xuechengfeng Posted June 3, 2004 at 08:42 PM Report Share Posted June 3, 2004 at 08:42 PM My goal is very LOFTY!!! but by the end of my death i'd like to know all east asian languages, chinese, korean, japanese, vietnamese, and cantonese possibly (am i forgetting ne???). no need to tell me i'm an idiot for chasing this goal, i know!! but could anyone possibly give me links to books or maybe some (cheap) audio tapes where i could get a start on this in a couple years not for chinese though, i'm already a year up on that, unless you can recommned a book that has good slang, stuff not taught in american school 謝謝你們﹗﹗ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted June 3, 2004 at 11:22 PM Report Share Posted June 3, 2004 at 11:22 PM It is good to be ambitious. I don't mean to say you are an idiot, but your post reminds me of this (you know what the English is) - 貪多嚼不爛 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xuechengfeng Posted June 3, 2004 at 11:27 PM Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2004 at 11:27 PM I'm not familiar with the characters, but from what I looked up, I'm assuming it is saying I'm trying to "bite off more than I can chew?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quest Posted June 4, 2004 at 02:25 AM Report Share Posted June 4, 2004 at 02:25 AM missed mongolian, tibetan, shanghainess(ala wont forgive you for this!), minnan, minbei, + other chinese dialects........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xuechengfeng Posted June 4, 2004 at 02:29 AM Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2004 at 02:29 AM aiya!!! i need to get moving and stop typing!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pazu Posted June 4, 2004 at 04:01 AM Report Share Posted June 4, 2004 at 04:01 AM Here's a summary of Vietnamese reference reviewed by me... have a look http://www.pazu.com/vietnamese/ Here's another website (well... also made by me, haha), http://kongjr.blogspot.com/ Photolog with Chinese, English, Japanese and Vietnamese. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galitonwu Posted June 4, 2004 at 04:37 AM Report Share Posted June 4, 2004 at 04:37 AM There a 56 nations in China , many of nations has their own language and character . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xuechengfeng Posted June 4, 2004 at 04:55 AM Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2004 at 04:55 AM sorry i suppose i should have added the most prevalent languages. thanks for the suggestion pazu, i ordered the Vietnamese rough guide by Penguin group book, very cheap!! hopefully it is as good as you say and i can pick up a few things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhchao Posted June 4, 2004 at 06:05 AM Report Share Posted June 4, 2004 at 06:05 AM Good luck I recommend this book for Japanese. You won't find this book in many bookstores. The book uses Japanese hiragana and katakana to teach the reader. It gives an English word like "book", but it won't put "hon" right next to it. It will put the Japanese hiragana characters for "book" right next to that word. I think this is a better way of learning than using English letters to spell out how it would sound in Japanese. This is my preference though. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/4789009637/102-0527740-2783310?v=glance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Yau Posted June 4, 2004 at 05:23 PM Report Share Posted June 4, 2004 at 05:23 PM I met a german a year ago, he spoke fluent mandarin, english and german, fairly good cantonese, and apparently wonderful japanese, spanish, french too. I was quite surprised on that and asked if he's doing any linguistic study. Then he said he's just a worker to repair the ceiling, but he played no tv game, no film and seldom watch TV, so he spent time by learning languages. What a bravo hobby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quest Posted June 4, 2004 at 06:04 PM Report Share Posted June 4, 2004 at 06:04 PM thanks for the suggestion pazu, i ordered the Vietnamese rough guide by Penguin group book, very cheap!! hopefully it is as good as you say and i can pick up a few things. I see you are learning 3 languages all at once!! bon courage! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xuechengfeng Posted June 9, 2004 at 02:35 AM Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2004 at 02:35 AM i just received the rough guide in the mail today pazu, looks like a good explanatory book! 謝謝您﹗﹗ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pazu Posted June 9, 2004 at 03:27 AM Report Share Posted June 9, 2004 at 03:27 AM Yes, it's good. But be careful about the pronunciation guide, it's a guide for tourist and travellers alike, not for a serious learners. You really have to find a VN friend to help you on this. ... indeed even if you come to VN you will still face a big problem about the pronunication problem..... haha. Okay, no problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xuechengfeng Posted June 10, 2004 at 02:32 AM Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2004 at 02:32 AM I think I basically have 4 tones of Mandarin down, but I am having trouble grasping the idea of 6 tones. Do you know where I can find a keyboard for Vietnamese? Maybe you could help me as I progress in my studies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pazu Posted June 10, 2004 at 07:57 AM Report Share Posted June 10, 2004 at 07:57 AM Please have a look of my reference website again here: http://www.pazu.com/vietnamese/website.html Check the program of "WinVN", it can let you type Vietnamese. And you should ask NNT if you have any Vietnamese problem, because I'm just a newbie! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dingo Posted July 7, 2004 at 11:51 AM Report Share Posted July 7, 2004 at 11:51 AM you dont need to be dead to know all these languages my dad is only 50 something and he can speak fluent mandarin, cantonese, teochew, japanese, english and german.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HashiriKata Posted September 26, 2004 at 02:28 PM Report Share Posted September 26, 2004 at 02:28 PM xuechengfeng, If you can keep up with all three foreign languages at the same time, it'll be an amirable effort and you'll reap the reward (later on) that Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese all have around 70% of their wordstock in common (example of "dictionary": jiten (J), cidian ©, tudien (V)). I think there will be a lot of resources around for learning Chinese & Japanese but if you got stuck with Vietnamese, I may be able help if you let me know. Good luck! HK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiYuanXi Posted September 27, 2004 at 07:13 AM Report Share Posted September 27, 2004 at 07:13 AM Looks like over here nobody speaks any form Min nan dialect. Yoo hoo~ Anybody speaks Min nan here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBC Posted November 20, 2004 at 02:10 AM Report Share Posted November 20, 2004 at 02:10 AM Vietnam belongs to SE Asia I think. Within China there are over 80 languages spoken by Chinese minorites. Within Han Chinese there are 7 main dialects(languages), each with several branches. Try hard!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xuechengfeng Posted November 20, 2004 at 05:13 AM Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2004 at 05:13 AM I've realized this goal sucked and it's hard enough learning one complex language. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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