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dimdim_lee

I don't have the software to type chinese, but I'm BBC, parents are from HK.
(No intention of hijacking) But what's everyone doing now (academically)

I'll start off then:
-In the middle of A-levels atm
-Going to Uni to do Law if I get the grades.

I'm doing the IB programme right now...currently in IB1...but doing IB2 next year...it's going to be very tough...and I need to think of a topic for my Extended Essay.

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dimdim_lee

You sure I can input chinese using that?
the mods can shut down threads if you don't translate.

maths, further maths and econ are very asian subejcts, but spanish is fresh, are you from HK then, I'm a cantonese speaker too.

Haha...I'm a Cantonese speaker too...and I see that Hanoi is one too! What a coincidence! :p:

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Duckie :D

I'm a british born british person... how boring. I don't speak chinese (apart from the odd word), I wish I did and I sooo want to go to china :biggrin:

The UK's ok, quite a lot of castles and so on, but in China you have the great wall and Shanghai. You won't find anything like that in the UK.

Teach me some chinese :biggrin:

Chinese is a hard language to learn...no doubt. It was hard...especially for me. I guess you need that initiative to take action and maybe take some lessons. I think that would be the best thing to do. It's hard to teach here...especially in this setting.

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Duckie :D

Hehe ok... well as I already learn 3 languages I might leave it for a bit... although I definately will get round to it one day :biggrin:

Ooh...which 3 languages?

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dimdim_lee

You sure I can input chinese using that?
the mods can shut down threads if you don't translate.

yeah you can input using the pinyin input, maybe you can find Cantonese input to download if you prefer that or you can learn the writing order input, but they should just make a keyboard with all the separate characters ahhahaha :biggrin:

you can always change it back too so you don't have to type everything in Chinese :p:

maths, further maths and econ are very asian subejcts, but spanish is fresh, are you from HK then, I'm a cantonese speaker too.

yeah in my school, all the Chinese people in my year(except 1 guy, I think) do further maths :p:

we have 4 students from mainland China and they're all ace math gods :rolleyes:

my parents are from HK 香港, so I speak Cantonese 粵語 and I'm trying to learn Mandarin 國語 too

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Duckie :D

I've always wondered how you can type on a computer in Chinese... Would someone care to enlighten me? :biggrin:

Well I've just explained it to dimdim!...basically there are two ways..

You can do it by phonetically, so writing the sound out using alphabet letters, for Mandarin there is Hanyu Pinyin so it's all standardised, so to type 上海 you type 'shang hai' which is how it is read out.

Or the other way is writing order method, for Cangjie method, you just type it how you would write it (so the keys on the keyboard are the parts of the character), so 人戈日口 would spell 倉 (it's complicated to explain if you don't know the composition of Chinese words!).

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Duckie :D

French, German and Spanish :biggrin:

Not particularly amazing or difficult compared to Chinese, but nevertheless interesting. The only three offered by my school :frown:

Ooh...I wish I could learn those...but I've only learnt French so far...since it's Canada...

I would love to learn Spanish, which is much easier than French...and German as well. However, none are offered by my school, so that sucks.

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Hanoi

Well I've just explained it to dimdim!...basically there are two ways..

You can do it by phonetically, so writing the sound out using alphabet letters, for Mandarin there is Hanyu Pinyin so it's all standardised, so to type 上海 you type 'shang hai' which is how it is read out.

Or the other way is writing order method, for Cangjie method, you just type it how you would write it (so the keys on the keyboard are the parts of the character), so 人戈日口 would spell 倉 (it's complicated to explain if you don't know the composition of Chinese words!).

Ooh...that's why Pinyin is much easier...it's pretty hard for me to type Chinese, since it's an English keyboard. However, I do have ways of typing Chinese, but it takes time. :p:

Hey...I want to learn 國語 too...but it's pretty hard to speak it. Nevertheless, I'm more comfortable with 粵語.

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Duckie :D

It sounds quite complicated :wink:

Yeh, spanish is a lot easier than french, but german can be pretty hard :biggrin:

Although obviously not as hard as chinese :wink:

I admire you a lot for being fluent in 2/3 languages... I'm nowhere near fluent in the three I learn!

Haha...are you really sure about that? I'm all right in French...but I can't speak and write fluently. However, I do have the capacity to understand and converse, so that isn't bad. I'm fine in Chinese, but of course, expanding your vocabulary is always a good thing.

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Duckie :D

Well, to an english native, I think chinese is one of the hardest languages to learn, partly because of the symbols and grammar but also because of the tones :smile:

Not that I know a great deal about chinese of course :wink:

Actually, it is one of the hardest languages to learn for an English native, along with Korean and Arabic, I think. However, I guess it's because the language is so different from English.

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dimdim_lee

哈哈哈可以啦！
ｙｅｓ，　Ｉ　ｃａｎ　ｔｙｐｅ　ｎｏｗ！　＝Ｄ

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dimdim_lee

哈哈哈可以啦！
ｙｅｓ，　Ｉ　ｃａｎ　ｔｙｐｅ　ｎｏｗ！　＝Ｄ

哈哈，恭喜恭喜。 :p:

If you wanna type in English I think you can just press caps lock then it won't look so weird, that's how it works on mine anyway。

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dimdim_lee

哈哈哈可以啦！
ｙｅｓ，　Ｉ　ｃａｎ　ｔｙｐｅ　ｎｏｗ！　＝Ｄ

Dang...I wish I could type...我不高興啊...I'm not happy. :frown:

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dimdim_lee

yeah, I've been working that out, you have configure it however you want anyway.

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