Your explanations are so clear!! When you compare it to English, it makes me realize that I’ve been making learning Mandarin harder than it needs to be! Lol and I’m also grateful I was born speaking English because I don’t think I could learn it now😂😂😂
hahaha I'm glad you feel that way! But honestly I don't think English is too hard either. There's a reason why it became the "international language" 😉
Native English speaker (of Chinese ethnicity) here. Stumbled across your video thanks to the algorithm. Everything you have said in this video is fact! I wonder how different things would have been if I had been taught Chinese at school level this way instead of via rote memorisation and a huge dose of "get good or get out" (which I'm sure is common across most if not all Mandarin-speaking cultures). All that said, your video has motivated me to try and relearn Chinese at my own pace. Thank you.
Well, if you are complaining about conjugation in english language, I would highly recommend german language. Also our slavic language has 6 grammatical cases of nouns, and only recently ditching locative case like in Latin language. :)
Honestly the fear of messing up pronunciation. I’m German and in German, while pronunciation of a word does matter, we rarely have cases where very similar sounding words mean very different things 😅 but your video made me a bit more confident in tones, even if that will probably take me a lot of time. Also the “r” sound 😅
@@isa.7151 Don't worry too much! Just do you best and SPEAK UP! It'll build your confidence, and even if you make mistakes, it's just opportunities to learn! :)
I have been thinking over the past 4 years that I have been here in China that the language is so difficult but after your video my view of the language has changed a bit, and I can see what you mean about other languages having to deal with so many rules and genders and stuff, being myself a Spanish native never thought about these things.
The pronounciation! How to differentiate zh, c, q. And, is it true when you say the consonant at the end of the word, it sounds like a little disappear? For example: xihuan is pronounced like xihua.
I'm Japanese, but one of the most difficult things in Chinese is pronunciation! On the other hand, we luckily have an advantage on learning vocabulary and 汉字. For instance, 安心(anshin) and 安心(an1xin1) are the same with the meaning and 汉字. For another example, 理想(risou) and 理想(li3xiang3) are different in pronunciation but still, the meaning and 汉字 are the same. But sometimes, I get confused with a false friend like "手纸 ", because "手纸" means a letter in Japanese. lol
hahaha yes! I actually made a video about this th-cam.com/users/shortsQtWlBj1zwaA?feature=share And it's so cool that we have so much shared characters & words. When I was learning Japanese, I feel the great advantage to know Kanji too! 😉
I agree. Only the sentence structure is making me crazy, but not because it's hard to understand but because it's different from western languages. But all in all its indeed a very logical and easy to learn langauge. Thank you for sharing your facts with us. 🧡
Thank you for your comment! You're right. Although the basic sentence structure is the same, there are still many differences. I'll make videos to talk about them in the future! 😉
Thank you for your explanation and your video, I'm studying Chinese since some month and you made my day just by accomplishing your mission 😄 谢谢老师, 祝你一切顺利, 迫不及待地想看你的下一个视频!!! 再见🙋♂️
Holly!!! When I was a kid my parents made me take many years of Chinese classes. Didn’t learned much at all. I learned to understand how mandarin works then the classes I took from you lol. I’m a Cantonese speaker and trying to learn mandarin right now. Hopefully your classes/videos can help ❤
Hi .. your teaching with simple explanations makes it seems easy. I liked that & congratulations. thanks for all your efforts with my best wishes and regards.God bless you and good luck.👏👌👍😍💐🙋🏻
Your explanations are so awesome ! You even can speak English fluently. For me, as Indonesian born Chinese it's very hard to recognize or use tones in Mandarin because we are influenced with local accents of Indonesian, such as Javanese, Sundanese, etc. I know now. It shouldn't have been that hard to learn Mandarin.. Xie-xie, lao shi ! I did auto subscribe.. Your video is so amazing !
Yeah. I can understand it's hard to get rid of first language influence when learning a new language. But have faith that practice will make it better! Ask your Chinese friends to correct you whenever they can will help too! 😊
Thanks for this useful video.. I started studying chinese maybe 3 weeks ago and . The tips you gave really helped me increase my enthusiasm for learning mandarin :)..
