Learning Chinese: [Mandarin] | Day 6: Saturday/ 学习中文：[普通话] | 第六天：星期六

My name is Daniel.
I’m glad you’re watching this video.
I’m 23 years old; I speak Russian, Ukrainian, and English, and I’m currently studying Chinese.
If you’re learning a language, this channel is for you.
Let’s build a community of dedicated learners and share our personal experiences with each other.
More videos are on the way, so don’t miss them-you never know what might inspire you!
Keep learning, everyone!!!
我叫 Daniel。
很高兴你能观看这个视频。
我今年 23 岁，会说俄语、乌克兰语和英语，目前正在学习中文。
如果你也在学习一门语言，这个频道非常适合你。
让我们一起建立一个努力学习的社区，互相分享个人经验。
更多视频即将上线，所以千万别错过--你永远不知道什么会激发你的灵感！
大家继续加油学习吧！！！

[@nana_7290]

I'm really, really happy to have someone with the same goal as me this year! i just started yesterday and It’s so inspiring to keep going no matter how hard it is or how long it takes. I’ll also be sharing my journey of learning Chinese here and watching your videos whenever I need some motivation!

[@Alearnersdiary]

@@nana_7290 thank you so much, keep learning !!!! This is the hardest, when you lose your motivation, but this is the moment when you need to show your discipline. Well… at least that is what I am saying to myself. Chinese language is amazing, and it must to be learned!!!

[@qeoku]

Congrats on learning Chinese! It's a long (and often painful) journey but so rewarding, especially when you can start reading the first 500 hanzi. I started learning in December 2023. My motivation fluctuates like crazy - sometimes I'd study 4 hours a day for 2 weeks, then life gets in the way with exams, or I "cheat" on Mandarin with French or Latin, or just get frustrated and drop it for weeks. Props to you for sticking with it, but don’t forget to take breaks to avoid burnout, bc trust me, been there, done that lol. Despite the ups and downs, I think I’ve made solid progress in about a year (with lots of gaps). I'd say I’m low HSK 4-ish. I can recognise (but definitely not handwrite) around 700 words and kind of speak clumsily, but hey, progress is progress! Some tips for starting out: 1. Master the fundamentals first! Everyone says, "Just immerse yourself!" and that’s great, but I think Chinese is so different that skipping the basics can lead to some painful mistakes later on. To quote Nietzsche: “He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.” For Chinese, walking = nailing pinyin and tones before running into full immersion. 2. Pinyin chart is your best friend: Mimic all the sounds and tones until you get it exactly right. Record yourself, mimic native speakers, and don’t be afraid to ask for feedback. This one is amazing: yoyochinese.com/chinese-learning-tools/Mandarin-Chinese-pronunciation-lesson/pinyin-chart-table 3. Learn tone pairs: Tones are tricky enough, but pairing them in two-morpheme words can trip you up. Practice recognising and reproducing tone pairs. This site is brilliant: resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/pronunciation/Tone_pairs 4. For vocab, use Anki: Concrete nouns are great for beginners because you can visualise them instantly. For example, I set up Anki cards like this: Front: Picture of a lemon with no other text. Back: The hanzi, pinyin, and audio (I use AwesomeTTS with Microsoft Azure for native-sounding voices). With this method, I could point at loads of things in Chinese without buffering, so Anki really sped up my progress. 5. Little Fox Chinese is great for simple comprehensible input: They have amazing beginner-friendly videos that make understanding fun and easy. Definitely recommend it for starting out. 6. Use Language Reactor for immersion: I started watching Chinese dramas with Language Reactor, a Chrome extension that adds dual subtitles and lets you hover over words for their meaning. Anytime I saw useful vocab, I’d throw it into my Anki deck for review later. It made learning with shows way more productive and I was still having fun! Anyway, just keep going and don’t stress about being perfect. Mandarin’s a marathon, not a sprint. Break it into manageable pieces. 加油!

[@Alearnersdiary]

Thanks for the commnet!! your advices are really helpfull, i will take them into consideration of course!!! I used to have anki pro for learning english ( still using it for english).Will do with chinese too!!! So far i stick to comprehenseble input approach, i find it quite usefull, i let my brain to get used to chinese phonetic first, maybe for the first couple of month.... I wish you luck with your learning and studiyng!!!! I think the consistency is a key for us !!! Good luck !!

[@chineseatdawn666]

It's so interesting to see how you learn Chinese in this routine. Thanks for sharing the process! 你很棒，2025年中文学习加油！

[@Alearnersdiary]

I appreciate your encouragement!!!!!

[@chikajunaria1354]

That's neat! Im also currently learning Japanese. So i hope both of us can reach our goal, good luck!

[@Alearnersdiary]

Hell yeah !!! Lets learn it to the maximum !!!!

[@trueordrue]

Nihao i taught you everything I know about Chinese language

[@---ug3cn]

good job!

[@Alearnersdiary]

Thank you !!!!!

[@yapayzeka3183]

amazing

[@Alearnersdiary]

Thank you !!!!

[@konelev-z7l]

建议有时间可以看点好的中文电影 问一下ai找几部😂 加油力 祝你早日学会！

[@Alearnersdiary]

Thank you so much. I really appreciate it. I’m not sure if I’ll be able to watch the entire movie in Chinese but I think I will manage to watch it as soon as possible.😊

[@konelev-z7l]

@Alearnersdiary 加油(ง •̀_•́)ง

[@sikey8154]

cool, i want to study russian

[@lovefor246]

加油哦😉

[@耶嘿-f2f]

jiayou 加油

[@vin5298]

Are you learning it for me :3