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Hi, this is Takon from Hong Kong, a native Cantonese speaker. I currently want to brush up on my English, French, and German, especially speaking and listening. I really feel the need to do so! And I'm ready to dedicate a few hours every week on online conversations. I'm competent to teach you Cantonese and Mandarin Chinese. I'm able to tailor-make materials that suit your particular needs. If you're only interested in talking in Cantonese or Mandarin, you're of course welcome to contact me. Add me as your friend!
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  • Commented

    Personally I'll hope it to be Germany, but now I don't think die Mannschaft will make it that far this time.

    Because they landed in a line with Spain, Italy, and France.

    If die Mannschaft will make it to to quarterfinal, which they will, they'll encounter either Spain or Italy. 

    And you know Germany had very bad record against these two teams.

    Other teams aren't performing convincingly. So I am guessing the champion will be Spain or Italy.

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    June 26, 2016
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  • Answered
    No, you don't need to have 我 in every sentence. Indeed, Chinese is known to be a so-called "pro drop" language. You can "drop" the subject when it can be inferred in the context. I suggest you correct the sentences as follows: 我叫Nicolas，是美国人，今年22岁。 我喜欢旅行，摄影，和学语言。 p.s. 语文/文 usually only means the written language. 语言 covers both written and spoken language.
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    June 10, 2016
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  • Commented

    中文(台灣話)/Chinese (Taiwanese)指的一定是所謂台語(閩南語的一種地方變體/次方言)

    其實很好理解. 這網站裡, 中文的選項一共有5個: Mandarin Chinese, Chinese (Shanghainese), Chinese (other), Chinese (Cantonese), Chinese (Taiwanese). 

    可是中文規範文字只有繁、簡兩種，以上5個選項裡, 頭兩個主要是用簡體字的, 最後兩種主要是用繁體(如果只考慮港澳的粵語和台灣的閩南語)。所以Chinese (Taiwanese)必定不完全對等於繁體中文。

    然後再跟Microsoft比較。 MS每種語言的輸入法都有主要使用地方的選項，比如說Chinese (Traditional) (Hong Kong), Chinese (Traditional) (Taiwan), Chinese (Simplified) (China), Chinese (Simplified) (Singapore)，等等。其他語言在MS系統裡也有很多選項: English (UK)/(USA), French (France)/(Canada), German (Germany)/(Austria)，等等。可是這網站裡English就是English, French就是French, 沒別的地方變體的選項了。因此這裡的用法跟Microsoft沒有可比性。

    再去Wikipedia查一下, Taiwanese指的就是台語, Cantonese是粵語, Shanghainese是上海話. 這些都是跟Mandarin Chinese(官話)處於對等地位的所謂方言。推測Chinese (other)指的就是其他華語方言, 比如客家話, 長沙話(湖南話), 南昌話(江西話), 等等。

    因此，可以肯定，這網站的分類是基於語言本身, 而跟使用的文字無關。

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    June 3, 2016
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  • Commented
    Have you tried Colloquial Russian? There are plenty of lengthy conversations and reading passages in every chapter, and of course some accompanying exercises to test your understanding and grammar ability.
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    June 3, 2016
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  • Corrected

    原来 本来 原本

    这三个单词我经常混淆. 请你们检查下面的句子。有不对的用法的话。。请让我知道。谢谢！

    1. 我五年之前离婚了。三年后又结婚了。我原来的老婆还是单身。

    2. 我今天复印了我宝宝的出生证。我帮他生申请护照，所以把副本交给大使馆。原来的出生证我keep保管。（在这里我应用哪个动词？keep 的意思）

    3. 这个暑假我本来要回国。。但是因为机票很贵，所以我决定在上海过夏天。

    4. 这个周末我原本要去商场买东西。但是我没钱了。 所以我不会去。

    5. 我买了新的电视。我抱把旧的电视送给打扫我房子的阿姨。（旧 ＝ 原来 的意思 ？）旧的不一定是原来的意思，但是这里是相通的。

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    I think you have a good grasp of Chinese in general and already know how to use these three words, which are synonyms in many cases.

