Since Mandarin is my native language, I have no trouble understanding the meaning verbally. However, I've never had any formal language in learning Chinese. Some my friends have asked me 'Wouldn't it be weird for you to converse in Mandarin but you can't read them?' Yes, I know that! I have the superpower to understand the heck you're trying to say. Take that! (and don't try to backstab me)
Having an upperhand to speak/listen to Mandarin, I still have troubles trying to read/write the Chinese characters. Same goes to English, whereby native-English speakers don't necessary have the best English in the form of words. That's why I'm still learning how to read them. I usually practice by watching Chinese reality shows, or listening to my favourite Chinese songs.
There are actually more than 50 dialects in China. The most commonly used Chinese language is Mandarin. So basically what we mention on speaking Chinese is speaking Mandarin. Cantonese would be the other case for Jacky Chan fanatic. For people who have no idea on how to start Chinese lesson,
1. Start listening to the TV shows!
2. Once you are heavily confused with verbal talk, I would consider you to try out Learn Chinese Ez.
3. Learn first 100 most common characters in Chinese. Emphasize heavily on the pronunciation.
4. Be careful with the tone, there are usually 4 tones for each pronunciation.
5. Learn radicals on why the words are placed in such ways. (There are some ridiculous words with no idea why it is placed such ways, only Chinese historians can depict them. =))
6. Start to learn from the basic. I would post some useful videos from Youtube to enhance your learning soon.
7. Be persevere! Don't give up.
It's not easy to learn Chinese language. I actually feel that no language is easy to learn without hardwork and perseverance. Hope I can share more ideas to enhance the language learning. It helps me and other bananas as well.
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