bennon

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United States • Age 35

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What do you enjoy most when you learn a new language?

wingsanctuary @wingsanctuary (163) • Malaysia 13 Dec 08

Learning a new language can be fun in many ways, for me, leanrning a new language opens doors to a new culture. I've felt this deeply when I learn japanese. I not just learn how to communicate in a new language but also get to...

japanese culture

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bennon The cultural understanding also is my favorite part of learning a language. Another strong force for me is that I am fascinated by grammar. Learning Chinese right now has helped me understand constructions that I never would of thought of knowing only the...

3 Jul 09

How many do you know?

bodhisatya @bodhisatya (2384) • India 17 Apr 09

I have a tremendous fascination towards Languages. I know 8 languages apart from my mother tongue. That includes French, bit of Spanish, Hindi, gujrathi, Marathi,Punjabi my mother tongue Bengali and ofcourse English. Whats your...

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bennon Ancient Greek or modern Greek? I speak English, Spanish, Classical Latin, Esperanto, and Ancient Greek. I'm studying Chinese right now, hopefully I will be able to speak it passably well soon. I think most people learn better studying by themselves than in...

3 Jul 09

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Pimsleur for Chinese

pureguitarfury @pureguitarfury (54) • United States 9 Feb 07

I'm wanting to learn chinese and was thinking of purchasing the pimsleur course for this. Has anyone else used it/tried it? I realize this is just for speaking, and I'll seek other sources for learning the grammer/writing and...

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bennon I know this is from three years ago, but I'll offer my advice in case anyone else was wondering. Pimsleur's Mandarin, like all Pimsleur's tapes, does a very good job teaching the language, but for some reason they chose to use Beijing Mandarin, not Standard...

3 Jul 09

Why you choose chinese as your second language?

chenpan @chenpan (381) • China 1 May 08

Today some foreign choose chinese as their second language. Why you choose chinese as your second language?

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bennon Chinese is a very attractive language to learn because about 1 billion people speak Mandarin alone, not including the other Sinitic languages, the language is spoken by the Chinese people, who have one of the most rich cultural traditions in the world, and, as...

3 Jul 09

Chinese a difficult language? Tell me why.

wingsanctuary @wingsanctuary (163) • Malaysia 5 Nov 08

have you learnt Chinese before? What are the difficulties you face when you try to learn the language? I'm a native speaker from Malaysia, so I'm kind of curious what makes the language so difficult in the experiences of those who...

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bennon I think the things that make English hard are a) the huge amount of verb tenses and their periphrastic constructions and b) the irregularity. Chinese does not have either of those problems. It compensates for its static words (they don't conjugate or decline)...

3 Jul 09