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Forum: Speaking and Listening 9th April 2004, 05:03 AM

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Chinese roots in other languages

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ala, that's really cool and it seems to make a...

ala, that's really cool and it seems to make a lot of sense.

36degN:
i dont mean Korean came from Chinese directly, or that Korean people came from Chinese people,
just that the Korean language was...

Forum: Speaking and Listening 9th April 2004, 01:40 AM

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Chinese roots in other languages

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Well the main reason I'm willing to come to this...

Well the main reason I'm willing to come to this conclusion is that I heard:

1) mandarin is new (500 yrs old?)
2) cantonese is spoken by more people, and was to an even greater degree in the...

Forum: Speaking and Listening 9th April 2004, 01:14 AM

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Chinese roots in other languages

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I noticed that some of the old poems in Chinese...

I noticed that some of the old poems in Chinese sound better in Cantonese too :)

Forum: Speaking and Listening 8th April 2004, 02:09 PM

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Chinese roots in other languages

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Quest: perfect example! :) I think similar...

Quest: perfect example! :)

I think similar things occur in Japanese too, but I have even less knowledge of that. Anyway, this
is all the more reason for me to learn Cantonese now hehe.

So since...

Forum: Speaking and Listening 7th April 2004, 02:12 PM

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Chinese roots in other languages

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Chinese roots in other languages

It has come to my attention that Mandarin is a failry young dialect perhaps. Cantonese might have
been the more prevalent dialect long ago right?

With this in mind, when noting the similarities...

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Forum: Speaking and Listening 13th June 2007, 01:46 PM

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Chinesepod.com-Does it really work?

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Re: Chinesepod.com-Does it really work?

Great question. But a little vague. What do you mean by "work"?

Maybe a good question to ask is: If someone started with no knowledge of chinese, and studied
chinesepod exclusively for one year...

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Forum: Speaking and Listening 3rd May 2007, 05:41 PM

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Steve Kaufmann - How good is he?

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Re: Steve Kaufmann - How good is he?

No. But it looks like "other" languages (French, plus a few more) start soon, or have already a
soft opening. Steve said Chinese will "come some time later". I wouldn't be surprised if it's...

Forum: Speaking and Listening 2nd May 2007, 10:56 AM

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Steve Kaufmann - How good is he?

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Re: Steve Kaufmann - How good is he?

Steves blog is still active and his new website (lingq or so) has a soft opening too.

Forum: Speaking and Listening 26th February 2007, 11:51 AM

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Steve Kaufmann - How good is he?

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Re: Steve Kaufmann - How good is he?

I find it interesting that Steve doesn't want to speak until he is fluent. On this page
http://effortlessacquisition.blogspot.com I found this:

I still do not speak Russian with anyone and...

Forum: Speaking and Listening 10th February 2007, 09:54 AM

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Steve Kaufmann - How good is he?

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Re: Steve Kaufmann - How good is he?

I wasn't really serious. His book is really good reading (I planed already to buy it a few weeks
ago, seeing him here was only the final push).

I actually fully agree, there are plenty of very good...

Forum: Speaking and Listening 10th February 2007, 07:50 AM

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Steve Kaufmann - How good is he?

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Re: Steve Kaufmann - How good is he?

What Steve also explains is ways that DON'T work for him. Like formal language learning in school,
grammar, interactive CDs.

It's sort of an eye opener. That somebody learns a language does not...

Forum: Speaking and Listening 9th February 2007, 09:29 PM

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Steve Kaufmann - How good is he?

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Re: Steve Kaufmann - How good is he?

Absolutely! Such commercial activities are not welcome. (entered later: just joking, actually I
Iike to see more - and I know where to find it)

However, I am not associated with Steve or "The...

Forum: Speaking and Listening 8th February 2007, 08:03 AM

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Steve Kaufmann - How good is he?

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Re: Steve Kaufmann - How good is he?

Sorry, I am on StevenK's side and also think grammar is no use. Here is why:

I build up vocab via text and stories, that includes always sentence structure. That means, I do
learn words, plus, I...

Forum: Speaking and Listening 7th February 2007, 08:28 PM

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Steve Kaufmann - How good is he?

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Re: Steve Kaufmann - How good is he?

I presume you refer to the reading. I think it depends how you start. I read my learning material,
then again, and again, and again. I know maybe just 200 or so characters. Not enough to read...

Forum: Speaking and Listening 3rd February 2007, 09:49 AM

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Steve Kaufmann - How good is he?

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Re: Steve Kaufmann - How good is he?

But since Steve is listening, I would like to find out if he has any Chinese specific advise for
the learners.

IMHO Mandarin is a bit of a special language since the script is harder to learn then,...

Forum: Speaking and Listening 2nd February 2007, 08:34 PM

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Steve Kaufmann - How good is he?

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Re: Steve Kaufmann - How good is he?

Fair question!

Partly in...

Forum: Speaking and Listening 2nd February 2007, 09:06 AM

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Steve Kaufmann - How good is he?

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Re: Steve Kaufmann - How good is he?

Seems it's very different from many others, which talk first, and then may think later. And BTW, a
famous HK person was also doing long pauses and then speaking very slowly in English. That was
Chris...

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