeed it has huge number of charactors and tonal system, thousands idioms. but in another word, it means this language has abundant cultures and stories which are quite interesting. if you really get into it, the hard part can be turned into fun.
@tonysia647410 ай бұрын
♥️♥️♥️🤚👍
@RespectOthers13 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing your very interesting journey. It reminds me of the evolution of mankind...a big slice of luck here, a few setbacks there and load of perseverance in-between. But things turned out good in the end! :D
@autumnjiang14112 жыл бұрын
Following in you from TouTiao
@tompra70513 жыл бұрын
You’re absolutely right about the writing aspect of it. I always quit learning Chinese because learning how to write it was so time consuming like you said. I think I can finally move forward with my learning Mandarin now that the writing obstacle pay is out of the way. Thanks for this little but very valuable tip.
@unandarj10168 ай бұрын
You must be a special talent for Mandarin. That's why you are so fluent, Kats--high IQ for a foreign language such as Mandarin!
@dondiegol14333 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the tips to "improve your listening". I tried it and it seems to help. I am a fluent Cantonese speaker trying to learn Mandarin. When I watch Chinese TV, I couldn't follow the speech without the Chinese subtitle. It was frustrating! Yesterday, I closed my eyes and just listened. I got about 45%. That is pretty good. I will keep trying to see if that will help me. Thanks again.
@zhinan888 Жыл бұрын
You married a Chinese husband?
@theredbar-cross85153 жыл бұрын
Your advice not to waste time learning handwriting characters is the best advice about Chinese learning ever. I tell this same advice to everyone learn Mandarin. It's 2021, we should stop teaching languages like it's 1981.
@goranberg43802 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the advice
@deonko3 жыл бұрын
幸好你沒學好印度話, 要不然王總可能還是单身漢
@anildhande7337 Жыл бұрын
very humble lady
@pbasswil3 жыл бұрын
What you said about finding the joy in learning (rather than learning cuz it gains you some advantage) is epic. In fact, the same could be said about just about pursuit in life!
@perfectstudents83613 жыл бұрын
I speak 5 major languages. I agree with Katherine that it's very important to learn how to use a word in different sentences. My favorite dictionaries always have many example sentences.
@wanghongren5274 Жыл бұрын
her temperament make me annoying,
@joytotheworld30443 жыл бұрын
You are a language genius. You do have the natural gift. I found French is difficult to learn too.
@manueladdae94387 ай бұрын
Nice! You had the passion and motivation for learning chinese. A lot of people focus more on the characters of which I think is useless. I like the background music of this video. ❤
@shaoppears3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for these tips. They're very helpful. My problem with Chinese right now is that I studied it for 5 years and then decided to take a break from it, as I was stressed with work and university. I'm 41 now and I started studying it again 9-10 years after my break, and I really struggle to talk now, although reading and listening are not a problem.
@chengjiwei3 жыл бұрын
already very impressive.
@09huangr2 жыл бұрын
听>说>读>写,Listen>Speak>Read>Write. Totally agree with you.
@hopebetterfuture96983 жыл бұрын
Nice challenge, you chose the hardest language😁
@richbarrows3922 Жыл бұрын
You are gifted!
@ditav52833 жыл бұрын
This was by far the best, practical advice I’ve seen on learning mandarin. I already finished my first hour of Peppa Pig before I came back to comment. Even though I only understood “hello, goodbye, mom, dad, thank you” it felt good getting that input. Can you please, please share how you learned how to read and recognize the characters without learning how to write them by hand?
@kats_journey_east3 жыл бұрын
I learned them from being exposed to them repeatedly by looking at example sentences, watching Chinese TV shows with Chinese subtitles, sending/receiving texts from friends, and also through the pleco clipboard reader 😝
@hopebetterfuture96983 жыл бұрын
@@kats_journey_east I like to watch Chinese TV shows as well. The latest series were: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oGOWfqBqZbidgLs It's about a girl from our time goes back to the time of the emperor. So it's romance and funny and very entertaining. ⚜️I read the sub in English but still I am learning.