Redo of introduction Wo laizi Meiguo. Wo jiu yue yao Jiang (is this slang for Zhongguo?) qu. Yinwei wode lucheng bu jiu lai, wo xue hanzi bu shijian. Hen baoqian, keshi zuihao wo xuede shuode jiu Zhongwen. Because my trip is coming soon, i don't have time to study hanzi. Sorry, but it is best i learn only conversational skills. (or to speak) wo (need) nimende feichang bangmang (learn) Zhongwen. wo san xingqi jiu cai (start) guo. Suoyi, nimen kan wode (fast) (progress) (so far).Danshi, bu hen gou. I need a lot of your help in learning Chinese. I just started about 3 weeks ago. So you can see my fast progress so far. But it is not near enough. Wo ye Hanwen he Ribenwen hen hao shuode, danshi wo bu dushu ye bu (write) (in) Hanwen he Ribenwen. Suoyi, nimen (who) (need) bangmang, wo xiang (juede?) nimen bang, danshi jiu shuode. I can also speak Korean and Japanese very well, but i cannot read or write. So you who need help, i believe that i can help, but only conversation. Wo ye (Spanish) hao shuode, he Fawen he Deguowen (some) shuode, keshi wo bu xiang (that) I can also speak Spanish well, and some French and German, but I’m not sure how helpful it would be. Xie xie ni.

First notebook entry: Introducing myself Wo cong Meiguo lai. Wo jiouyue Zhongguo qu. Xiexie ni.