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Hi guys! I'm planning to take up Mandarin or Cantonese studies in college. Are there any good schools in 台灣 ,China, US? Are there any scholarships available for Filipinos to study in Taiwan(specifically), or US, New Zealand?
BTW, what do you call the course for Mandarin studies /Cantonese studies?
Pls. reply and thanks in advance. :)
I'm curious in getting some feedback from people who have studied both pinyin and bopomofo for learning Chinese. I recently picked up bopomofo to try and force myself out of some bad pronunciation habits I had when reading english letters in pinyin.
In my opinion, I find that studying bopomofo really helps in understanding the full vocal components of Chinese words. Of course pinyin is still awesome for picking up pronunciation quickly, but I really think bopomofo helps you fine tune it and get as close to natural speech as possible.
Just throwing this out there to get some ideas, and see if anyone experienced in both can tell me if I am wasting my time or not.
I put together some small training excercises for myself that worked well and allowed me to pick it up in 3 weeks with only half an hour a day. If anyone is interested I'd be happy to share.
大家好！ Just subscribed today! I'm really excited because I've been listening to these podcasts a lot lately, but never had the chance to subscribe. I'm glad I did!
Ok, so I just got back from living in Taiwan for two years (and just like Amber, I'm going to have to adjust my 說法 a little bit. Ok.. maybe more than just a little bit). But as you know in Taiwan, they only use traditional characters （繁體字。 《這個你們看得懂嗎？ 哈哈） I'm going to continue studying Chinese, but I know that studying simplified characters will be a lot more advantageous. I have a little over 2,000 characters memorized, and I'm trying to find out the tips and tricks of how to recognize simplified characters with a traditional character background. Does anyone have any similar experiences? Or is it just 'hey, just get used it to it!' type deal? Let me know!
後來
後來，我總算學會了如何去愛
可惜你早已遠去，消失在人海。
後來，終於在眼淚中明白
有些人一旦錯過就不再。
梔子花，白花瓣 ，
落在我藍色百褶裙上。
“愛你” 你輕聲說。
我低下頭聞見一陣芬芳。
那個永恆的夜晚，
十七歲仲夏，
你吻我的那個夜晚，
讓我往後的時光，
每當有感嘆，
總想起當天的星光。
那時候的愛情，
為什麼就能那樣簡單。
而又是為什麼人年少時，
一定要讓深愛的人受傷。
在這相似的深夜裡，
你是否一樣，
也在靜靜追悔感傷。
如果當時我們能不那麼倔強，
現在也不那麼遺憾。
你都如何回憶我，
帶著笑或是很沉默。
這些年來有沒有人能讓你不寂寞。
永遠不會再重來，
有一個男孩愛著那個女孩。
7:30你打電話說不能回家吃晚飯
可是我在等
鍋裡飯在燜
又是一個人的夜晚
你說這個禮拜公司需要你去加班
說這是應酬
還不是藉口
我看你不要在隱瞞
不要騙我
說你愛我
這份感情
我還珍惜
我知道你很辛苦
每天忙碌
雖然我知足
卻不想裝糊塗
我真的看到你跟他一起
欺騙我自己
欺騙你自己
為什麼還要在一起
從沒有關心
也沒有愛情
只是為了方便嗎
偷了我的心
要了我的情
為什麼你還不反省
試過睜一眼
假裝看不見
我要對你說再見
你說做個女人應該為男人著想
不要太好強
不要太多夢想
這是個男人的世界
可是你心裡應該明白
你只要你的自由
應該不應該
把你的愛情收起來
Hey all, not sure how useful this will be to anyone out there, but I figured I'd post it just in case. It's a collection of about 680 flashcards I've created using only bopomofo, the character (traditional) and a simple English definition.
http://ncincott.tripod.com/characters.zip
After searching high and low on the internet for some good learning materials using only bopomofo, I gave up and just made my own. It's a work in progress so I'll try and keep it updated. It's designed to fit about 6 cards on a paper to print out and take with you. I fold them along the center line to hide the answers.
Thank You For Your Gentleness MTV - S.H.E & Fahrenheit
Hi Taiwan poddies! How about a meetup in Taipei? I will be visiting family at the end of April though the first week of May. I know Calkins is in Taipei. Who else? It'd be fun! 我们大家去吃反把！
This random question seems to qualify as drivel and, for the siniphiles here, is probably an elementary question. Still, I met an older Taiwanese man who told me that many of the people now living in Fujian originally fled from Luoyang (洛阳）and that an older name for 闽南语 is 河洛语. Also, he says that some Taiwanese still call their patois 河洛语。 Also, similarly to Cantonese, he claimed that some poetry recited in Taiwanese sounds better because, similar to Cantonese, many ancient sounds are preserved in 闽南语。
A quick search on the web turned up this website, which confirms the correctness of the alternative name. However, I couldn't confirm the origin of the name. Has anyone ever heard of this? No big deal, just curious, neverending quest for knowledge, etc. This is
有没有福建人知道吗？ 闽南语是不是自从洛阳吗？
Google has added Street View in Taipei! It still seems kind of limited; hopefully the add more streets later, but I've been waiting for this for a long time. I knew it was coming because the google cam has been spotted around Taipei and Google地圖 has been busy with their "在台北最愛的地方" series with various Taiwanese 藝人.
I entered my 2nd speech contest as a way to force me to focus on improving my fluency and pronunciation.
Take a look at me here. I'm the American with the sun glasses and hat.
http://www.rti.com.tw/ajax/Activity2010Ajax/Foreigner2010VoteE.aspx
Chinese Podders, I could use your support on this one. Come take a look and tell me what you think of entering speech contests as a learning tool.
