Learning Mandarin

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  fossilfuel on 04/06/2017 - 19:02

  +2

  Memrise

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    subywagon on 04/06/2017 - 19:17

    +1 Memrise.

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    PVA on 05/06/2017 - 22:26

    What do the purchases get you? $15 to $90 in app purchase. Would that be language packs?

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  KitchenSink on 04/06/2017 - 19:42

  Youtube the videos

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  chumlee on 04/06/2017 - 20:33

  +1

  I'm still trying to learn Apple

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  Richardc on 04/06/2017 - 21:05

  +3

  If You Are the One (game show)

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  airzone on 04/06/2017 - 21:08

  Just need to learn the essentials - "wo ai ni" and "ta ma de"

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    dcep on 04/06/2017 - 21:15

    +3

    i love you and his mother ?

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      airzone on 04/06/2017 - 21:22

      Something for the people you like, and something for the rest..

      I suppose you could add nihao to the list if you want to break the ice before they break your face lol

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      tajid on 04/06/2017 - 22:34

      +1

      lol ta ma de is like FU.

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    Yummy on 04/06/2017 - 21:17

    Please use the latter if you see any Chinese passing by infront of you. It's a polite way of saying "Hi". There is a chance you might get a red envelope from 'em.

    Source: a Chinese friend.

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      airzone on 04/06/2017 - 21:21

      Very similar to saying lang loy hum chut to the office ladies in Hong Kong.

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        Yummy on 04/06/2017 - 21:24

        Aah, "you are beautiful can we have a date".

        Thanks Google.

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        airzone on 04/06/2017 - 21:38

        Yeeesssss. That's exactly it.

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  Jkothuru on 04/06/2017 - 21:55

  Thanks mate… Memrise looks good… but it says annual fee… is not a free app?

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    poboy on 05/06/2017 - 12:19

    Sometimes you need to pay for quality.

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    fossilfuel on 05/06/2017 - 13:58

    You pay a fee to get extra modules and exercises. The basics are more than enough to learn Chinese adequately.

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  tajid on 04/06/2017 - 22:37

  Find a chinese gf, can cook, clean and teach you mandarin :)

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    airzone on 04/06/2017 - 23:26

    +2

    Unless you end up with a Shanghai girl - in which case it's the reverse.

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      tajid on 04/06/2017 - 23:30

      you teach em mando? lol

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        bdl on 04/06/2017 - 23:42

        +1

        they teach you pain

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  87percent on 05/06/2017 - 10:08

  Du Chinese (not sure if its on IOS) on Android is excellent

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  tardis3 on 05/06/2017 - 11:38

  I checked the IOS APP store and found the following

  Memrise - offers in app purchases
  Du Chinese - offers in app purchases
  ChineseSkill - Learn Mandarin Chinese - offers in app purchases
  Learn languages with Rosetta Stone - offers in app purchases
  learn Chinese - Mandarin Phrasebook for Travel in China - offers in app purchases
  learn Chinese (Mandarin) by Brainscape - offers in app purchases
  helloChinese - Learn Chinese mandarin - offers in app purchases
  Mandarin Chinese by Nemo - Free Language learning app - offers in app purchases
  learn Chinese (Mandarin) by MindSnacks - offers in app purchases
  Learn Mandarin Chinese - Phrases & Words - offers in app purchases

  Can't decide which one to commit to

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  Pumpkin_rrr on 05/06/2017 - 14:40

  Ni hao! Call me Old School, but I cant learn from Apps. To make it worse, Mandarin is not an easy language to learn…. If you learn on your own, there's no one there to comment on your pronunciation.
  I would recommend listening to/watching Mandarin nursery rhymes, do Mandarin Karaoke (with pingyin), watch Chinese dramas (not period or anything too deep) and live with Chinese.
  How I learned Cantonese was during my hostel days, stayed in a dorm full of Cantonese, and they refuse to speak any other language with me. Learned it in under a month. Of course I know other Chinese but Cantonese is different.

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    Yummy on 05/06/2017 - 22:23

    And plenty of Jackie Chan's movies…

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      Pumpkin_rrr on 08/06/2017 - 09:19

      Hmm maybe not. He speaks Cantonese and just learned Mandarin. Not proficient and funny pronunciation.