How to Learn Chinese by myself? I’m now studying abroad for 1 year in Canada, Vancouver. I like that so far. This University is really multicultural and a lot of language I hear. So now I would like t

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How to Learn Chinese by myself? I’m now studying abroad for 1 year in Canada, Vancouver. I like that so far. This University is really multicultural and a lot of language I hear. So now I would like to study New Language; Chinese (mandarin) but Honestly I never studied new language by myself because in Japan, High school or junior high, I’m leaned English by school. So I would like you to ask that How to Learn NEW language by MYSELF? I don’t know how to start Chinese. Please tell me about your opinion Thank you

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As someone that's both learning Japanese and Chinese: Chinese is really a 'weird' language to learn. You have the basic sentence structure down quickly, and as there is no conjugation/おくりがな or anything, you just kind of put Hanzi together. Just be aware some Hanzi have a way different meaning in Chinese - such as 手紙, which means 'toilet paper' instead of 'letter'. You definitely have an advantage though since you should know many Kanji as a Japanese person.

Hi~ I am a native speaker of Chinese ，I think you need to follow a professional teacher to start your Chinese study.After studying for a while you can find a Chinese partner to practice.Chinese is a beautiful language, I hope you can keep on learning。

Talking with native speaker might work. Now i am learning Japanese, I communicate with Japanese every day, I think it's very useful.

Thank you Bianca i think too Children books are good way to study new language Thanks

I don't know about chinese because it seems to be a hard language to start but I think the first step is reading those turistic guides. The one you buy when travelling to somewhere. And the second one is to try childrens books!! they are always easy and you can start to get the words!!!

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