Comments on: How can i learn the chinese languages mandarin & cantonese ?

By: LexiSan

LexiSan — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:57:37 +0000

You should find out which one she speaks so you don’t end up wasting your time. She might not even speak either of them. Two of my Chinese friends only know these local dialects from their parents’ hometown.

Anyway, you can learn both here:
http://fsi-language-courses.com/

Supplementary stuff for Mandarin:
http://mangolanguages.com
http://livemocha.com

By: Billy Z

Billy Z — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:57:37 +0000

Learn which dialect she speaks.If you live in the US she might not even speak it.

By: Elena S

Elena S — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:57:37 +0000

come to her and say "hello, i’m very interested in Chinese, maybe you could help me with some words, if you pelase?"…
if you smile and look nice, she won’t refuse…

By: Emotion_Ibra

Emotion_Ibra — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:57:37 +0000

Are you in Beijing?If you are here,I can teach you some Chinese,for free~Moreover,mandarin is very different with cantonese in pronunciation.I can speak mandarin only.

By: Terry Lam

Terry Lam — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:57:37 +0000

you can talk with a friend who speak mandarin or cantonese.

I am willing to talk with you.

By: silverstyle

silverstyle — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:57:37 +0000

If you want to learn Mandarin, chinesepod.com gives you free access to all their lessons for 10 days. Download all the basic lessons and then take your time going through them.

Make sure you practice listening and speaking. Since you want to talk to this Chinese girl – and understand what she says to you, focus on the speech.

If you try to learn the characters, or written Chinese symbols, or even pinyin (english letters that represent Chinese words) you might get too overloaded.