Linglong Laoshi, thanks a bunch for such an encouraging video! For those of us who are willing but hesitant in learning Mandarin, there it is!! I can't wait for classes to resume! I guess while I wait, I'll put this video on loop mode 哈哈哈
I'm not sure your first point is an advantage. The limited number of sounds in Mandarin, combined with the fact that the vast majority of Chinese words are only 1 or 2 syllables long, means that so many words sound alike. (Mandarin, infamously, has a lot of homophones!!!)
That's a fair point! But i still think it's an advantage in terms of mastering the pronunciation. As for words that sound alike, i don't know if it's easier to memorize words with same sound different meaning, or different sound for different meaning
@@linglongmandarin Thanks for the reply. For me (I can't speak for others) it is hard to memorise similar sounding words. The fact that Mandarin has a plethora of homophones is one of the 3 reasons why I'm put off trying to learn Mandarin again. (I tried once before, but failed badly!) The other reasons are difficult pronunciations and tones, and the characters.
i want to learn again my chinese, i know how to speak cantonese, shanghainese and taiwanese, but some i forget already since i come back here in Philippines, want to learn again, thanks for sharing this tutorial😊☺️🥰👌🇵🇭
I really am enjoying learning Chinese. The pronouns are super easy which is a relief but of course the characters are taking a lot of tough memorization and I’m going very slowly. I’m trying to focus on making sure I remember the tones as part of the meaning of each word. I am currently learning about money and numbers, but I am having a tough time about when to use 二 VS 两 .
It's true. Characters can take a lot of time to process in the beginning, but you're doing a great job! And actually I wrote an E-book to teach people all about Chinese numbers, will release it later this month. I think it'll be very helpful for your learning! You can follow my IG (linglongmandarin) to make sure you don't miss it!
Great video, I do find sentence structure difficult. I often say, 中文语法很难。At hsk 3 there seems to be so many grammar rules, and don’t yet have a good system to remember them. (I know I need to study more btw), on characters, I totally understand what you say, but wow, I find I forget them quickly, it’s a constant daily review, and I have to make up strange weird stories about the characters to remember them… is that normal? Great video, highly watchable, interesting, also entertaining, your passion really comes through and despite what I wrote above, I agree with all your points 😂🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻
Thank you so much for your kind comment! and YES! I actually encourage my students to use their imagination when studying 汉字. eg. 坐 looks like two people sitting on the ground. It's funny and effective. So use whatever method works for you!
I need the logical explanation behind 前面（in front) 后面（behind) but when it comes to day 前天， 前 become days back while 后 means day after today (basically days in front)
It shows that in the chinese conception, the past is in front of you, and the future is behind you. Which makes sense because you can see the past, but you can’t see the future.
I wasn’t aware there’s no difference between formal and informal :o I always thought China was simply more relaxed with it than Korea and Japan lol. Because of honorifics like 哥哥 and 姐姐 I always assumed it was similar to these two languages so this is very interesting. But it is still common to address people older than you with respect, right? Does this happen between friends of a different age or in relationships, too?
If you want to address someone politely (older people, your superior, etc), you can use 您 nín instead of 你. But other than that, who you speak to doesn't really affect the speech rules :)
It is easier than Japanese that’s for sure. I’ve been studying Japanese for over a year now and still don’t have a firm grasp on their sentence structure
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Your explanations are so clear!! When you compare it to English, it makes me realize that I’ve been making learning Mandarin harder than it needs to be! Lol and I’m also grateful I was born speaking English because I don’t think I could learn it now😂😂😂
hahaha I'm glad you feel that way! But honestly I don't think English is too hard either. There's a reason why it became the "international language" 😉
Great video! So easy to understand and this just made me want to learn Chinese. Let’s go Linglong!🔥
😘😘😘
Native English speaker (of Chinese ethnicity) here. Stumbled across your video thanks to the algorithm.
