Speaking Japanese & Chinese At The Same Time 汉语

[NoctLightCloud]

I think the japanese exercices at the beginning are way too slow...! you will never proceed like that, no matter which language!

when I started Italian, my teacher started speaking in a normal (fast) way from the beginning, same for my Japanese course... it's maybe hard in the beginning, but you can get used to it quickly. and now I have a big advantage---

[Vireeze]

Poor guy... same mistake every time.... Zhe Ge "Nv" Hai Zi Zai Chi Fan...

[kiddyoga]

LOOOOL AT UR CHINESE>...........

[meowtrox]

what program is this?

[40614240]

come on...... i just know a fool try to learn some chinese

[anderisheavy]

hahaha your japonese hai hai :D

[TheDarkestCode]

LOL that was so funny chinese!!

[mount922]

我肚子笑痛了。。。。孩女子

[yurimiyake]

haha Its really hilarious

[TheDarkBlob]

2:29 "fuck that shit" ?

[77mycharger77]

what program is this?

[CanonWonder]

这个孩女子，哈哈哈

[krystal3091]

Lol, yeah, Japanese is way easier to pronounce than Chinese. Chinese has lot of "ch" "zh" "sh" sounds and lot of sounds that other languages don't have. Japanese is very syllabic and has easy sounds that all languages have already. Japanese doesnt have complicated sounds i mean, its like : to, wa, ka, ko, no, mo etc... simple.

[sakuramiyakawa]

@krystal3091 true but also in Japanese we have different ways of saying words... I mean like how you need to say it. just like in chinese. for example "ame" which is rain and "ame" which is candy... we need to prnounce it differently.. o.O; and my explanation sucks ahahhah

[AquaaLeo]

check at 2:15 lol damn

[AquaaLeo]

ni aao

[Calebforreal]

@AquaaLeo do you mean "ni hao"? which means "you good" which is the common form of greeting in Chinese, so basically "ni hao" means "hello". and "ni hao" is pronounced "nee how" with the first syllable that sounds like "nee" being in the first tone which is flat, stays the same tone, then the syllable that sounds like "how" is in the third tone which is the tone where you voice goes down, then up.

[catherine20080811]

lmao

[zorahk270]

jesus, your japanese is terrible!

[aftereffects00]

zhe ge nv hai zi zai chi fan - 这个女孩子在吃饭

zhe ge nv hai zi zai he shui - 这个女孩子在和水

[mrlanguageguy]

just slowwww down with your chinese man! youre trying too heard!

[saturnguardian90]

all chinese dialects are hard.

[ddioppp]

ska te rondane

[Lunatic4Bizcas]

Antking: Are you American or a native English speaker? I'm a Mexican American (born and raised in the U.S), and I find Mandarin Chinese to be much easier to learn than Japanese. The grammar is easily adaptable for the native English speaker. I will admit that Chinese pronunciation was a little bit difficult at first, but after practicing for about 6 months and following the phonetic rules clearly displayed in pinyin, I picked up on speaking Mandarin quite naturally.

[symphom]

really? this is wierd

I´m mexican and i´ve to say that japanese is easier than chinese at least phonetic is similar to spanish and even grammar is not that complex i thing its pretty logical and mandarin its not easy to me beacause of its grammatical simplicity.

saludos!

[StarSpawn06]

@symphom

for me it's the other way round. the sheer amount of inflection that exists in Japanese and European languages is frustrating to learn :/

[evenness]

hahaha i laugh so fucking hard too man ,, now try hebrew and arab

[BriCareful]

hahahah ur japanese is kinda bad too sorry

[ihearthowardmoon]

i love rosetta stone, but this chinese one looks SO hard! what the hell lol!

[holmstrom2008]

Ur Chinese pronanciation is funny. It really hard for u to pronounce the Chinese word. Since the sound of Chinese pinyin Is not so consistent with the sound of English. Haha. The phrase you pronounced should like "the er nyue hi tsi chai ho shui" in English.

