I want to learn Chinese which is easiest way to learn it quickly.?
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take up a beginner's course.\nsing (as you learn) along to some pop chinese songs, with your limited mandarin.\nhonest.\nhave fun, & good luck :)
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I am learning Chinese (Mandarin). I have already studied for five years, with about half of that time spent in Taiwan or China. I enjoy it a lot!
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I am a native speaker of Chinese (I'm from Taiwain), and I am currently learning French.\n\nI think you can start with some language courses online. They often give you the basic survival phrases or words. Practice more on the tones, because people might get the wrong word if you pronounce the tones wrong. Also, pay special attention on the composition of the Chinese characters; it can help you remembering and writing it (either Traditional or Simplified). Furthermore, if you want to pick it up, read something in Chinese and listen to radio programs in Chinese would help a lot, even if you don't understand them. You can also try talking to yourself in the Chinese you know. You have to create a Chinese environment. You also need to practice writing the Chinese characters you have just learned again and again (I don't know about the pupils in China, but pupils in Taiwan repeat writing the same character more than 20 times and the same words 2 to 4 times, and that is how we remember how to write the characters). Finally, you need to keep practicing writing and using the new Chinese words you have learned.
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Working on it everyday is good.\n\nThe time varies based on which language, how much vocabulary and grammar you want/need to know, and your own interest and aptitude for languages.  Also on the method you use - immersion, ALM, Berlitz, or moving to France and being forced to use it.  There are other methods; i have no idea which is fastest or easiest. i found ALM to be painless.\n\nMARK TWAIN said \n" My philological studies have satisfied me that a gifted person ought to learn English (barring spelling and pronouncing) in 30 hours, French in 30 days, and German in 30 years. "\n\nPersonally, i think English would take longer than that ( how can you learn English WITHOUT spelling and pronouncing?) but who am i to argue with Mark Twain?
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Windows has built in pinyin for chinese.  you just have to install it on to your computer. here are the steps.\n1. start -> control panel -> regional and language options\n2. click on language tab then on install east asian languages then on apply\n3. insert windows xp disk (if needed)\n4. Then restart\n5. repeat step 1 ~> click on advance tab\n6. then click on desired languages (traditional, simplified chinese)\nthen click on apply.\n\nafter you should be able to read and write chinese using the language bar on your computer.
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Try these please\n\nlearn_chinese.ckungfu.com\nhttp://www.pinyin.org/index.cfm\nhttp://www.chinawestexchange.com/Mandarin/Pinyin/index.htm\nhttp://www.mandarintools.com\n\nPut "learn + pinyin" in google search engin, and you will find more.\n\nHappy learning!
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Mandarin is more practical and easier to learn for caucasians...but I strongly recommend cantonese too! mostly bcoz I SPEAK CANTONESE! lol! there're many interesting slangs and cool stuff to do in Hong Kong! :p
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It depends on what your native language is.  If you speak english, the easiest languages to learn are going to be french, spanish or italian.  That's because all of these languages derived from latin so they have form, structure, and even many words in common (or notably similar).  However, if your native language was vietnamese it would probably be easier for you to learn chinese than italian.
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There is no fast and easy way to learn Japanese, but a great place to start if you can't take a class and you aren't going to Japan anytime soon is http://www.yesjapan.com/. \n\nIf you don't want to do that, just google "free Japanese lessons" and you'll come up with a ton of material. \n\nIf you're really serious, you might also consider getting  Japanese penpals who wouldn't mind tutoring you.\n\n http://www.sharedtalk.com/ is a great site for finding  someone to study with .
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It's always good to learn as much as you can. If you have the opportunity to do so, grab it.\n\nWhen I was in school, I studied Mandarin Chinese for two years. I loved it, but never had a chance to pursue those studies any further. For years, I have wished I could speak the language fluently. You just never know when you might use it.\n\nI spent five years taking the police emergency calls (e.g. 911 in the States) and the number of times I needed to get interpreters on the phone to help people was phenomenal. By far, the most common language I needed to get an interpreter for was... Mandarin Chinese. I remember a time I received a call from a woman who was clearly desperate. The operator who diverted the call to me couldn't work out what service she needed (whether she wanted Police, Fire, or Ambulance) so she put the woman through to Police. I couldn't understand what the woman was saying, but I was able to recognise what language she was speaking. After about ten minutes, I finally established (with the help of the interpreter) that her mother had had a suspected heart attack and she needed an ambulance - not police at all.\n\nIt takes only three minutes without air, and a person begins to die.\n\nI had lost at least ten minutes already, and that didn't count the time it took to ascertain basic details and transfer the call to the ambos, who in turn would have to get another interpreter for the finer details, and of course, the time it would take for the ambulance to reach the woman.\n\nDid she make it? I don't know.\n\nBut had I been able to speak Chinese - or had she been able to speak English - she would have had a fighting chance.\n\nI strongly urge you to learn another language if you have the opportunity. You never know when you might use it - and you never know when it could save a life.
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I'm fluent in English and I'm really interested in languages so I think Chinese would be grea to learn a great culture and civilization is good to be understood.\nEmail me at ahmedeldeeb@yahoo
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If we could figure out a way to do it, I would love to help you learn English and I would love to learn Chinese.  Many of my students parents speak Chinese only and I would like to be able to communicate with them.
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You can try those tutorial tapes. When you say you can already read and write alot of characters, do you also mean to say that you understand them? If you can read them then surely you know how certain words sound like. You'll just have to learn sentance structure etc. Maybe get a friend or someone who knows chinese and see if they can help you out. Sometimes speaking a language with others will help improve your pronounciation and such. Good luck.
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I personally reccomend the Rosetta Stone language education software. It's specifically designed to teach people fast. My father was at conversational italian after an hour a day for six months, and was reading and writing it by the end of the year. I'm going to get a copy before I go to Japan. It comes in almost every language, too.
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www.zhongwen.com\nwww.mandarintools.com\nwww.yellowbridge.com\n\nif you have a palm pilot or a pocket pc, check out www.pleco.com
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My wife is also from Taiwan, I've found an excellent resource for learning Mandarin at:\nhttp://www.chinesepod.com/\n\nThis is a podcast for newbie, elementary, intermediate and advanced level.  Just download the mp3s and put them on your iPod, or burn them to an audio CD.
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I'd say Mandarin Chinese. Not only do you have to learn words ... inflection is also key ... and there are four inflections you can put on any word/syllable. And some of the words are best pronounced in a sing-song sort of tone. \n\nJapanese is definitely easier because it is not so heavily dependent on inflection. \n\nFrench, Spanish and German are all a piece of cake compared to Mandarin Chinese.