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Me After 1 Year of Learning Chinese

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Chinese tones are a curse
Comment from : @steve00alt70

I recently started to learn chinese and I have set a very hard task to push and better myself and that us to be able to read and understand and speak mandarin in 1 year, even if its at the intermediate level
Comment from : @PopTurkey

Mandarin Chinese is designed to be learned backward you first learn the so called pictograph which is easy follow by ideograph last is the phonetic and is a dialect not a language
Comment from : @kalevra6999

2:55 brWhy the discrimination
Comment from : @MRSVR101

В принципе я английский до уровня А2 только выучил и уже начал изучать китайский (не знаю почему но китайский мне кажется легче чем английский)
Comment from : @tom-jb8td

Your video is in English
Comment from : @jacquelineanncollins7412

Really appreciated the honesty in this video I'm in a rut after 15 months Started out super enthusiastic but the progress has been so slow that I kind of want to give up
Comment from : @WikiPeoples

I'm really curious how easy you found it at first? I ask this because SO FAR (working through Paul Noble's two Chinese courses- def only beginner level) I'm legit finding it reasonable
Comment from : @FrankCastleTIG

It is absolutely correct about dont spend time on writing Chinese Typing makes it more importance nowadays There are more Americans having difficulties spelling English words correctly, but have no problem communicating with different people in the States Just live happily and life goes on
Comment from : @harice1

Interesting perspective!
Comment from : @williambreeze2659

Not at all bru unless u wanna move to China and get yo ass in a fucking prison
Comment from : @yoyoyoyoyjaj

I heard English is not being taught anymore in primary school in China, so many teachers are out of a job? Is this true?
Comment from : @johnyblitz9774

找一个中国朋友，女朋友或者男朋友，才是关键😂
Comment from : @Englishcominput

Hi there,brbrI like your channel and appreciate your honesty about learning Chinese I am a professional Chinese teacher in US I think that your tips are very helpful for language learners I recommend Peppa Pig shows to my students too 100 agree with your immersion style of language learning brbrAs for learning Chinese characters, I humbly think that the most effective way would be learning them from the most common ones to the least common With the top 140 most commonly used characters, you can recognize about 50 the characters in daily readings! After having learned the top 3,000 characters, you can read more than 99 of the characters brbrAnd, another effective way to learn Chinese characters is learning by the radicals (偏旁部首) This way, they are easier to understand and remember For example, if you use the radical 女(meaning “woman”)， you can easily learn many of the characters with this radical: 妈 (using the meaning of 女 and the sound of “马”） Similar examples are: 姐、妹、姑、娘、嫂、婶,etcbrbrThey are just my humble suggestions for Chinese language learners Hope they help brbrThank you for your great videos! brbrMay DeLosh
Comment from : @maydelosh

I am a Chinese native I’m learning English, I know it is hard to learn a language so I’d like to help people who are learning Chinese And if it is possible, we can teach each other😁
Comment from : @FrankSun-p6q

Just be able to understand and speak and read is enough
Comment from : @ChangHit00

Lol have girlfriend or boyfriend to learn chinese 😂 I don’t think it works for me When I leant German, at the moment we broke up I stop learning it, hahaha So make a normal friend is better idea
Comment from : @Lizziee_90

you didn't answer the question on the thumbnail is this a trick?
Comment from : @ginxxxxx

不是，人家中文口音已经比我的根准-brHis Chinese pronunciation is already better than mine brobrbrCongrats on getting this far! Although I'm a native, I remember my pronunciation getting worse as I wasn't speaking it as much Never would have been able to practice 20 minutes a day, never mind an hour Respect
Comment from : @Seraphina-n7c

However, as a Chinese, it is also difficult for me to learn English, especially English listening I can hardly understand an English-speaking video without subtitle When you link some syllables together, sometimes, I will think if it is a new word for me But actually, they are just some words which i am familiar with, not new vocabulary 😭😭😭
Comment from : @Huangyufei-zz2bh

It's not the most difficult language for sure There's a lot in common between English and Chinese Both use svo I started learning 20 years ago and I'm still learning a lot but progress goes in waves The key is to memorize tons of vocab I just finished memorizing the Hsk 9 list and it took about three years But actually using the words right and being able to do that will probably take another five years So even getting to level six is just scratching the surface So yeah even after 20 years to talk just like they do with all of the different idioms and expressions still evades me Realistically it probably takes about 30 years to get to around native level
Comment from : @justinmodessa5444

Writing is not a waste of time lol
Comment from : @joze2003

Congratulations man! I've been living in Xiamen for one year now and so many people never give Mandarin a proper go Not uncommon to meet people who have been there for 15-20 years and speak virtually zero Chinese The feeling of reward you get when you've put in so much effort and you finally get to some "non-trivial" conversations is priceless! Thanks a lot for sharing your insights
Comment from : @etienneonearth

Yes, it is worth it
Comment from : @danielwhite8477

Informative! Thank u
Comment from : @eliaszeray7981

good advice, its helpful for my English learning, help me know whats different in both of two languages
Comment from : @rsu82