[VivaLaMente]

I like how the Japanese one is all slow, as though its geared toward retarded people, and then Mandarin is just like.... I WILL MURDER YOUR PATIENCE

[Aquasakurablue]

When it's "zhe ge nu hai zi zai he guo zhi" ... you said something I can't even hear ...

[YouStoleMyTube]

LOLOLOLOLOL!

[shinyouhou]

You keep mixing up girl and the word before it.

Listen to it carefully!

[yellowfever7688]

Dude, the trying to speak Mandarin on RS is seriously hard as shit. You have to have the right tones and it is wicked tricky (I've said my share of "fuck this shit" as well while practicing)

[80sgirl2010]

Cool computer program, it looks like a more virtual version of the game My Japanese Coach for Nintendo DS

[omgdan23]

Shit! Cantonese is way easier than Mandarin.

[Yinshiro]

lmao " fck this shit man is fckin hard...

[rayfob]

LAMO!! Chinese part was hilarious!

[akaolive]

You just made my day! xD All I heard was noise when you were trying to speak Mandarin, but good attempt.

[helenbubz]

I haven't laughed that much in ages xD I love how you were improvising with random words at the end of those sentences..

hopefully you've improved now!

[TheBassguy1]

I cant install mine, i have it in Russian. it says Please Select Language and i click the arrow and theres nothing there.

[karmieboo]

chinese is a very complex language. that is why it is hard to learn. but when you are fluent with it. you will be greatly awarded because chinese is a very important language and is helpful in many ways.

[TheWideSmile]

so funny...

[happy04chic]

roflmao "zhe ge nu hai nu nu nuuusdfjlk??" so cute! practice makes perfect!

[JurassikPerk]

How do you run 2 languages at the same time mate I have rosetta stone but I have never seen this? cheers

[loki2504]

太好笑了！他毀了中文 哈哈 什麼都聽不懂 哈哈

太棒了！

[k3nji019]

♣♣♣whEre we can find that??....heLp mE plS!!..♣♣♣

[alexisanne6]

i know what you are going through... i learned japanese years ago, I do not remember anything now but the punctuation is still perfect and i am trying to learn mandarin now. Any tips you could offer as far as sites i can access in the U.S.?

[alexisanne6]

I know what you are going through.... i learned japanese years ago, i dont use it anymore but pronunciation is still perfect.... im trying to learn mandarin now its really hard to pronounce anything

[dyhs2006]

zhe ge hai nu....fuck that shit! lol

[gotmilk311]

"fuck this shit man" hahahahaha

[PrincessKatamari]

I have to admit, your Chinese was a little bit off later. Try speaking with a crisper sound and relax your mouth.

[evenness]

hhahah im triying to learn hebrew , japanese and chinese at the same time in livemocha ahhaha is very similar to rossetta stone ,

[Xinoutorah]

LOL "f$#$ that __ man" You are speaking too fast, it sounds like you are speaking another language! :-p Do they have a slow-down button so you can try to speak it slower?

[Xinoutorah]

I am against learning Japanese, but this almost makes me want to pick it up...seems very easy to pronounce. No wonder more people learn Japanese than Chinese around here...

[manbearpig007master]

@Xinoutorah why r you against learning japanese?

[Xinoutorah]

@manbearpig007master I am not against it. Sorry, that came out wrong... I really just have no desire to learn it.

[manbearpig007master]

@Xinoutorah thats a little odd, i plan on learning japanese, spanish, latin, german, and possible french. it will look great on my college resume, but japanese german and french will be the most imprtant, because alot of buisness is done in those languages.

[Xinoutorah]

@manbearpig007master Sorry you find it odd. I just find Chinese to be more useful to me than Japanese.

[huli1982]

haha. To speak good Chinese, you must work hard on pinyin.

[tanyaoxin1000]

You're speaking it too fast , sounding almost like an old man. You're even missing some words for the Japanese words. Although may seem easy for you , but not well spoken.

[victimofsleep]

hey which program are you using? Is it free? I'm interested to use for some other languages!

