Anybody speak Chinese (Mandarin)?

flutex • 18 June 2013 at 5:51 AM

Ni hao! (Hello!)

I'm currently learning Chinese and I was wondering if anybody here also speaks it! 😃

Ping me if you do! Of course we can't to characters but pinyin with no tones if fine. 😋

I really want to improve me Chinese so please, if you know how, speak to me in Chinese so we can have a conversation! 😃

maryamlolo • 19 June 2013 at 6:02 AM

I don't speak I want to learn!

peppermlnt • 19 June 2013 at 9:04 AM

@flutex

Eyyy. (Or ni hao, if you prefer that. xD)

Chinese is pretty cool. 😸

Ni shi zhong guo ren ma? ^^

flutex • 21 June 2013 at 7:09 PM

@peppermlnt
XD I don't mind. 😋

YES! I love it! 😸

Wo shi mei guo ren.
Ni shi zhong guo ren ma? ^^

marie_lily • 21 June 2013 at 7:12 PM

@flutex

I do! It's great that you're learning it. 😊

2elle2 • 21 June 2013 at 7:28 PM

@flutex

I do 😊 I think its nice that you're practicing 😋

whitefall • 21 June 2013 at 7:33 PM

I know a couple of people, but I'm not sure if they would like me to reveal it. xD

flutex • 22 June 2013 at 1:01 AM

@marie_lily @2elle2
Xie xie!

@whitefall
XD I'm not sure why people would be embarrassed about it. Can you ask them if they wanna chat?

peeta • 22 June 2013 at 1:36 AM

@GLaDOS does.

jemmie • 22 June 2013 at 9:34 AM

@flutex me! I take chinese school 2 grades higher than my normal grade!

vespira • 22 June 2013 at 1:44 PM

@flutex

I'm not fluent, but yes, I can speak Mandarin.^^

I'm fluent in Fu Jian/Hokkien though.XD

peppermlnt • 22 June 2013 at 4:08 PM

@flutex

Hehe. xD

Wo shi zhong guo ren. Wo zai zhong guo chu sheng de. ^^

It's cool you're learning to speak Chinese. It's really hard to learn.

@whitefall

Would one of them be me? OwO

banana • 3 July 2013 at 11:17 AM

@flutex cuwl, im chinese! 😊 But i cant speak it ☹️ I am trying to learn it by myself tough 😸

anybody went to china? ^^

chowchow2012 • 3 July 2013 at 12:44 PM

@flutex

Hey! I'm fluent in Chinese mandarin I can't really write or read that well but I can speak 😋
Sorry my ping ying might be off

Ni Hao ma?
wo guo zai Gia na da he chu sheng zai zhe. Dan shi wo de ma ma he ba ba cong Zhong guo lai de.

nightwolf2982 • 13 July 2013 at 7:56 PM

@flutex :
Ni hao! Wo de zhong wen du, shuo, he Xie dou hen Li suo!
Wo shi zhong Guo ren, Dan shi zhen zhu zai mei Guo.

safikei • 15 July 2013 at 6:23 AM

@nightwolf2982
Just out of curiousity.. Could you translate that to English?

tralala22 • 15 July 2013 at 10:40 PM

@flutex

Yay!! I can speak!😊
???

lecherryfrost • 23 July 2013 at 8:58 PM

@flutex

Hi Flutex, wo shi cong xin jia po (Singapore). Wo xie chu lai the hua yu bu shi ne mo hao, ke shi wo jiang de chu. Ru guo ni yao xue, ni ke yi Skype wo. 😊

Well, that was rough but, yeah. Can't write it that well. I'm better at speaking it. 😋

Deleted • 23 July 2013 at 9:08 PM

@flutex

Ni hao. Wo jiang yidian dian de zhongguo, wo shi zhongguo ren.

elf • 25 July 2013 at 11:47 AM

@flutex
I'm chinese and speak it, ni hao wo shi leon

jemmie • 6 August 2013 at 10:46 AM

@flutex
Ni hao, wo xian zai zai shuo zhong wen. Wo xian zai shi zai liu lian ji zhong wen xie xiao. Ni shang zhone wen xie xiao ma?

Deleted • 6 August 2013 at 11:18 AM

I tried learning it but gave up because after a year it just wasn't sinking in.

I really wanted to learn Japanese as it seemed more..phonetic (usually) than Chinese but I also wanted to learn the characters, not just the romanized form but again I just am not smart enough to learn it.

karamel • 7 August 2013 at 5:09 AM

@ryu-20000 It doesn't just come *click* like that. You have to practise everyday. Have conversations with yourself in that language everyday. Practise writing sentences everyday. It's no good just reading it and then leaving it for a couple of days; you'll forget it instantly.

My parents are Chinese so they're constantly trying to teach me. x3

@jemmie Wo bu shang zhong wen xue xiao; wo shang ying guo xue xiao. Wo zhu zai ying guo.
(Ying guo = England. x3)

@safikei Translation:
"Hello! Wo de zhong wen du, shuo, he Xie dou hen Li suo!
I am Chinese; I live in America."
I don't know about the second sentence; I think it means "I speak Chinese and English" but I am not sure.

@leonx It's actualy "wo jiao"; "wo shi" = I be (e.g. "I be human"; "I be Chinese"). "Wo jiao" = I am called (e.g. "Wo jiao karamel"; "Ta jiao Ian"). 😉

It's very hard to do it without the characters/tones because many words can mean different things ('zuo', for example, can mean "work" (as in the noun), "do work" (as in the verb), "sit" (verb) and "travel by" (verb; "travel by car" = "Wo zuo xiao che shang xue" = "I catch the school bus to get to school"). x3

elf • 7 August 2013 at 7:20 AM

@karamel
Oh... whoops 😋

Deleted • 7 August 2013 at 7:59 AM

@karamel

Well..yes. I am well aware of that. That is just what I did but it still didn't sink in at all.

I had several books and studied every day but after a couple of years of trying all I could do was remember two or three words and as for the characters? Nope....

Of course my problem is that I have no one around to study with..I mean to have them with me physically so that there is a major impediment.

But in the end I really cannot apply the language to real life; I have no real use for it as I will never work in a field where it is used so its better for me that I leave well enough alone.

Thanks for the reply, I appreciate it. 😊

jemmie • 7 August 2013 at 4:57 PM

@karamel
Oh, I meant extra Chinese school. I live in the USA.

karamel • 8 August 2013 at 2:53 AM

@jemmie Ah; sorry, my mistake. x3

@ryu-20000 Mei guan xi (no problem) c:

jemmie • 8 August 2013 at 6:33 PM

@karamel
Ni xi huan shuo zhong wen ma? Wo bu xi huan shuo zhong wen, dan shi wo bi xu shuo. Wo jia li hen dup ren dou bu shuo ying wen.

karamel • 9 August 2013 at 4:12 AM

@jemmie Wo xi huan shuo zhong wen. 😃 Wo ma ma he ba ba shi zhong guo ren; wo ma ma shi (zhong wen) lao shi. Wo ba ba bu shuo ying wen; wo ma ma, ge ge he wo shuo ying wen he zhong wen. c:

jemmie • 9 August 2013 at 5:01 PM

@karamel
Zhi you wo ma ma, me me, ba ba, he wo shuo ying wen. Ying we wo me tian dou shuo ying wen, wo bu xi huan shuo zhong wen. 😋