#hello talk

So I was sick of being stuck behind my computer, learning and writing vocab, but not being able to talk to anyone in Chinese. I was looking around and thought i’d try this app called HELLO TALK. I’ve had it for two days so far! 

Essentially it connects you with someone across the world who has your target language in their mother tongue. And ideally you’d have their target language as your mother tongue. And the language exchange begins! 

Ofc there’s a bit of filtering to do, with people who aren’t willing to help you with your language and only want to speak in English. But once you find someone who has the same language learning goals as you it’s a matter of jumping straight into it. Try texting them in a mix of english/chinese and you can send back and forth voice memos to ask questions and improve eachother’s pronunciation :) 

Here is some key vocab points and some of the things I got asked and discussed from my language exchange with a guy from Beijing and a girl from Hainan and many others :) 

Even though there is a language translate function, it runs out after 15 goes if you have a free account. So I found myself forced to put things into google translate and look up things in the PLECO dictionary. Most, if not all of these sentences came from the native Chinese speakers on the app! So this is Chinese vocab in its most natural expression!

BONUS SENTENCES: 

Asking your language partner to say things in English/Chinese 

1. Please say this sentence in English/Chinese

请用英文/中文说这句话 

Qǐng yòng yīngwén/zhōngwén shuō zhè jù huà

Setting a timeframe for your language exchange 

1. Let’s talk for an hour! 

一小时久 我们说吧！

Yī xiǎoshí jiǔ wǒmen shuō ba!

久： particle for duration of time

2. Let’s talk for half an hour!

半个小时久，让我们聊聊吧！

Bàn gè xiǎoshí jiǔ, ràng wǒmen liáo liáo ba!

3. I don’t have much time

我没有太多时间 

Wǒ méiyǒu tài duō shíjiān

4. I have to go to sleep now

 我现在必须去睡觉了 

I’m looking to talk in italian to improve, and mostly, not forget the language XD Anyone to talk with me there ? Add @ht_zorume.989614 on Hello Talk !

What really happens:

Me:

05.

Je viens de télécharger « Hello Talk ». J’espère que je vais* trouvé quelqu’un à qui* parler. : - 0

-i.

안녕하세요 여러분!

Hey everyone👋🏾👋🏾

Sooo I’m gonna make a group chat on ‘HelloTalk’ so we can all practice conversation skills because OO BOI IM LACKING. I literally just have vocab words floating around in my head and it’s so irritating.

Sooooo if you want my hellotalk it is in my bio and also down below if you have trouble finding it. I will make multiple group chats because I don’t want 20 people in one chat cause that’s NOT EFFECTIVE.

THE CHAT MUST BE PRIMARILY IN KOREAN UNLESS YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR SOMETHING.

But yeah I hope you guys go add me on hellotalk to we can help each other out.