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October 26, 2005
Learning Mandarin part II (update)
My new mandarin teacher is good and we are making progress, even though I have cut lessons to 90 minutes a day rather than 2 hours, I found that my learning / concentration spam is out of the window by then.
With this new found knowledge I knew there would be hurdles to overcome, such as:
a, My maid now thinks I speak fluent chinese, because she sees me having lessons every morning.
b, Me asking for a cup of Tea with Milk resulted in 1 cup of tea, AND 1 cup of milk, teach me to run before I can walk I suppose.
Personally I am very happy with the progress being made, and I must say, even knowing a few basic words such as I, Want, Buy, No, Milk, Bread etc can make all the difference.
I'll give you another report in a few weeks methinks, keep reading.
Posted by shak at October 26, 2005 9:38 AM