3:11 Indeee motivation is key as well
Comment from : @gabrielgarmendia4144

Here 我老師 Sometimes give us Peppa pig 本野鳥，重u笨，的刻 Because well Jaj Cool, righ Btw 臥室嘎嘎from this acc Bliss
Comment from : @gabrielgarmendia4144

I would say for me I've been learning Chinese for over 6 years now And in my opinion, I think writing is only important if you're going to utilize it in a career or area that involves you having to writing Chinese characters Like I am Chinese teacher/tutor and translator And for me it's crucial to know how to write Chinese characters because If I myself don't even know how to write the character I and teaching that's a problem So, I think yes, it's important to know how to write Chinese if you're going to be using the characters in some shape or form But if you plan not ever writing Chinese at all than I don't think it's necessary (Although I think it's fun to write haha)
Comment from : @queenfilmknowledge8007

thank you, it‘s so pratical I’m gonna teach Chinese to my schoolmate in high school in America It is amazing to know how people think when they first learn this language
Comment from : @ZiyinSu

Thank you for making this! I am a Spanish living in UK and I started to learn Chinese (in my second language lol) back in January I do write in hanzi and in pinyin and as you said, I really feel that takes so much time since a single lesson cant take me over an hour and I just learned a few of words when I finish, but I love it and it actually helps me to focus and to memorise At the present I am able to recognise some characters straight away and is so rewarding What app would you say is the best in order to practise conversation? Struggling with thisat the moment Peppa Pig is my best resource as well!
Comment from : @estefaniavillaririberri3412

Cantonese is much harder than Mandarin
Comment from : @milesp2260

Great job!! Chinese really is hard - especially for a scandinavian
Comment from : @FinanceAlex

Pleco mentioned!!!!! i use that app all the time as a kid when learning chinese
Comment from : @chapstick-lr2ir

I really wanna learn this language bro
Comment from : @shadrachwilson1211

Thank you for sharing your experience
Comment from : @boliviareports

You cannot really learn Mandarin without acquiring at least 4-5,000 characters Sure, if you just want to say howdedudee forget it But anyone with a brain cell wants to acquire the written language And, do not be fooled, there is NO SHORT CUT to massive memory learning
Comment from : @keithrobert5117

Write radical and add stroke to change Character Eg 木，add stroke 林，材，李，休brWrite 麻 add stroke to change 麻将，磨，摩，糜烂，痳，淋雨。br氵related to water add stroke 海洋，河，江湖，江。br冫related to low temperature Eg 冰，冲凉，冷。speak to handphone screen For iPhone users download Sogou keyboard
Comment from : @AJLIM-q9c

Dude atleast you can do that much after 1 year 😢😢
Comment from : @heramb575

for native speaker pronunciation seem so natural to me just like tenses so not natural to chinese speaker, that's so unnatural
Comment from : @yinhau

these two language are so different in many aspect，when Andre said"it will cost almostly 2800 hours to speak mandarin fluently for a native English speaker",i realize as a chinese native speaker,so do ii can accelerate the retention by costing more hours per day，but this procession still needs approximately 5 years
Comment from : @肯奇塔姆-l7m

学习汉语最重要的是达意
Comment from : @liEaston

I live in Changzhou! I am from Russia and I am studying Chinese ❤
Comment from : @ОльгаЛих-ж3ц

I want to know how you memorize Chinese Characters instead of not focusing on writing
Comment from : @kaykhant7579

Best of luck to you and I love the enthusiasm! That said, I do think writing is worth it Writing Chinese every day has helped my reading a lot and also transformed my brain in a sense I think it's worth it
Comment from : @alchemist_one

"I don't recommend spending time in learning to write" sorry to disagree, but it has a return there By getting in touch with the language by all means your brains gets used to it You can't have shortcuts Even still if you are only gonna use it to speak, if you really want to leans a language it is crucial to dive into all of it brAren't people unable to read or write called illiterate?
Comment from : @RodrigoCanchola

is that Changzhou? I literally saw my home in the first clip, near the stadium
Comment from : @boostnicho6891

你的视频让我看得好爽吗，我认为英语是世界上最难的语言，我被英语折磨的死去活来，看到你被中文折磨，哈哈哈，我瞬间平衡了，好爽啊，看你被折磨的视频，哈哈哈，太爽了
Comment from : @jinxianlai

rubbish intro, banging and you been rude to your audience who are watching You want a smack bum?
Comment from : @davewordsworth1251

Thanks Sir This inspired me a lot to be fluent in Chinese!❤
Comment from : @ephraim47

I am learning Chinese, and I have studied it seriously as a hobby for a year now I have even started a YouTube channel for it Come follow if you like!!💯😄😅
Comment from : @Longxuehan