Everything you have said in this video is fact! I wonder how different things would have been if I had been taught Chinese at school level this way instead of via rote memorisation and a huge dose of "get good or get out" (which I'm sure is common across most if not all Mandarin-speaking cultures). All that said, your video has motivated me to try and relearn Chinese at my own pace. Thank you.
Well, if you are complaining about conjugation in english language, I would highly recommend german language.
Also our slavic language has 6 grammatical cases of nouns, and only recently ditching locative case like in Latin language. :)
That sounds so simple. I'd like to learn chinese. My ancestors are chinese immigrants
Do you think Chinese is hard to learn? What's the most challenging part for you?
Honestly the fear of messing up pronunciation.
I’m German and in German, while pronunciation of a word does matter, we rarely have cases where very similar sounding words mean very different things 😅 but your video made me a bit more confident in tones, even if that will probably take me a lot of time.
Also the “r” sound 😅
@@isa.7151 Don't worry too much! Just do you best and SPEAK UP! It'll build your confidence, and even if you make mistakes, it's just opportunities to learn! :)
I have been thinking over the past 4 years that I have been here in China that the language is so difficult but after your video my view of the language has changed a bit, and I can see what you mean about other languages having to deal with so many rules and genders and stuff, being myself a Spanish native never thought about these things.
The pronounciation! How to differentiate zh, c, q.
And, is it true when you say the consonant at the end of the word, it sounds like a little disappear? For example: xihuan is pronounced like xihua.
I'm Japanese, but one of the most difficult things in Chinese is pronunciation! On the other hand, we luckily have an advantage on learning vocabulary and 汉字. For instance, 安心(anshin) and 安心(an1xin1) are the same with the meaning and 汉字. For another example, 理想(risou) and 理想(li3xiang3) are different in pronunciation but still, the meaning and 汉字 are the same. But sometimes, I get confused with a false friend like "手纸 ", because "手纸" means a letter in Japanese. lol
hahaha yes! I actually made a video about this th-cam.com/users/shortsQtWlBj1zwaA?feature=share
And it's so cool that we have so much shared characters & words. When I was learning Japanese, I feel the great advantage to know Kanji too! 😉
Thank you very much❤❤❤
I need to learn CHINESE
Its so helpful
I thought it would be so impossibly hard until I started my first class and then it was surprisingly easy
Fantastic explanation. Thank you ❤
Im wainting for the next
Iinglong, thank you for your learning videos, you present your videos very comfortably and fun to watch
Wooow! For the first time I feel like I should try to learn Mandarin! This was so simple and inspiring! 🤩
Hehe thank you! I have a new class for complete beginners starting in March. You can find details on my website: linglongmandarin.com 🙋🏻♀️
You go girl, your content is fire 🔥, love it. Keep it up the good work, you’re a great teacher. I’ll watch all your videos ❤️🇨🇳 Wo ai zhongguo.
I agree. Only the sentence structure is making me crazy, but not because it's hard to understand but because it's different from western languages. But all in all its indeed a very logical and easy to learn langauge. Thank you for sharing your facts with us. 🧡
Thank you for your comment! You're right. Although the basic sentence structure is the same, there are still many differences. I'll make videos to talk about them in the future! 😉
Thanks for this video! I just got back into studying Mandarin again and I was feeling overwhelmed, but this video made it a lot better 😭
Thank you for your explanation and your video, I'm studying Chinese since some month and you made my day just by accomplishing your mission 😄
谢谢老师, 祝你一切顺利, 迫不及待地想看你的下一个视频!!!
再见🙋♂️
谢谢你的支持～🥰
不客气 @@linglongmandarin 😊
Holly!!! When I was a kid my parents made me take many years of Chinese classes. Didn’t learned much at all. I learned to understand how mandarin works then the classes I took from you lol. I’m a Cantonese speaker and trying to learn mandarin right now. Hopefully your classes/videos can help ❤
Hi .. your teaching with simple explanations makes it seems easy. I liked that & congratulations. thanks for all your efforts with my best wishes and regards.God bless you and good luck.👏👌👍😍💐🙋🏻
Your explanations are so awesome ! You even can speak English fluently. For me, as Indonesian born Chinese it's very hard to recognize or use tones in Mandarin because we are influenced with local accents of Indonesian, such as Javanese, Sundanese, etc.
