#langgram

I made a video where I show you my favourite apps for language learning (I use them mostly for Mandarin Chinese, Korean, French). I hope you’ll find them useful. 💛

3월 10일 🇰🇷 한국어.

It's been weeks since my last study session so this morning I did a quick review of the last grammar point ~기 and then continued studying with ~기도 하고... ~기도 하다 which I find very interesting how it can mean "too/also" but at the same time can mean "sometimes X is done... and sometimes Y is done" and that makes more sense to me 😅. Then I wrote down some sample sentences for both lessons and I'm so happy with HTSK for helping me understand these grammar points at a deeper level.

Podcasts are simply the best way to squeeze in study time into busy schedules. Doing any sport, doing groceries, walking to/from school and work, extra time can be squeezed in (I always think back to the analogy with the stones, pebbles, sand and water in a cup, remember that post by Hacking Chinese?).

Below is some Intermediate to advanced appropriate listening material. If you have any suggestions don’t hesitate to contact me!

By the way, I am thinking of creating an Instagram account, is that anything you are interested in? Let me know!!

Podcast software/Apps:

Stitcher, Spotify and Ximalaya all have mobile apps and desktop versions for easy syncing.

Podcast Shows:

Ximalaya Podcasts:

青春逗 [this show is presented by two 海归 (Chinese returnees, i.e. two Chinese who have lived abroad and come back to China), therefore they sometimes mix English words within the podcast. It is a contempary topic discussion podcast, spoken in natural language between the two presenters and sometimes a third guest] https://www.ximalaya.com/shishang/18796952/

Linda讲故事 [naturally spoken language, one person      retelling a story, natural and unscripted] https://www.ximalaya.com/qinggan/29392148/

健康生活100问 [has a      question about nutrition and it answers the question in 3-5 minute short      episodes, for example 'is MSG really bad for health?', 'which is      healthier, cow milk or soy milk?'] https://www.ximalaya.com/jiankang/18734760/

故事FM [each episode has a different person come      to tell their story about some kind of topic, such as being abused,      quitting a 'top school', and other stories that tell lives of very      ordinary people but presents a picture of lives of ordinary chinese      people with a story to tell. It's also spoken in natural, unscripted      language with a host] https://www.ximalaya.com/toutiao/7878702/

失眠小姐 [Short 3-5 minute 'life advice' to soft      background music] https://www.ximalaya.com/qinggan/292190/

唐诗三百首 [Learn the 300 Tang Poems] https://www.ximalaya.com/ertong/16479532/

Kaela的中文广播  Learn Chinese with Kaela [a naturally spoken podcast presented by Kaela, transcripts for the show found at https://gaerdan.wordpress.com/  https://www.ximalaya.com/jiaoyu/16634873/

Stitcher Podcasts:

Simply search the below podcasts in your podcast app

Misc Podcast Websites:

These podcasts you can access through the podcast website (the ones with *s are ones I have used and are very good, its worth spending time on the website, you can download the MP3s to your phone)

o   https://www.slow-chinese.com/podcast/ *

o   http://popupchinese.com/  *

o   http://www.cslpod.com *

o   http://justlearnchinese.com/mini-novels/

o   http://yuedu.fm/article

o   https://mandarinbean.com/category/advanced/

o   http://justlearnchinese.com/category/chinese-short-stories/

Buenas tardes 🌞

Yesterday I’ve watched a video resource telling about the differences between language learning and language acquisition and so why some methods don’t work for language learners.

It says we need meaningful resources as our input, whether it’s understandable or not at first. As instance, watching tv series in our target language using its subtitle then trying to figure out the message in our target language (without dictionary).

Besides that, from the meaningful resources we can also listen the natural speaks so we learn the pronunciation and how to speak naturally by imitating the speakers based on our level, maybe just one, two or three words at first, it’s all right.

I found it’s logical, as when we were still lil’ kids, we weren’t taught by many flash cards to learn the mother tongue. We learnt by listening and mimicking our mother language then we got the message by looking at the real world.

Thus, the important thing is we should look for the meaningful resources for our target language. Yup or Nah? Do you wanna share any ideas?

TTMIK Level 2 Lesson 11 was all about Self-Introductions!!

🆕 자기소개= Self-Introduction

Sentence patterns to use when introducing yourself:

ABC은/는 XYZ이에요. = ABC is XYZ.

Ex:

저는 대학생이에요.

저는 Ri예요.

저는 21살이에요.

저는 이름은 리

🔅 대학생 = college/university student

🔅 이름 = name

🔅 살다 = to live (but is used when telling your age)

ABC은/는 XYZ이/가 + VERB = As for ABC, XYZ + VERB

Ex:

저는 여동생이 있어요. (lit. “As for me, A younger sister exists.”)

저는 취미가 많아요.

🆕 여동생 = little sister ( bonus: 남동생 = little brother)

🆕 취미 = hobby

🔅 많다 = to have many, a lot of, etc.

ABC은/는 XYZ에/에서 + VERB = ABC + VERB + in XYZ.

저는 대구에 살아요.

저는 사무실에서 일했어요.

🆕 사무실 = office

🔅 대구 = Daegu

Bonus

Here are some useful greetings:

🆕 처음 뵙겠습니다 = How do you do?

🆕 반갑습니다 = Nice to meet you.

Today, I got a small grid book from Muji and decided that I will use it as a little Kanji notebook. I am keeping it simple for now by just writing each kanji I learn once, its number of strokes, meaning, kun-yomi and on-yomi. These are just a few that I have gathered so far from Tanoshii Japanese! (I was recommended by someone and I am so grateful.)