Aishe Posted December 9, 2013 Report Share Posted December 9, 2013 Hey everyone!New here, and whilst English has always been my dominant tongue, I did grow up around Thai and Thai people so I have a good grasp of it. Only started learning Mandarin a few months ago though.I always find that speaking and listening and reading are the easiest parts, it's always the writing that trips me up. I've been actively around the Thai language for about 3 years now and still don't have a firm grasp on how I should formulate my words.I guess that means I'm not good with non-roman alphabets?Anyway, it's nice to be here and hopefully have some nice discussions with you all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandandesign Posted December 9, 2013 Report Share Posted December 9, 2013 How's the Mandarin learning experience? I am glad I have learned it when I was very little.Welcome to the forum! Hope you like it here as much as I do. Enjoy your stay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aishe Posted December 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 It's happening! ... Slowly. I've only learnt about a few general topics and such, but I've been surprised to see that I can catch snippets of conversations between native speakers, a few words here and there, and the same when I come across Chinese writing online.Was having trouble with tones initially, I found it really difficult to differentiate between the second and third tones so that really affects my speech. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandandesign Posted December 12, 2013 Report Share Posted December 12, 2013 It's happening! ... Slowly. I've only learnt about a few general topics and such, but I've been surprised to see that I can catch snippets of conversations between native speakers, a few words here and there, and the same when I come across Chinese writing online.Was having trouble with tones initially, I found it really difficult to differentiate between the second and third tones so that really affects my speech.I see. Good luck on your study! Maybe we can write in Chinese someday, how does it sound to you? Chinese is a difficult language to learn, which I still have to keep learning it although I am able to speak, write, and read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aishe Posted December 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2013 I see. Good luck on your study! Maybe we can write in Chinese someday, how does it sound to you? Chinese is a difficult language to learn, which I still have to keep learning it although I am able to speak, write, and read.Yeah that sounds great! I think it's going to be a while until I could potentially do it, I can barely hold a conversation as of yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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