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Hi i'm Brian. Born, raised, and currently living in Hawaii. I speak a little Cantonese (learned before English) but have forgotten a lot of it. I've studied 3 years of mandarin in college, but really need a lot of work on it. Looking to learn Mandarin. I attended the Canton trade fair in 2004. I haven't been back since due to the language barrier. I'm hoping to find some people who can speak Mandarin & Cantonese. I think that'd be a lot easier to teach each other Mandarin/English.
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    Looking for a possible language swap. I live in Hawaii (GMT-10) USA, and i've studied Mandarin a very long time ago. Definitely don't remember as much as I should. Looking for something informal now, before I take some paid lessons for myself. I know a bit of Cantonese also and could use that as a bridge in learning. Hoping to find someone who lives closer to Guangzhou. And possibly available during the months of OCT-NOV and APR. I will possibly attending the Canton Fair starting in 2022 (depending on COVID limitations). So having someone I already know as a translator/tour/hangout buddy would be ideal - PAID of course. #LanguagePartner
    October 19, 2021
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    I'm in Hawaii (GMT-10). Let me know if you're interested. I'm just trying to refresh my mandarin a bit.
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    October 17, 2021
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    if you're trying to learn Mandarin. i'd say go to youtube, and search pinyin karaoke / karaoke translation. of course, you could just find pinyin lyrics for a song, and then slowly read/translate for yourself. But I only know a few hundred characters, so the pinyin + translation (sometimes wrong) helps. if you only want to listen, then it should be whatever sounds best to you - subjective
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    March 3, 2011
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    It Wasn't Me - Shaggy
    <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Wasn't_Me">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Wasn't_Me</a> 
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    February 17, 2011
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     seek out all my ex-gfs and date them....all at the same time!
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    February 16, 2011
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    guess AIM would be useless for those outside of the US. So I installed skype/MSN 

    Valley - I thought i'd try to meet a few people who are trying to learn English and see how that goes first

    muruoxi/beryl - lol translators or bots?
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    February 16, 2011
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    What TTS does everyone use? looking to input: Hanzi
    output: voice + pinyin + english translation 

    February 16, 2011
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    I Want to learn Mandarin, I speak English + a bit of Cantonese I live in Hawaii - i'm avail 2p-5pm Hawaii time, which is 8am -11am in Beijing.

    I grew up speaking Cantonese (learned it from family, but mainly watching tv shows). I haven't used it much over the years - but i'm sure I can still get by.

    So i'm hoping to find someone who wants to learn English.  I'm looking to learn Mandarin.  we could use Cantonese as a bridge.

    new to italki - what does everyone use? I mainly use AIM, but I dont think anyone else does.  loaded Skype already..
    February 11, 2011
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     勝者為王?!? 
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    February 11, 2011
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     LMF...i'm just kidding of course....but they are some really funny songs. 
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    February 11, 2011
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