I am so proud of myself. I finished the first month of my video Chinese course! I’m currently working through a six month course on beginner conversational Chinese. I’m hoping this will help prepare me for our first Skype call with our daughter. And of course I hope that it will help when we finally meet!
So far we’ve spent a good deal of time working on pronunciation. I think most of my pronunciation is alright, though I’m still butchering the R sound. I’m trying to get it but it still doesn’t sound like the instructor’s R.
I’m adding a lot of vocabulary words to my Anki deck, plus some basic sentences that reinforce the grammar we’re learning. So far I’m learning how to say sentences such as:
我喜歡喝茶 – I like to drink tea.
我要巧克力 – I want chocolate.
That last sentence is particularly useful!
Tomorrow I’m attending a Google chat with the instructor to learn more about Chinese tones. I will conquer tones!
Congratulations! 😀 That's some good work.
We were given four phrases to learn and I'm nearly beside myself. I do NOT have an ear for the tones and butcher everything so I'm mildly terrified….
Yes, having tea and chocolate covered will get you far 🙂
Congratulations, Cassandra! I'm so proud of you as your teacher. The "r" sound should be pretty easy to pronounce. It's just the "s" in "Asia" and "J" in "Jacque" or "s" in "measure". It's a very French sound. Good luck with your Chinese studies and keep me posted!
Congratulations, Cassandra! I'm so proud of you as your teacher. The "r" sound should be pretty easy to pronounce. It's just the "s" in "Asia" and "J" in "Jacque" or "s" in "measure". It's a very French sound. Good luck with your Chinese studies and keep me posted!