I know now. It shouldn't have been that hard to learn Mandarin.. Xie-xie, lao shi !
I did auto subscribe.. Your video is so amazing !
Yeah. I can understand it's hard to get rid of first language influence when learning a new language. But have faith that practice will make it better! Ask your Chinese friends to correct you whenever they can will help too! 😊
Thank you, Linglong laoshi. Hopefully I could learn and master Mandarin easier like you have stated 😁
我喜欢这个视频，听英语版母语教学可以提升我的英语，很不错的方法
哈哈，谢谢你！欢迎分享给更多人哦~
Thanks for this useful video.. I started studying chinese maybe 3 weeks ago and . The tips you gave really helped me increase my enthusiasm for learning mandarin :)..
that's so good to know! Good luck with your learning😊 And you're always welcome to check out my online courses as well! 👉linglongmandarin.com
Linglong Laoshi, thanks a bunch for such an encouraging video! For those of us who are willing but hesitant in learning Mandarin, there it is!! I can't wait for classes to resume! I guess while I wait, I'll put this video on loop mode 哈哈哈
哈哈你是圣玲吗? i do hope this video can inspire more people to start learning!
I’ve been watching your clips on wechat, I had no idea you had a TH-cam channel until 30 seconds ago, you’ve a new subscriber!
Noice!!! I'm glad you found my channel! 😊
Im so glad i found this video, thank you very much ❤
Wow, i'm even more eager 2 learn chinese now💚💕🙌👏🙌👏💜👌
OMG I love the way you explain :3 I'd love to learn Chinese 🎉
Yay!!! Let's goooo
it's so hard it haunts me today. I have anxiety and therapy bills to prove it. Mandarin is the bane of my existence. Whatever now I know.....
Thank you very much for explanation... 👍👍
Great way to teach Chinese, I really appreciate you 👍
Need more videos
A very beautiful way to teach Chinese. Thank you
Thank you! Please share with more people so I can keep making great content!😊
I'm not sure your first point is an advantage. The limited number of sounds in Mandarin, combined with the fact that the vast majority of Chinese words are only 1 or 2 syllables long, means that so many words sound alike. (Mandarin, infamously, has a lot of homophones!!!)
That's a fair point! But i still think it's an advantage in terms of mastering the pronunciation. As for words that sound alike, i don't know if it's easier to memorize words with same sound different meaning, or different sound for different meaning
@@linglongmandarin Thanks for the reply. For me (I can't speak for others) it is hard to memorise similar sounding words. The fact that Mandarin has a plethora of homophones is one of the 3 reasons why I'm put off trying to learn Mandarin again. (I tried once before, but failed badly!) The other reasons are difficult pronunciations and tones, and the characters.
Great Teacher ! Great Video!
谢谢~~
I lllooooved chinese language. But i was always afraid of learning it. But after this, i guess imma give it a go. Thanks a lot.
Noice! Let's goooo
You make my mandarin easy ❤
Im 13 years in and i still only know 20% chinese 😂 it is extremely hard .
i want to learn again my chinese, i know how to speak cantonese, shanghainese and taiwanese, but some i forget already since i come back here in Philippines, want to learn again, thanks for sharing this tutorial😊☺️🥰👌🇵🇭
Wow, you speak more Chinese dialects than I do!
I really am enjoying learning Chinese. The pronouns are super easy which is a relief but of course the characters are taking a lot of tough memorization and I’m going very slowly. I’m trying to focus on making sure I remember the tones as part of the meaning of each word. I am currently learning about money and numbers, but I am having a tough time about when to use 二 VS 两 .