[victimofsleep]

Haha! But actually your pronounciation for Chinese is better than that for Japanese, if you get it right.

[tsebunjax]

yes your chinese sounds like vietnamese.

[ShinyFilms]

Wtf...How can you fail at reading the Chinese when they give you the pinyin? Sure, you won't have the greatest pronunciation but at least you'll get the order correct...

[Xinoutorah]

@ShinyFilms I am assuming the program he is using doesn't teach him about pinyin or how to pronounce it, but merely gives him the pinyin and the pronunciation that goes with the whole sentence. Either that or he skipped an important beginner's lesson.

[GYUYAN]

you kept saying " hai " before " nu "

i think u should read the pinyin first before saying them in a rush

mandarin shouldn't be that hard, the pinyin rules pretty strict

[youta32]

Japanese is the harder langauge grammar and pronunciation wise and mandarin is easy writing and reading and they dont have much grammar

[halfstepdown88]

Is this Rosetta Stone?

Does this work well in teaching Mandarin?

[YangSunWoo]

you're always skipping the "te"

and when you say "nonde imasu" don't put emphasis on "non"

[DreamAngelLady]

你的华文讲的很准哦！ 你的日语也很厉害！ 加油哦！！

[556pilot]

LOL @ 2:30 hahah!!!!

[556pilot]

i find japanese easier to speak, but chinese grammar seems more natural to me. both are difficult! i took spanish in highshcool and it was a breeze compared to either of these lol

[SomeRandomDudeOnYT]

2:03

aha xD

don't worry, you'll get it somehow =D

[PKNproductions]

btw, you should work on the rhythm of your speech in japanese

[iloathelilyallen]

Mandarin is heavily influenced by Mongolian language so it has crazy tongue twisting part. Chinese people who aren't speak Mandarin as first language also have very hard time pronouncing Mandarin right.

But I warn you in here Japanese grammar is more crazy.

[danielolaf87]

you had the order wrong man... "hai" comes after the "nu" xD

[ivansofun]

lol at the end when u just give up. Mandarin is harder than japanese in terms of pronounciation but dont give up. And just a little advice, concentrate on one language first and try to get fluent at it first. Don't try and learn 2 new languages at once otherwise it will take u forever to master any of them.

[hagede]

hahaha....the chinese part was insanely hilarious!...almost fell of my chair laughing

your japanese is better

[jimmyincanada]

lol

[Rokshii]

looooool. haha

the seconddd chinese box kiled it

chuka hai nun shung fung nnnhg(Y) loool

[espjuan]

chinese is harder

[johnnyht2007]

HAHAHA, sounds that japnese is more easier to learn.

[MrDdcj]

what program is that?yeah japanese seems wat easier spoken

[kolcxynes]

5 stars for the courage

[Yuna0316]

What program/software are you using to speak the language?

[Xiao2717]

* tears of LMAO * :'D

[lunalamin]

your japanese is not so good too

[JeremiDesuyo]

@lunalamin It's pretty good. It's just you can tell he's a foreigner, but, it's audible!

[tanyaoxin1000]

LOOOOL.

[And1Li]

LMAO

[Tobiassilverstreak]

Lol!!! Your chinese...is hilarious...

[80sgirl2010]

Lol! You should have heard my Japanese when I first started...I'd try to pronounce

the things you're taught in My Japanese Coach, and then I'd get tongue tied and

be sitting there like "Lalalalalalalala" something my friend and I say when we go

to say something and it seems to be coming out wrong, we'll say "Lalalalala...now anyway,"

[XOSiren18XO]

lol u have to learn the chinese alphabet first put that on ur note first it'll help u proununciate BIG TIME!!! it will help u a lot

[GrantAustin1985]

hahaha you make it sound so much harder then it is lol

[Huaiwen]

LMFAO!!!!

