雪花

I haven't posted anything for a long time, and I've been busy with my regular life, but I've been continuing to learn mandarin.

Now I'll tell you a little bit about what's new in my life!

I've moved on to the next language learning course by skipping one, and now I'm in the hsk2+(preparing for the hsk3) language learning group. It was unexpected, but I'm very happy about it. ୧⁠(⁠ ⁠˵⁠ ⁠°⁠ ⁠~⁠ ⁠°⁠ ⁠˵⁠ ⁠)⁠୨

I'm still struggling with vocabulary, but I'm getting better. Trying hard to achieve my new goals!

In the last lesson laoshi praised my handwriting in mandarin, which was very nice to hear because I had tried my best.

Today, I'm copying the notes from last lesson onto paper from my ipad.

This is a proverb that laoshi told us in class about eating habits.

It was really interesting to know about culture aspects in food and eating habits.

have fun!!

谢谢！

Tysm :)

Hi. It's very difficult to learn such a complex language on your own, but this doesn't mean that it's impossible. This is a very brave thing to do and I wish you good luck on this journey.

The most important thing is to have a thirst for knowledge and love this language. 

You need to have something that keeps you motivated. It's really easy to lose motivation when things starts get difficult.

My thing is to watch Chinese movies and read Chinese books (btw it's good to dive in the culture, it helps to understand "why" language go on this way and also interesting)

About tip's for learning:

1. Start with pinyin and tones. Don't skip it and learn carefully. It's really important in a first place. There's pinyin interactive chart that my teacher used:

https://yoyochinese.com/chinese-learning-tools/Mandarin-Chinese-pronunciation-lesson/pinyin-chart-table

2. To learn hieroglyphs - repeat them regularly, otherwise they will not go into the long-term memory of the brain. (the first 3 days every day, then every 3 days, then every week)

3. Don't try to learn all the rules at once. Start learning basic phrases from the beginning instead of just trying to increase the number of words you learn. Baby steps! 

4. My teacher uses Hanyu Jiaocheng (汉语教程) textbooks for teaching us (btw she called it a hard ones). I can say that i like this books because it gives you all basic learning skills in the complex. There's dialogues, words, rules . You can start a basic small talk's from the first pages its really useful for me. (For self study there's also audio version with pronounsiation)

5. Also you can use apps to practice your skills, Duolingo or Hello Chinese or anything else like that, but using just an app isn't enough trust me.

So that's all i think. You can ask more if you have a questions. 

Keep yourself motivated, baby steps and regularly repeat. That's the key!

大家好！

How are your studies going today?

I'm doing my homework for the next lesson. I need to copy dialogue from the textbook and do listening ୧⁠(⁠ ⁠˵⁠ ⁠°⁠ ⁠~⁠ ⁠°⁠ ⁠˵⁠ ⁠)⁠୨

Laoshi said that our group already have HSK1, based on our skills!

I didn't pass real exam yet (only example tests), but laoshi is a native speaker and good person, I think I can trust her conclusions.

大家好！

I'm sorry for the silence...

Last 2 weeks I was sick and don't have strength to post something or making interactions.

I'm still sick, but feeling a bit better and keep working and taking classes in the University.

Stay safe everyone!

你们好！

Today started a new semester of the Mandarin Chinese course that i take.

I'm a little bit upset about my skills after month university break.

I can read and write good, but when we start talking with laoshi I realised that i forgot how to build sentences myself aloud 😞

But laoshi said that our group doing great for our level so i think I'm just too harsh on myself.

春节快乐！

万事如意！福寿双全！心想事成！

Happy Lunar New Year!

I wish you all prosperity in the new year. May the symbol of this year - the snake, give you a wisdom and happiness. May you be successful in all your endeavors!

I wish I can improve my skills in Chinese language in this year!

Today I am practicing writing again.

Thank you so much 💕

Wish you best of luck too!

Today I bought new calendar for 2025 year!

It's really cute and useful. But! It is also Chinese calendar! I will use it to practise my skills now.

I think this part with hanzi called "Lunar calendar"( but i might be mistaken, please don't judge).

I will try to learn how to use it.

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New knowledge for today:

January 5 for lunar calendar started 小寒 [xiǎohán] season! In English we can call it "minor cold".

Next one season is 大寒 [dàhán] "major cold" will start January 20!

Age: 25

Height: 168 cm

Grade: I'm done with school✌️but i have course of Mandarin Chinese in university

Confidence: mostly i don't have much confidence, but I'm trying to fix it

Happiness: sometimes 1, but sometimes 7 😅

Gender: female

Favourite food: fresh vegetables; sushi; french fries.

Favourite Show: Mostly I don't watch tv shows, I'm watching anime, cartoons or donghua. Is that count? If it is than:

Frieren; Mahō Tsukai no Yome; Tian Guan Ci Fu; Spice and Wolf (2008-2009); Haikyuu!!!; Barakamon.

Favourite Movie: Hayao Miyazaki movies; Pride and Prejudice; Intouchables.

Favourite Song: for today:

鹿晗 - 怜城辞

一花一劍 - 李鑫一

Samudrartha - HOYO-MiX feat. 优素

Regression - HOYO-MiX feat. Ayanga

Ma Meilleure Ennemie - Stromae, Pomme

Favourite Artist: Vincent Willem van Gogh

Relationship Status: single

Favourite Colour: dark blue

Favourite Season: winter

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