It's true. Characters can take a lot of time to process in the beginning, but you're doing a great job! And actually I wrote an E-book to teach people all about Chinese numbers, will release it later this month. I think it'll be very helpful for your learning!
You can follow my IG (linglongmandarin) to make sure you don't miss it!
Great video, I do find sentence structure difficult. I often say, 中文语法很难。At hsk 3 there seems to be so many grammar rules, and don’t yet have a good system to remember them. (I know I need to study more btw), on characters, I totally understand what you say, but wow, I find I forget them quickly, it’s a constant daily review, and I have to make up strange weird stories about the characters to remember them… is that normal? Great video, highly watchable, interesting, also entertaining, your passion really comes through and despite what I wrote above, I agree with all your points 😂🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻
Thank you so much for your kind comment!
and YES! I actually encourage my students to use their imagination when studying 汉字. eg. 坐 looks like two people sitting on the ground. It's funny and effective. So use whatever method works for you!
Amazing
Thank you! I really hope more people can see it 😇
You mention 161 video right?, but why i only can see 5 videos? Where's the rest?
I've been told you need to know 3k characters to be able to read like a news paper, is this true? Thanks for your video
yes, depending on the difficulty of the article of course, but 3K is a good amount
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PS: you look cute ✨
haha thank you! At first I felt awkward on camera but once I had the script ready and started "teaching", it just became natural! 🧡
Malayalam language is also tough to learn. Just try to speak one single line then you will know 😃😃
谢谢 老师
不客气！☺️
非常感谢你的视频。
I need the logical explanation behind 前面（in front) 后面（behind) but when it comes to day 前天， 前 become days back while 后 means day after today (basically days in front)
前 means before, and 后 means after.
前天 - the day before
后天 - the day after
It shows that in the chinese conception, the past is in front of you, and the future is behind you. Which makes sense because you can see the past, but you can’t see the future.
You still to memorize 40,000 characters to read anything.
Not ture... with 800 characters you can read about 85% of the texts. Even the upper intermediate level (HSK4) requires only 1200 words.
You don't need to know every word in the dictionary to be able to read English. Do you?
我真的很喜欢这个视频👏
谢谢你！麻烦多多分享给其他人哦~
@@linglongmandarin
不客气。好吧，我会
@@linglongmandarin I hope that you can bring more informative videos👍
@@And24555 For sure!
It is easy to pronounce but every hard to remember the characters.
最近我自己也发现中文不怎么难，不过还是有一些特别困难的方面。😅
你的中文非常好呀！
@@linglongmandarin 谢谢哦 你的英语也太流利啦 👍🏻 我好羡慕
amazing!!!!! 🤭😊😆
Thank you! Please share with more people so I can keep making great content!😊
@@linglongmandarin no worries, that's clearly the easy part. Your instagram is great also.
I wasn’t aware there’s no difference between formal and informal :o I always thought China was simply more relaxed with it than Korea and Japan lol. Because of honorifics like 哥哥 and 姐姐 I always assumed it was similar to these two languages so this is very interesting. But it is still common to address people older than you with respect, right? Does this happen between friends of a different age or in relationships, too?
If you want to address someone politely (older people, your superior, etc), you can use 您 nín instead of 你. But other than that, who you speak to doesn't really affect the speech rules :)
@@linglongmandarin Ooh okay I heard about 您. Thanks for clarifying! 谢谢!
我是我汉语老师
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😘😘😘有超过100个view我就满足啦！哈哈哈哈
@@linglongmandarin 很快就1000啦😉
Spanish is more dificult. Soy Argentina hablo español. 西班牙语比汉语很多困难。🧉
I agree! Btw, the sentence should be 西班牙语比汉语【困难得多】😊
It is easier than Japanese that’s for sure. I’ve been studying Japanese for over a year now and still don’t have a firm grasp on their sentence structure
I feel the same🤣
我好喜欢你的视频，天天在微信里看。继续冲冲冲！
哈哈 谢谢你！
So happy, that I’ve discovered you! Thank you for sharing useful info and best of luck in your life path! 🫶🌻