[gasdfdghtjuybjyutnmr]

generally speaking~

cantonese is easier for english speaker to learn

[XOSiren18XO]

yeah i wish i can speak mandarin or JAPANESE i would love to learn that language but im only learning mandarin

[BlueangelM]

LMAO UR HILARIOUS>. i couldnt stop fuckin laughing!!

you kept sayin hai.. and u ttoally skipped a word.. thats why u gettin it wrong..haha

[xCHRISTINE]

omg hilarious

[jasonchuu]

its hard for people because of the tones, which i dont think exist in the same way in other languages...btw you are getting the word order all mixed up try reading the romanization first... -,-

[YukaTsubaki]

OMFG LMAAAAAAAAAAAAO! ur so funny xD

[InflamousAyame]

what?? how is it so hard? Just read the english words for the chinese.

but i do agree that japanese is easier.

i speak japanese and cantonese.

[mineowyn]

to best learn mandarin get a native speaker. phonetics can only be learned best from watching a real person speak.

[ThaMahin]

dam where did u get this from!! i need this for my anime!

[NeoFalcon69]

What is the name of the computer programme you are using?

[antking1117]

rosetta stone.

[joshbeedham1]

ahhaha Fuck this shit man....this is fucking hard lol...awesome!

[shizukashiawase]

if it's so tough for you, why not just give it up. better than making yourself all worked up..

in terms of pronunciation, chinese is harder than japanese, but in terms of grammar, japanese is definitely harder..

[sidac]

you got that right it's fucking hard, wait till you try cantonese!!!!

i laugh so fucking hard when you try to speak mandarin

[antking1117]

Is cantonese really harder?

[sidac]

u bet, even the young speakers are carrying a thing call "lazy tone" with their cantonese since it's so hard to pronounce

[Bioloser]

@antking1117 Yes, Cantonese have much more tones compared to its other Sinitic cousins.

[Channypogosticks]

@antking1117 The problem is not that cantonese is hard, it is since it is impossible to pronounce the words, meaning you cannot learn how to speak it without listening and you cannot learn it fluently from a book....

[clevelandhighschool]

@antking1117 and Taiwanese... they are substantially harder than standard Mandarin

[Japcat21]

@antking1117 Mandarin has 4 tones. Cantonese has 6 tones. If you learn Mandarin, you will know how to write (for the most part) in Cantonese with a few exceptions. Think of Chinese as five languages: Oral Cantonese, Written Cantonese Traditional, Written Cantonese Simplified, Oral/Written Mandarin Simplified, Oral/Written Mandarin Traditional.

[cbsim]

@antking1117 Yes

[lagsinner]

i can speak cantonese but not mandarin. Mandarin seems too tongue rolly for me.

[80sgirl2010]

Japanese is very hard, but is somehow easier than French, I was like WTF I

thought French would be easier, but I am at the point where the words are starting

to sound a lot clearer and I can remember some of the characters after looking

at them once instead of 5 times

[YinSoumatou]

lol, i speak chinese all my life and i think chinese is hard >_>

japanese is definitely easier than chinese

but yea, your chinese is hilarious! xD

good luck~

[antking1117]

Thanks again for the support, will make new ones soon with chinese & japanese.

[naksuwan15]

LOL hahahhahahahahah HILARIOUS haha

[josxr9]

hahahah. ur chinese is hilarious. i'm on level 3 baby! if i can do it, u can toooo

[antking1117]

thanks man for the support.

[JeromeLeong]

i can speak 3 chinese dialect xD Mandarin , hokkien , and cantonese.

[hyulis1981]

stupid

[raydredX]

CHINESE IS FREAKING WEIRD

[AllenDGM]

Easy for you to say, Japanese sounds more like English than Chinese does.

Why because there is no need to change your pitch or tone of your voice, why I know this because my friend is trying to learn Chinese.

And man... my tongue which is use to english can't curve the words enough to imitate the computer's audio.

[raydredX]

I'd like to learn japanese too but it sounds pretty weird and the writting system is hard as hell.

I'm learning japa and dutch at the moment.

[raydredX]

i meant i'd like to tlearn chinese

[BrownWizard]

HAhAHAaHhahaHahah