pleco has a full screen HWR software it's awesome
― dayo, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 05:58 (twelve years ago) link
pleco is my life iirc
― finish with a fast piston pump (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 06:00 (twelve years ago) link
i'd recommend trying wenlin if you haven't already, as a general allpurpose piece of software for learning chinese, translating chinese, etc. it just received its first update in a decade and famously looks like you're still using windows 3.1 but it's dope.
― dylannn, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 06:00 (twelve years ago) link
in fact yesterday my teacher spotted me running off some stroke order animation on the ipad and was all "WHAT is THAT" xp
― finish with a fast piston pump (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 06:01 (twelve years ago) link
mmm, I had a look at the wenlin website a couple of times, saw the price and lost interest. I'm sure it's excellent but I have so many effective tools on the go that I don't need something that extensive atm. Will probably go back to it one day though.
― finish with a fast piston pump (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 06:03 (twelve years ago) link
yeah wenlin is gonna be my next big purchase
― dayo, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 06:03 (twelve years ago) link
hmm, the way the $au—$us exchange rate is atm maybe i should just do it
― finish with a fast piston pump (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 06:13 (twelve years ago) link
One day when I get my shit together I'll fill this thread with links to every book and resource that I find invaluable.
― finish with a fast piston pump (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 06:53 (twelve years ago) link
So we are now doing time and I am fucking shithouse at it.
― 百万个叉烧包 (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 23 May 2011 09:32 (twelve years ago) link
Geez I know China's regime is oppresive but I didn't think studying it would get you into THAT much trouble.
― The man who mistook his life for a FAP (Trayce), Monday, 23 May 2011 09:46 (twelve years ago) link
HAR
Teacher keeps asking me stuff and I keep having to ask him to repeat it fifty times.
"现在几点吗?""I DON'T FUCKING KNOW"
― 百万个叉烧包 (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 23 May 2011 10:22 (twelve years ago) link
Just bought this fucko --> http://mandarinposter.com/
― invite ← VERB (Schlafsack), Wednesday, 13 July 2011 02:14 (twelve years ago) link
wow!
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 13 July 2011 04:54 (twelve years ago) link
Heck. I'd put that on the loo wall myself! Great way to do rote learning btw - my old housemate/bff Ange used to have a TCP layers/networking layout poster on the back of the loo door at ours when she was doing CS/multimedia. I think I learned more from it than she did, staring at it every day... cos it became 100% relevant in my job, and now shes a cook in the Navy, so erm.
― Bloompsday (Trayce), Wednesday, 13 July 2011 11:07 (twelve years ago) link
It is definitely great for that, but my use will be marking off the characters I've learnt with the lol included whiteboard marker. I'm guessing I've picked up half those characters, so tracking my progress on this giant thing will help me get through the rest. btw there's a SECOND one of these coming soon, 3,000 chars in total.
― invite ← VERB (Schlafsack), Wednesday, 13 July 2011 23:00 (twelve years ago) link
How the heck did the Chinese get anywhere once typewriters/computers came about?
― Bloompsday (Trayce), Thursday, 14 July 2011 07:07 (twelve years ago) link
I need someone to explain a chinese typewriter to me. <-- :d
― Gary Barlow syndrome (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 14 July 2011 07:44 (twelve years ago) link
100% in the written exam. 100 fucking %. Going to treat myself.
― Gary Barlow syndrome (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 18 July 2011 09:37 (twelve years ago) link
Booyah! Go you! :)
― Bloompsday (Trayce), Monday, 18 July 2011 09:39 (twelve years ago) link
aww thx <3
― Gary Barlow syndrome (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 18 July 2011 09:51 (twelve years ago) link
I'm trying to learn a little bit of Mandarin too, just for fun since I'm going to China for a couple of weeks in September. I'm not going to try to learn the written characters though - it'll just be spoken with a little bit of pinyin to help with memorization. Has anyone tried Chinesepod.com? I'm doing the free trial and so far the lessons seem pretty good.
― o. nate, Monday, 18 July 2011 20:04 (twelve years ago) link
this blog post saved my life today
http://robrohan.com/2007/02/03/typing-proper-pinyin-on-mac/
― dayo, Monday, 18 July 2011 20:14 (twelve years ago) link
Brilliant, just what I need.
o. nate, I've not spent a great deal of time with ChinesePod but it gets a huge rap from loads of learners.
― Gary Barlow syndrome (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 18 July 2011 22:42 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-07-19/news-corp-share-slump-murdoch/2799888
News Corp total value down 20%/US$9b since all this started. DELICIOUS.
― invite ← VERB (Schlafsack), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 01:26 (twelve years ago) link
(estimated)
― invite ← VERB (Schlafsack), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 01:27 (twelve years ago) link
shit, wrong thread
...or is it.
― Bloompsday (Trayce), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 03:03 (twelve years ago) link
I just LAPSED into Chinese because I couldn't remember the English for something. Didn't realise until after I'd done it. First time ever.
