Chinese is AMAZING!

guikeli
 January 15, 2009, 08:14 AM posted in General Discussion

So I'm in Phoenix, Arizona and am up at 1 in the morning studying Chinese.

Am I the only Chinese freak out there? Or are their others with strange Chinese studying habits?

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biewangji
 January 15, 2009, 03:56 PM

Well, yesterday, I studied for about 8 hours until 3.30a.m. - but I don't think my retention rate was particularly good towards the end;)

In fact, I prefer working/studying at night, too bad I have to get up at 6 again.

But like you, I could never have imagined that a language could be *this* captivating...

...You are not alone...(I know, sounds cheesy.)

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urbandweller
 January 15, 2009, 04:31 PM

i smell another..."YOU KNOW YOU'RE ADDICTED TO LEARNING CHINESE WHEN..." post.

heh heh

yep i find myself babbling 'Englin-ese' sometimes in public...to practice my new words...its a weird combo of english and chinese...i cant quite speak fluent chinese yet...so i just mangle err i mean speak what i know!!  

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bingge
 January 15, 2009, 04:59 PM

Strange studying habits?  You mean like coming home, turning on the computer, checking out Cpod's website first, then proceeding to everything else?  Nope.  No strange habits here.

I do, however, watch CCTV-E (spanish chinese station) telenovelas.  I think maybe this is a little strange. Does anyone else watch these?  I listen to them speak in mandarin and try (fruitlessly) to ignore the spanish text at the bottom of the screen.  I don't know spanish, but sometimes it is helpful because I recognize the cognates.  Does anyone else watch these?  Right now I'm on "perfecto".