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Hi italki folks! BASIC INFO: This is Marcus, male, 21 years old, still doing Chemistry at university. NATIVE LANGUAGES: - Vietnamese (Saigon accent) - Chinese Cantonese (This is my semi-native or heritage language. Listening is good as I can comprehend everyday Cantonese dialogue up to 80% but got confused when listening to news, certain slangs, 成語. Speaking is OK as I have little to no difficulties in pronouncing Cantonese words but still lack vocabulary to become that near-native level. Reading is still a pain for me as my vocabulary is not that much so still rely on using dictionary. Writing is getting better in terms of informal language but really needed to learn how to write certain in a less colloquial manner) LEARNING THESE LANGUAGES: - Chinese Mandarin (This is my first priority. I guess I'm still at beginner level. Can understand basic conversations. Listening and understanding what people say in Chinese movies or drama are still the hard work for me. Speaking is OK, pronunciation is good but in certain situation can lose my tone and still bearing some Cantonese accent in the speech. Reading is improving but still needed a dictionary by side to look up words and characters. Writing is OK but may tend to make some repetitions in sentence constructing) Chinese Cantonese - Chinese Cantonese (This is my secondary priority. Pretty well described in the native language section. So much improvements needed to see in in terms of slangs, 成語,more advanced vocabulary, writing. - English (somewhere upper-intermediate to advanced level, speak with a bit of mix between English and American accent) - Taiwanese Hokkien (or 閩南話): I'm an absolute beginner of this language
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    Moon Festival in Taiwan

    Today is the Moon Festival in Taiwan. There are is a large number of Taiwanese people having a BBQ party at home or somewhere in the parks. This custom has been popularized for over 30 years since the 1980s. Moreover, most people may not know why where this custom originated from. From my understanding of the (phenomenon) trend, it may be because that the moon is the biggest and is the most circular fullest during the festival and Taiwanese people would like to see the moon and have BBQ outside at the same time to avoid being hungry, however, some people believe that the BBQ custom might be influenced by advertisements or other commercial patterns (?). In summary, when foreigners visit Taiwan during the Moon Festival, I hope they would not feel surprised. In addition, it would be great if they could experience our local custom and also have some mooncakes while gazing the moon.

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    This is for reference only. Hope you find it useful. :D
     
    是啊。我昨天才知道臺灣人開燒烤Party為了慶祝中秋節。很想親身體驗喔!

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    September 27, 2015
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    My English practice - 0910

    Title : I love Katana !!

    I like love Japanese Katanas, I like its shape of blade blade shape, blade pattern, guard, grip, and I like the black one most best.

    Sometime I’ll watch some movies which are about Katana or Samurai, but I don’t like the spirit of Bushido because it always gives an oppressive feeling.

    I like to see enjoy watching the ronin or samurai using katana to kill people ( I mean, kill bad guys ^^ ).
    I request asked my old brother a favour to use 3D-Max to build a Katana for meto give me, and it was so beautiful.

    Hope that one day, I’ll buy can buy one real unsharpened katana for myself.one the katana which doesn’t edge.

    Please point out my mistakes, thank you!

    Chinese version :

    我愛武士刀
    我喜歡日本武士刀,喜歡它的刀行、刀紋、劍柄、刀握,最愛黑款。

    有時候我都在看跟武士刀或武士有關的電影,但是我不喜歡它們的武士精神,給我一種很壓抑的感覺。

    我喜歡看浪人或武士用武士刀砍人(我是指,壞人)

    我有拜託我哥用3D-MAX幫我做一把刀,它蠻好看的。

    希望有一天,我會買一把未開鋒的刀。


    ( 這不是中翻英,中文是我寫給外國人士看得如果它們想學的話,這中文是給改英文的人參考的,英文才是我原味的寫作 )謝謝

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    September 10, 2015
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    One of the myths about learning Chinese is that the simplified is seemingly easier to pick up compared to the traditional one. But in my opinion, neither writing system is easier than the other one. It largely depends on how much time you spend studying it. In most cases, I memorise new characters by their shapes or make up my own mnemonics to recognise them in the next time I encounter them. I prefer using the traditional one since when I started to pick up Chinese, I learnt this first. But I would not reject the idea of learning the simplified one as it's good to know both, isn't it? 

    Only one major problem with the traditional scripts, at least for me only, is that some many-stroke traditional characters are hardly recognisable on the electronic devices' screen unless you zoom in it.

    But when it comes to writing the traditional scripts, it's a different story. Haha


     

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    Some people are not that serious considerate

    aActually i I want to say is that when i I practiced (my English?) with so many other guys, one of the problem i I faced that is the timing problem, i I mean that it's hard to schedule our adjusting time because we were are from different countries. aAnother problem is when someone is a bit more advanced in English, he/she does not want to practice with those beginners. And sometime also the beginners do not want to do the practice, because he /she become may get upset for feeling shy, especially when in this context of talking with a stranger. bBut if you want to learn a language , you have to do the practice and have to keep yourself in practice.  turn it into your everyday habit. 

    Cheers! 

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    February 25, 2015
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    Improving my English

    I am really like some results in my English. It would be the best thing to see some advances in my English. I want to improve all in it because my vocabulary needs to be more diverse greatest and my speaking also needs to become betterimprove. (Realising) Knowing this, I am watching movies, playing word games with phrases, reading more texts and paying more attention in each of these. What I am aiming looking which it is a little bit hard but with determination, anyone can do (achieve, succeed, make) it. All I need is to believe in my own philosophy. I need to believe in myself.


    Cheers!

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    February 25, 2015
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    Back to Work

    Since last week is was the Chinese New Year, I have been away from italki for a long time. But I am back now. Today is the first working day in the (this) Sheep Year and I feel so exciting and powerful. This year is very important to me, because I have lots of goals to be achieved. Therefore, I will work hard and study hard in this year.

    To everybody, Happy Chinese New Year!

     

    新年快樂!喜氣“羊羊”!馬到成功!

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    February 25, 2015
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