    But I can think of a case where 原来 is not interchangeable with the other two. That is when 原来 as an adverb means "actually" or roughly "I realize ...".

    e.g. 原来他一直在骗我。

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    June 3, 2016
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  • Answered
    indeed, I don't quite understand what you intend to say. Is it a part of your assignment? Does it mean "And he/she does not respect the importance of his/her sister's stuff"? I personally don't think keeping either 的 in the sentence while leaving the other one out gives a natural sounding sentence. You have to change the word order of the sentence, or simply rewrite it like: 又沒有尊重這東西對妹妹(來說)很重要。(but then here nothing has to do with 的)
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    June 3, 2016
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  • Commented

    Hallo, Florian. Aus welche Stadt kommst du? 

    Meine Muttersprache ist Kantonesisch, und ich lerne Deutsch. Ich kann dir helfen, Kantonesische Aussprache zu lernen. 

    Um diese Sprache zu lernen, empfehle ich dir vor allem mit einem Buch zu studieren, um die Grundlagen zu verstehen. Egal welches Buch wirklich. Ich habe keine Idee über Cantonese for Everyone, aber ich finde Colloquial Cantonese super. Das kommt mit einer CD, damit du kannst Gespräche zuhören. Das Romaniserung System ist jedoch Yale. 

    Wenn du Fortgeschrittene bist, soltest du Hong Kong Schauspiele gucken, die du in der folgenden Website finden kannst: http://www.gooddrama.net/watch-drama-shows#hong-kong-drama

    Viel Spaß.

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    May 10, 2016
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  • Commented

    香港的情況跟中國內地有點不一樣. 在學校裡一般都有本地的英語老師和外藉老師. 本地老師教的一般都是英式的, 特別是拼寫單詞方面一定是英式的, 口音就看老師有沒有美國的教育背景了. 外藉老師就世界各地都有. 以前我中學的是澳洲人.

    不過學校對於學生說的是英式口音還是美式口音並沒有嚴格規定. 所以那些愛看美劇和Hollywood電影的同學說的是一口美式英語.

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    May 10, 2016
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  • Answered
    第一個問題我不大清楚. 如果你真的有興趣像日本小學生一樣學習日語的話, 我建議你可以買這一系列的書: http://www.momoshop.com.tw/goods/GoodsDetail.jsp?i_code=3794345&memid=6000009290&cid=apuad&oid=1&osm=league 還有一本是學單詞的, 你搜一下應該能找到. 第二個問題: 小學課本的確一開始只有假名, 漢字是後來一步一步慢慢教的. 一年級聽說要掌握的漢字在80個左右. 小學課程常用的漢字大概2500個. 課本裡一般漢字旁邊都有標注假名, 方便跟讀.
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    May 10, 2016
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  • Commented

    I'm a native speaker of Cantonese in Hong Kong. I personally prefer Jyutping. Yale can be intuitive in some way for English speakers (like the letters 'y' and 'j', and some of the tone representations). But Jyutping is more accurate and consistent (e.g. it differentiates 'oe' from 'eo'.Yes, they are allophones, but by this representation it gives a better transparency in spelling). There are actually more finals (i.e. vowel + final consonant combinations) in Jyutping than in Yale, which is closer to the reality. (e.g. Yale doesn't have 'ep' and 'em'). So in the long run, you should definitely go for Jyutping.

    Now back to the reality. I understand that there're way more study materials adopting the Yale system. If you want to begin learning Cantonese in Jyutping, or you want to shift from Yale, chances are that you can't find a proper material to begin with. What you need is to thoroughly study and compare the two systems, and probably find a teacher to help with the spelling and pronunciation. This gives you the ability to adapt to different romanization systems quickly, even when some non-standard ones are used. Another good news is that, if you're serious in your study and will eventually learn Chinese characters, you'll be joyful to know that the best online Cantonese dictionaries in Hong Kong use exclusively Jyutping! 

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    May 10, 2016
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