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Subconscious Language Learning How do you learn Chinese? This question seems to have as many answers as there are stars in the sky.The phonological system of the modern language of Chinese, is made up of TONES, SYLLABLES, and VOWELS. Chinese can be displayed as letters using a Romanized spelling system called Pinyin. There are 25 letters from the English language used to speak Chinese, the letter 'V' is not used, and the letter 'u' is used to vocalize the vowel 'yu' . 20 of the letters are consonants and three of these are combinations of two letters; 'zh' 'ch' and 'sh'. There ar 6 vowel letters or sounds; 'a'o'e'i'u'ü' or 'yu' In addition to consonants and vowels, there are four distinct TONES used to correctly pronounce the language. These are; 1-High and long 2-Rising and long 3-Low and short 4-Falling and short Chinese syllables are made up of consonants, vowels, and tones. They have an initial sound, and a final sound, or everything that follows. The hardest part of learning to write Chinese is remembering a thousand or more characters. Pinyin is a spelling system that uses a romanized alphabet to write Chinese on the computer. the trick is going form reading and writing pinyin to writing character texts. One solution is phonetically annotated character texts. The phonetic annotation of characters displays the character for the text as well as the romanized pinyin representation af the word or phrase Here are some tips to help you learn how to speak the language, it can be relatively simple, even considering the difficulty of the language; 1-Repetition. Learn one word or letter.Say it slowly, then say that word over and over. The hard part is By doing this you will eventually create a pattern and a tempo that your brain will remember the next time you recall the word. 2-Immerse yourself in the language. Watch Chinese TV shows and films. Go to Chinese restaurants and talk with your server. You will find out quickly that there are several dialects, pronunciations, and versions of the same word in the same language. 3-On-Line Tutorials. The Internet is an invaluable resource for learning a new language. If you take a little time to look at the different programs and learning systems offered on the world wide web, I'm sure you will find one that will fit into your way of learning and remembering new thing. It has been my opinion that you should not force yourself to memorize vast amounts of words, syllables, and phrases, that are irrellevant to your casual or daily use of Chinese. Rather try to become familiar with common words, phrases, and sentences, so you build a solid foundation and at least a limited understanding of the language. Then you can slowly introduce yourself to the characters and symbols in a system that links them to words that you can already vocalize. However, learning Chinese can take a year or more before you are conversing fluently. There are simply to many traditional characters to learn in a short amount of time. But if you are serious then stick to it and you will go far. Have fun |
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