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I'm here looking to connect with others who are teaching themselves Mandarin and those who are already fluent so I can get some help with the many mistakes I will make along the way. I have been researching and experimenting with Open Learning and blogging weekly about it at http://iamcorbin.net and I came across some articles talking about the benefit of learning of second language. That really got me thinking about how my experiences of the world are limited to the single language I know and the benefits of being able to add to that experience with the new perspectives that another language and culture could offer. So here I am, fresh on a new journey...
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    April 13, 2012
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    Punctuations

    Sometimes I forget to add punctuation or do not use it properly when I write. I did not think this was a big thing until I discovered the following jingle:

    我知道你不知道我知道你不知道我知道你不知道

    My teacher told me that this sentence will take on a different meanings depending on what puncuation you use. What do you think?

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    April 13, 2012
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    我叫Corbin 早上好 我是美国人 请问你是哪国人吗 我爱梦 晚安 full version with handwriting and audio here: http://iamcorbin.net/mandarin-journal/17-projects/mandarin-journal/30-corbin
    April 11, 2012
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    Taking Aerobics

    I found Zhen Duoyan's aerobics by a casual view at an online forum. A writter posted an essay at the online forum to say that she had been taking Zhen Duoyan's aerobics for two months and it lead to her losing 4 kilograms plus became stronger than before. I want to build my body up and reduce my belly fat, so I'd like to try it.
    I started practicing aerobics last Monday. I am following a video of aerobics on the Internet to study and it is free. The lession is fourty minutes long. At beganning the rhythm is slow and the action is simple, but then it becomes more and more difficult further into the exercise and I almost can’t finish the whole program. When I'm done, I'm covered in sweat. I enjoy that feeling and I always {sleep well}? at night after a day that includes a good workout.

    Even thought I felt pain all over my body for the first few days, now I can feel that my whole body is very relaxed. I hope I can keep it up everyday to become physically fit and also reduce my belly fat.

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    April 9, 2012
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    Breakfast at Tiffany's

    Hello! I am Vanessa and I am learning English and Cantonese. I have been learning English for a while, and {also studying?} Cantonese, I am just a beginner and I have no idea what I write about in my first italki-writing. I will write something about the novel I just read last weekend, Breakfast at Tiffany's. I think that I am lucky because I haven't watched the movie before reading the novel. Due to this, I can build images of the novel's characters in my imagination rather than just remembering the images of the actresses and actors. I love the story in the book and I have really been moved by the part where the woman threw her cat but regretted it immediately. That reminds me of my dog. 

    I am not good at writing, especially on the details. I hope you can help me and correct my writing. :)

    __________________________

    There you go, hope that helps!

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    April 7, 2012
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    That's a good idea tgif, 谢谢

    April 7, 2012
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    汉字颜色 我创造颜色轮 see the color wheel here along with audio recording, please let me know if I'm pronouncing anything incorrectly: http://iamcorbin.net/mandarin-journal/17-projects/mandarin-journal/28-2012-04-07-04-13-30
    April 7, 2012
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    I'm still new to learning Mandarin (it's only been 2 weeks since I started) but I have enjoyed studying zhuyin after learning about it in this article - <a href="http://chinesehacks.com/study/learning-chinese-pinyin-or-zhuyin/">http://chinesehacks.com/study/learning-chinese-pinyin-or-zhuyin/</a>

     

    Since there are new sounds in Mandarin I like the idea of associating those new sounds with their own characters instead of assigning multiple meanings to the english characters I'm so used to. I'll have to learn both anyways, but I'm up for the challenge. I can already type in zhuyin or pinyin on my phone and my laptop with keyboard drivers I found for both as well.

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    April 7, 2012
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    Memrise: Zhuyin (bopomofo) - Need Sounds

    I have setup a <a style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-size: 1em; text-decoration: none; color: #3c78a7; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; position: static !important; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;" href="http://memrise.com/" rel="nofollow">http://memrise.com</a> course for zhuyin but I need to find a set of audio clips of all the sounds to attach to the characters. 

     

    Does anyone know of a openly licensed set of zhuyin recordings or would someone who is fluent and knows zhuyin mind recording a set of all the character sounds?

     

    Here is the course: <a style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-size: 1em; text-decoration: none; color: #3c78a7; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; position: static !important; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;" href="http://www.memrise.com/set/10020107/zhuyin-bopomofo-3/" rel="nofollow">http://www.memrise.com/set/10020107/zhuyin-bopomofo-3/</a>;

    April 6, 2012
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    你好, 我开始学普通话

    I have only been practicing by myself and using resources online so far. It would be great to have someone to talk with on Skype!

    April 5, 2012
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