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Learning any foreign language requires
passion, patience and commitment. Mandarin Chinese is not an exemption. As
complex as Mandarin Chinese may seem, when you are passionate about it and
dedicate yourself; it will only be a matter of a short period of time before
you master a good percentage of it. In starting the journey of learning Mandarin Chinese or any language for that matter, you have to start with the
basics before fully indulging yourself to other complex sections. Here are
great tips on how to learn mandarin Chinese.
Start with the basics
Mandarin Chinese is a tonal language and
therefore you should first start by learning the tone variation. The tone
dictates the meaning of a word. This means you can use a word with the same
characters, and pronunciation to convey a different meaning by just varying the
tone of your voice. Here are the 4 main tones of Mandarin Chinese.
*High tone but flat tone: this is a tone type
that requires the learner to maintain a high but flat tone.
*Rising tone: This is requires the speaker to
raise the voice from low to a middle tone.
*Dipping tone: This is the opposite of the
second tone; the voice falls from the middle to low tone
*Lowering tone: while the third tone entails
falling of the voice from middle to lower, this fourth tone is the same but
this time it happens very fast; a quick fall of the tone from middle to lower
level.
Put more attention on simple vocabulary
Before you can speak fluent in any language,
you require having very many words in your disposal. If you want to simplify
your learning experience, you should start by learning simple words in Mandarin
Chinese such as foods (example beef- niu rou, egg- ji dan), greeting and
household goods. Note, in as much as vocabularies are important, in Mandarin Chinese,
accuracy and good voice variation is key.
After you have grasped some vocabulary and
Mandarin Chinese basics, the next step is learning some numerical digits. A
language can never be complete without numbers. Therefore take you time to
learn the first ten Mandarin Chinese digits. When you fully understand these
first ten, from there you can easily connect the other double digits. For
example, ten is shi, to make eleven you say Shi yi where yi is one.
The above mentioned are just but a few guides
that you can use to learn Mandarin Chinese, however in order to have a great
success and even speak like a native, you need to go an extra mile. There are
several online classes that you can take advantage of: some are free and some
are paid for, you can decide depending on how far you want to go. Such classes
are very essential in that you will be taught how to structure sentences,
Pinyin (system used for writing Mandarin Chinese) and Chinese grammar rule. All
said and done, it is also equally important to listen to Chinese radio, watch
Chinese films and cartoons: These will help you learn and gain more skill;
connect with other groups of people learning or speaking Mandarin Chinese
online or even take a trip to China.
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