― Gary Barlow syndrome (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 07:45 (twelve years ago) link
NEXT:
1. learn some other sinitic language, start telling everyone how 吴语 has as many native speakers as german, decry the chinese govt 汉办 confucian institutes' destruction of minority languges and commitment to simplified characters which cut us off from chinese history and the greater sinosphere2. get really into some weird obscure shit like 1950s land reform-era socialist realism sci-fi or bawdy errenzhuan from some specific neighborhood of a specific city in liaoning3. carry a copy of 西夏旅馆 or 荒人手记 on the bus, meet literate taiwanese girls4. smoke a blunt of tuna kush with david der-wei wang
― dylannn, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 08:54 (twelve years ago) link
I'm gonna have to start calling you Mal, Adam!
― Bloompsday (Trayce), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 08:55 (twelve years ago) link
idgi
― Gary Barlow syndrome (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 10:07 (twelve years ago) link
Mal from Firefly, you kno. They lapse into Chinese swearing and such.
― Bloompsday (Trayce), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 10:21 (twelve years ago) link
nooo
― Gary Barlow syndrome (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 10:41 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYTM5H2IDSg
― Bloompsday (Trayce), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 10:46 (twelve years ago) link
omg that's fantastic, I had no idea
― Gary Barlow syndrome (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 11:15 (twelve years ago) link
Sir, you must watch all of Firefly forthwith! Its only one season. I can lend you my dvd if you like. Its bloody awesome.
― Bloompsday (Trayce), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 11:35 (twelve years ago) link
Thx for offer but I can get my hands on it pretty easily. Quite fascinated now, ha.
― Gary Barlow syndrome (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 11:39 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah its not a pivotal thing in the show but it lends a great flavour to it. And Joss Whedon's stuff is great, so.
― Bloompsday (Trayce), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 11:40 (twelve years ago) link
They have a course in Chinese in our ELEMENTARY school. I mean ffs I had a hard time learning french. Granted, it's for the gifted kids.
― Nathalie (stevienixed), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 15:04 (twelve years ago) link
http://carlgene.com/blog/2011/07/110-diseases-disabilities-and-disorders-in-english-and-chinese/
― ½ Louise Mensch (Schlafsack), Tuesday, 26 July 2011 00:44 (twelve years ago) link
thank you forvo.com for allowing me to enjoy dyao's username:http://www.forvo.com/word/%E6%88%91%E7%88%B1%E4%BD%A0/#zh(things everyone who actually posts on this thread already knew)
Adam's link reminds me that I recently spent some time googling the Chinese for smallpox on account of the image linked and partially explained herein:http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=1678
― the ascent of nyan (a passing spacecadet), Sunday, 31 July 2011 18:50 (twelve years ago) link
now feeling creepy for accidentally using dayo's old username and calling Schlafsack his real name when neither of you know who I am, sorry both
forvo is pretty handy though in my experience of learning languages which are not Chinese
the school I went to now makes the kids learn Mandarin, was kind of envious when I read this in the alumni newsletter, but also felt a frisson of shame and panic that I would not have been smart enough to learn something so radically different as Chinese, and now other kids are
(but the thought of doing a tonal language in school with all the mean kids listening is pretty horrifying to those of us who can't even sing or manage a convincing French accent)
― the ascent of nyan (a passing spacecadet), Sunday, 31 July 2011 19:08 (twelve years ago) link
and calling Schlafsack his real name when neither of you know who I am, sorry both
it's cool (i am he)
― Gary Barlow syndrome (Autumn Almanac), Sunday, 31 July 2011 19:10 (twelve years ago) link
imo Chinese is on the whole more useful than (a) languages like French and German as the native speakers can usually speak English anyway and (b) crap like Latin that my school stopped teaching the year before I started. LATIN.
― Gary Barlow syndrome (Autumn Almanac), Sunday, 31 July 2011 19:13 (twelve years ago) link
usually frequently
― Gary Barlow syndrome (Autumn Almanac), Sunday, 31 July 2011 19:14 (twelve years ago) link
Why do all the rooms have to end in 室 OR 房 OR 厅? Jesus.
― Autumn Almanac, Wednesday, 17 August 2011 10:11 (twelve years ago) link
庐墓[廬-] lúmù* 〈trad.〉 v.o. ①mourn for one's deceased parent by dwelling in a hut by the grave
― dylannn, Wednesday, 17 August 2011 10:58 (twelve years ago) link
O___O
― Autumn Almanac, Wednesday, 17 August 2011 11:01 (twelve years ago) link
宠擅专房[寵-專-] chǒngshànzhuānfáng f.e. be unusually favored by a husband (said of a concubine)蹿房越脊[躥---] cuānfángyuèjǐ f.e. operate as a second-story thief房中术[--術] fángzhōngshù n. the art of lovemaking跳房子 tiào fángzi v.o./n. hopscotch圆房[圓-] ¹yuánfáng v.o. solemnize/consummate a marriage (of a son with a girl raised in his family)毡房[氈-] zhānfáng p.w. yurt; ger M: zuò子房 zǐfáng n. 〈bio.〉 ovary
― dylannn, Wednesday, 17 August 2011 19:31 (twelve years ago) link
蹿房越脊[躥---] cuānfángyuèjǐ f.e. operate as a second-story thief
this is just
― Autumn Almanac, Wednesday, 17 August 2011 21:37 (twelve years ago) link