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Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 8:12 pm

Welcome to the Chinese General Discussion! This is where we discuss everything related to the Chinese language, including, but not limited to:

-asking specific questions about Chinese vocabulary and grammar (people who can speak Chinese fluently can help answer others' questions)
-recommendations for Chinese dictionaries, websites, etc
-and everything else about the beautiful langauge of China! 3nodding

Please note that although speaking in Chinese is allowed here, it is not mandatory. Also, this thread is for Mandarin Chinese only. For Cantonese: http://www.gaiaonline.com/guilds/viewtopic.php?t=2038922

Let's start off with a few facts about the Chinese language:

Spoken in: China (PRC), Taiwan (ROC), Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, and other Chinese communities around the world

Total number of speakers: 1.3 billion

Language Family: Sino-Tibetan (along with Kirantic, Tamangic, and others)

Regulated by: In the PRC: various agencies
in the ROC: Mandarin Promotion Council
in Singapore: Promote Mandarin Council/Speak Mandarin Campaign

Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 8:14 pm

WEBSITES

general information about the Chinese language - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_language

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Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 8:16 pm

DICTIONARIES/GRAMMAR BOOKS ETC

Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 8:17 pm

If anyone here has any other reccommendations for websites/dictionaries/grammar books etc, please feel free to tell us about them in this thread.

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Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 6:04 pm

^.^ anybody here speak cantonese?

Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 3:31 am

Dty(akaZelas)

^.^ anybody here speak cantonese?

Nope, I wish I knew it though. My dad knows, and my mum understands, but I don't. mad

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Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2005 1:18 am

Dty(akaZelas)

^.^ anybody here speak cantonese?

sweatdrop No, but I know a -few- words of Hokkien. Oh, scrap that. I only know the few Hokkien swear words used frequently in my country...The true dialects are dying out in Singapore. sad

Once my grandparent's generation dies out, dialects will be quite...gone. Well, not really, but off topic. ;-_-

Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2005 9:06 am

Dty(akaZelas)

^.^ anybody here speak cantonese?

Nope, sorry. Can't understand Cantonese at all. I was born in Beijing hence speak Mandarin.

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Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 12:56 am

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Dty(akaZelas)

^.^ anybody here speak cantonese?

sweatdrop No, but I know a -few- words of Hokkien. Oh, scrap that. I only know the few Hokkien swear words used frequently in my country...The true dialects are dying out in Singapore. sad

Once my grandparent's generation dies out, dialects will be quite...gone. Well, not really, but off topic. ;-_-

Ooh do you live in Singapore? I speak Hokkien. 3nodding And I don't know any swear words, care to teach? whee

Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 9:52 pm

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Dty(akaZelas)

^.^ anybody here speak cantonese?

Nope, sorry. Can't understand Cantonese at all. I was born in Beijing hence speak Mandarin.

Really? I was born in Canada, but I still can speak Mandarin. 3nodding

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Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2005 1:00 pm

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Dty(akaZelas)

^.^ anybody here speak cantonese?

Nope, sorry. Can't understand Cantonese at all. I was born in Beijing hence speak Mandarin.

Really? I was born in Canada, but I still can speak Mandarin. 3nodding

I live in Germany since I'm 2, but both of my parents are Chinese.

Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2005 1:40 pm

I speak a few words of Chinese.. but I'm not quite sure which dialect(s) they are as the bit of Chinese I've learned so far is the date which, if I'm not mistaken is written the same in every dialect. I can also count to ten in whichever dialect it is and say I love you (wo ai ni). biggrin

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Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2005 2:18 pm

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I speak a few words of Chinese.. but I'm not quite sure which dialect(s) they are as the bit of Chinese I've learned so far is the date which, if I'm not mistaken is written the same in every dialect. I can also count to ten in whichever dialect it is and say I love you (wo ai ni). biggrin

Wo Ai Ni -I love you- in Mandarin.

Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2005 4:30 pm

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Dty(akaZelas)

^.^ anybody here speak cantonese?

Nope, sorry. Can't understand Cantonese at all. I was born in Beijing hence speak Mandarin.

Really? I was born in Canada, but I still can speak Mandarin. 3nodding

I live in Germany since I'm 2, but both of my parents are Chinese.

You remind me of this girl at my school! Yi Har. She is so great.

I speak crappy Mandarin so be careful having a conversation with me. Wo hen fa feng de ren. (Characters for if you don't speak Mandarin: 我很发疯的人)

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Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2005 3:36 pm

I feel flattered to remind you of a person that is great! whee You crazy person. wink A little craziness doesn't hurt, now does it? I myself am rather crazy and proud of it. whee

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