对语言学习的一些看法。An interview in Chinese about language learning.

[DavidWoodMusic]

Listen with ear buds. LEFT EAR SO STRONG! 

[339522774]

yea, attitude is very important

[wuchangbei]

对，我也觉得应该是这样，学一门语言的时候，就把自己当成该国人­，不疯狂不成魔

[ndz2011]

@wuchangbei 好主意！

[Iceland1944]

Herr Kaufmann, Ich habe daran gedacht, Chinesisch zu lernen, aber ich möchte von Ihnen wissen, ob das eine schwere Sprache ist, und wie lange es dauert, bis man einigermassen fliessend spricht. Haben Sie die Schriftzeichen schon gelernt oder lernen Sie sie noch? Das scheint mir das Schwierigste an dieser Sprache zu sein - das und die Betonung.

[lokisky812]

@Iceland1944 chinesisches Aussprache ist relativ einfach .besonders gibt es keine komplizierte Grammatikregeln. aber das Schriftzeichen ist ja schwieiger .Es ist nicht nur schwieriger für Ihnen ,sondern auch für die Chinesen selbe ,die in der Schule waren.

[guiponzi]

Thanks Steve, those tips are very useful, I'm currently studying Chinese and now am feeling more motivation.

[fifakev1234]

I have no idea what you're talking about but I love listening to you.

[soju1993]

@wakold actually there are 2 Koreas and they each have their pwn way of saying Korea, Korean and Korean script. In the north they call them, in that order조선, 조선어 and 조선글. What you said is only applied to South Korea.

[LittleOneJapan]

Wow

[qw2589]

Steve I think you can do great in Armenian

[zimmermann10]

Apoteose!

[lingosteve]

@zimmermann10 Obrigado!

[StarduskLP]

Spoken Chinese isn't too tough, the characters are a nightmare though.

[Aubainex]

@StarduskLP Are not!

[Stardusk]

@Aubainex Hardly; Chinese has remained in a state of arrested development with regards to its writing system. With the exception of Japanese every language in the world makes use of some kind of phonetic alphabet whilst the Chinese use a system that was at best innovative 4,000 years ago. Thank goodness the Koreans got rid of that silliiness! Hear a new word in Chinese? want to write down? YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE CHARACTER IS! That is a nightmare!

[Aubainex]

@Stardusk write it in zhuyin xD

[lingosteve]

@Stardusk I enjoyed learning the characters.

[StarduskLanguage]

@lingosteve Perhaps, that doesn't change the fact that they are inferior as a writing system to phonetic alphabetic scripts, you are interested (and I know you like reading books) you should read 'Asia's Orthographic Dilemma', very good book and very informative.

[LifeFirst]

@StarduskLanguage They shouldn't create an alphabetic system just so some random foreigner can learn Chinese better. That would make no sense. If Chinese people themselves start complaining, then we'll see changes. But that's highly unlikely.

[khadija12390]

this language is shiness no korean and I'm so proud of you that you can speak it very good waw inchallah me too I will do as you if I like sosososo much korean japess and chiness language I think chiness is more dificult the other if it's not eazy to listen to any word if it seam the same ^-^" hhhhhhhh

[15010842204]

说得好！

[orllamas1]

@wakold, yes that's right ;-)

[MrAgurken1997]

Nice video, i'm also learning mandarin! Maybe someone can answer my question? How can you speak so fast, and still get all the tones right? I mean like the 3rd one, it's very loooong.. so how can you speak that fast, and get them right?

[emangi1]

@MrAgurken1997 the key is to listen and re-listen to dialogue that you enjoy listening to. Same with any language.

[beensolongg]

應該是“演講” 不是講演“ 0：07

他總結了學習秘訣：

1） 態度

2） 時間

3）注意發音的正確（主要到語言細節上一些東西）

謝謝分享！

[yuriythebest]

I didn't understand anything but I'm pretty sure I agree with it

[RudeMania35]

You are soo freaking cool!! have you considered learning Hebrew???



[Jeremiah2305]

@RudeMania35 yes i agree Steve should delve into the Hebrew language or any Semitic related language field :)

[WinnieNotThePooh]

听了受益匪浅

[jasonUKbristol]

I've been learning for 1 year and 6 months and I can understand about 50% of this. I wish there was pinyin subtitles.

[Neuroneos]

It's amazing how comfortable you are with the language.

[bimsterfls]

this is the best thing ever. I'm currently studying chinese and this just provides so much motivation for me! Thank you steve!!

[zimmermann10]

Oi, Steven, que tal colocar legendas nesse vídeo?

De qualquer forma ficou ótimo.Abração.

[family9559]

Thank you, sir. A very impressive opinion about learning language. In my opinion, we should make an effort and have a good way to command a new foreign language. Especially, we should build a sound environment for ourselves. ... You are really something. We also teach Chinese on YouTube, and welcome to visit us.

[abc190207]

chinese :)

[orllamas1]

Truly amazing Steve...you know, when I get tired of listening to music I listen to your uploads. Keep on doing what you do. I have a question for you, what language should I learn first russian or hangul?

[wakold]

@orllamas1 hangul is not a language, it's a writing script. Korean is a language.

[arnaldosfjunior2]

@wakold

actually hangul-o is korean in korean. hangul is the word Korea.

[arnaldosfjunior2]

@arnaldosfjunior2

hangug-o i mean...not with the l and hanguk is Korea.I think @orllamas1 is trying to say this.

[wakold]

@arnaldosfjunior2 Actually it's not. Hangul (한글) is the script, while hanguk (한국) means "Korea" and hangukeo or hangukmal (하국어, 하국말) means "Korean language."

You write in 한글, but you speak in 한국어.

[patt7000]

This is facinating. The sound is quite annoying thought - it just comes out of my left speaker.

[ChipsOnLanguage]

You sound very natural! Someday I may learn Mandarin but for now I have other languages to concentrate on.

[YangJettYung]

Look at the ones who say input is overrated. Listen to his mandarin. So cleannn. You are an inspiration to many steve.

[jondesousa]

Steve, as always you have given me some great encouragement to teach fluency in Mandarin. Thanks for the great video post.

[forgottenmemories21]

Something is wrong with the sound..can't hear it...not like I'd understand it lol but I still wish I could hear it :( Sounds garbled...can hear a VERY faint voice but yeah... :(

[daylightmontes]

Ahora mismo estoy aprendiendo mandarín

Su habilidades son admirables, me refiero a su arduo trabajo y dedicacion

[lingosteve]

Sorry I added this to the comment. It was at the local Vancouver offices of the Confucius Institute.

[utubesqueeze]

Who was the interview with?