As much as I like and support China and Chinese people on their victorious path to developement and hapiness, i can't stand your language as i see it as extremply uneffective for what it is supposed to do : communicatebrIf I had to keep a positive point from the US/Uk empires, it would be to widespread the english language which in my sens is more effective do make the job donebrSorry if it offends some chinese friends as I'm completly on their side except for this one thing
Comment from : @nessimliamani

Why learn chinese
Comment from : @user-mr8gb3jo4f

HSK 4 in one year is a remarkable achievement
Comment from : @ismiregalichkochdasjetztso3232

谢谢您分享经验。有帮厨的
Comment from : @veronicariana2295

hi，I’m Chinese and I want to learn English ,any English speaker here could help me improving my English?I will teach you how to speak Chinese mandarin for that
Comment from : @阿怪-h6v

Thanks
Comment from : @Heheh804

2400 hrs to fluency? It takes much longer than thatbrbrI redommend the Heisig book to crack down the characters
Comment from : @ubaldowmdis3422

Me after studying chinese for 7 years non stop and still at hsk 3: 👁👄👁
Comment from : @shaquilleoatmeal-uv1zf

if you say you had many chinese girlfriends but only in the span of 1 year, can you really call them girlfriends? why not just call it dating you dated a few times, that´s not having a girlfriend
Comment from : @bandinopla

I loved your video Andreyou give really great advice which also serves for learning other tough languages😁😁😁
Comment from : @TheBaroness

中国人学英语也是这样的，hhhh
Comment from : @9zrleo851

希望我可以和你交换英语能力😂😂❤我在🇨🇦，struggling with English
Comment from : @Eksksmshcywywug

My native language is arabic & I still can’t be writing Arabic without making mistakes in grammar
Comment from : @1tsaurora

学习一门语言真的是一件很酷的事。
Comment from : @tongtibai2098

I am good at HSK 1 and HSK 2 I need Chinese language translator job
Comment from : @muhammadatifwahid6996

meanwhile i have 10k hours in csgo, 12k hrs in osrs and im still shit at those games wow
Comment from : @vTartaria

Haha, I watch peppa pig to learn English and Germany
Comment from : @jinshanjinmei

Recently I've been watching a Chinese Anime about a woman who helps people and ghosts it is called "Fairies Album " It has English subtitles and the spoken language is Zhongwen I catch some of the words and this makes me really happy as I must have learnt something along the way I guess my motivation to learn Chinese is just because I find the language and culture of China so intriguing brIt is the very differences to English that I find most intriguing and I'm really in no rush to gain any proficiency , I'm just enjoying the journey 🤔😊
Comment from : @rexnemo

哈哈哈哈哈,我突然想到开心的事
Comment from : @zakiargen9371

How any white man can learn Chinese is beyond me!
Comment from : @merc340sr

My native language is Chinese, and I want to find a native English speaker who is learning Chinese, contact me!
Comment from : @yagangcai9693

Im a brit So I no idea why im reading the English subtitles 😅😂
Comment from : @GardenNHS

I love writing I like it way more than learning Haha best feeling when you get the perfect stroke you were going for
Comment from : @olsefskimatt3469

Peppa Pig is by far the best series for learning a language, because of the easy structured sentences and the easy vocabulary
Comment from : @0VELVETVOICE0

Can you tell us more about the translator pen you use?
Comment from : @yimengxuezhongwen

你说的太对了
Comment from : @worldofgames7000

It is real torture
Comment from : @erchitkhuch9552

Great job sir thanks for uploading such informative knowledge ❤
Comment from : @umargul5644

I love Andre's strategic tips like listening to Chinese media, getting a language exchange partner, reading material at your level, etc I've found all those things crucial as well My one addition would be singing along to Chinese songs! It really builds flair for tones and vocabulary
Comment from : @MandarinVista

"Get a chinese girlfriend so you can use her to learn speaking chinese (It didn't work out)"brbrYeah, no kidding That's predatory behaviour
Comment from : @KyleMcMullan_Musician

你真棒❤👍🏻 成功的秘诀就是”坚持”二字！你一定可以的，看好你 ✨
Comment from : @MotherEarth573

小学看图作文（
Comment from : @CherikoM

😂What ?
Comment from : @herbst8382

Bro I have been learning English for 9 years and I still can't talk 😑🔫
Comment from : @melmetyus

I've started watching and listening everything in Chinese and now I'm feeling depressed 😂😂brDon't understand a thing with my hsk2brBut i don't want to watch peppa pig No way Never
Comment from : @scapegoat5143

It helps me when I write characters, and understand radicals, depends on preference
Comment from : @louvetteuy8610

you know what, the hardest part learning Mandarin is if you r traveling to China for improving your Mandarin skill, Chinese people rather practice their English with you😅
Comment from : @Leo-bj3od

Hahaha ups!!! I focus all my time on writing 😂😂😂
Comment from : @bojkoyairkuzmanovskireyes3677

Hey Andre! It's so impressive and inspiring seeing you learning Chinese as a foreigner! Chinese is one of my native languages, and your Chinese is great, keep it up!
Comment from : @Shin-777