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Original post by L'Evil Fish
Oh yeah, I see the similarities :yep:

It's hard keeping a balance between speaking and writing. How do people fit numerous tones in a sentence... Especially when they speak so fast.

Haha Wait till you hear Cantonese.


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http://vocaroo.com/i/s1BqkWlLN1eD

That's me speaking in Chinese :3


All I heard was wo :mmm:

Original post by AquisM
Haha Wait till you hear Cantonese.


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Go for it :wink:
Original post by super_kawaii
http://vocaroo.com/i/s1BqkWlLN1eD

That's me speaking in Chinese :3


你太牛了!
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Original post by L'Evil Fish

Go for it :wink:

HAHA I'll do one tomorrow. It's too late now and I'm severely jetlagged. :mad:
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HAHA I'll do one tomorrow. It's too late now and I'm severely jetlagged. :mad:


England?
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Original post by L'Evil Fish
England?


Yup, just returned to Hong Kong from over there.
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Yup, just returned to Hong Kong from over there.


Interview?*
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Original post by L'Evil Fish
Interview?*


Yeah. Didn't go too well. :frown:

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Yeah. Didn't go too well. :frown:

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¿Porque?
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Original post by L'Evil Fish
¿Porque?


I got too nervous and started screwing up simple questions. :frown:

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I got too nervous and started screwing up simple questions. :frown:

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Awwww no
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¡Acabo de entregar mi impreso de solicitud para estudiar español al nivel de bachillerato!
Original post by L'Evil Fish
你太牛了!


I'm too cow?

Honestly, don'r expect to learn everything overnight. Mandarin is so counter intuative to English speakers, so it's gonna be hard
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I'm too cow?

Honestly, don'r expect to learn everything overnight. Mandarin is so counter intuative to English speakers, so it's gonna be hard


Well apparently it's colloquial and slang... That's the literal meaning but apparently it means "you rock" or "you're so awesome".

That's what the videos said anyway...
Original post by super_kawaii
I'm too cow?

Honestly, don'r expect to learn everything overnight. Mandarin is so counter intuative to English speakers, so it's gonna be hard


Original post by L'Evil Fish
Well apparently it's colloquial and slang... That's the literal meaning but apparently it means "you rock" or "you're so awesome".

That's what the videos said anyway...


Fish loves counter-intuitive things in language :ahee:

I'm hopefully getting a few language books (Mandarin/Russian/Norwegian possibly) for Christmas :biggrin:
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Original post by L'Evil Fish
Well apparently it's colloquial and slang... That's the literal meaning but apparently it means "you rock" or "you're so awesome".

That's what the videos said anyway...


HAHA You're right. That's what it means. :smile:

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Well apparently it's colloquial and slang... That's the literal meaning but apparently it means "you rock" or "you're so awesome".

That's what the videos said anyway...


Can't say I've ever heard it used. Peopls tend to use 太棒了 instead
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Fish loves counter-intuitive things in language :ahee:

I'm hopefully getting a few language books (Mandarin/Russian/Norwegian possibly) for Christmas :biggrin:


:mmm: oh you... :colondollar:

Do you know any good Russian books? This Mandarin one I have is pretty decent I must say!

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HAHA You're right. That's what it means. :smile:

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:woo:
Original post by super_kawaii
Can't say I've ever heard it used. Peopls tend to use 太棒了 instead


AquisM says it's used :woo: can't say I'll be using it though, just wanted to see if it was understood!
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AquisM says it's used :woo: can't say I'll be using it though, just wanted to see if it was understood!


Might be a Cantonese thing-can't say I've ever heard it in Nanjing :no:
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:mmm: oh you... :colondollar:

Do you know any good Russian books? This Mandarin one I have is pretty decent I must say!


I'm looking into getting that Mandarin book (also possibly "Easy Peasy Chinese" :tongue:).

Unfortunately I don't know for certain of any good Russian books, I haven't used any yet. There seem to be a few on Amazon with good reviews, although the most popular are quite old (like 20 years) so may not cover everything one would like for modern usage. If you find anything, PM me :tongue:

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