Chinese lesson - Five reasons why Chinese is easy to learn

[ginsinsan]

Cantonese is a much better language. Of course, that's just my opinion. 

[quotron8]

People: she is being nice by giving us free education. Show some respect.

[dsadawrware]

@quotron8 first of all, it's a sample, basically a demo for her paid product

second of all, retard, the comment section of youtube is for people to express their opinions

just now I called you a retard, that's my opinion, you probably have something to say to me now, but show some respect

[MrVic0208]

we need to practice

[TubeGuest5178]

Chinese is very easy because they don't bother with grammar especially like articles "a" "an" and "the".

[kiwoned]

I guess it's easier than English...

[vigorwoods]

@kiwoned Definitely!

[YarrMeHeartey]

And I would also like to add, that the Chinese people have been one of the greatest motives for me to learn Mandarin, since they are very friendly and tend to overstate my progress in the Chinese language, which I am not quite used to. Oh, and the most important: Yangyang's videos are great. She almost never replies to comments, but if you have not yet watched all of her videos, you should do it right away. Because not many teachers can explain the grammar like she does. And she is so cute!

[YarrMeHeartey]

I speak Russian, English, German and fluently. I also speak a few similar European languages a little. The Chinese language is very different from all of these ones and this fact makes it very beautiful. I fell in love with it long ago, but I have got a real chance to learn it only recently. I do not agree that it is easy, as there are so many characters to learn and tones are very difficult to distinguish (at least for me), when listening to somebody talking fast.

[TubeGuest5178]

@YarrMeHeartey I'm not even bothering with characters anytime soon. I'll stick to my pinyin. lol

[avegase]

i learned polish (i'm spanish) and i was always told it was one of the hardest after Chinese, so now i'm starting with Chinese and so far I can say Polish is by far way much harder than Chinese. Chinese is pure logic and simplicity but for entonation and writting.

[Rauno315]

@avegase I challange you to learn Estonian/Finnish :P

[TubeGuest5178]

@Rauno315 to me the most challenging has to be the Eastern languages like Hindi or ummmm Arabic.

[Rauno315]

@TubeGuest5178 Hindi is not as hard as Finnish or Hungarian, because hindi is one of the indo european languages, but finnish/hungarian/estonian isn't. Arabic is really hard, they have soooooo many dialects.

[vic1974jkt]

grammatically Chinese is much easier than the family of Roman language, in Chinese I just hate learning the tone

[hubomba]

As an English native speaker studying Korean and Japanese, I have to agree that Mandarin is easier by an extremely huge margin mostly due to the grammar alone. People who say Chinese is the hardest language to learn don't study or have not tried to study Mandarin or any other Asian language.

[TubeGuest5178]

@hubomba yep!

[alynkaipalomo]

Are the characters simplified? I know that a lot of Japanese 漢字 is the same as Chinese, but when she showed telephone, it looked different from 電話　but still looked similar. I always thought that speaking is harder than reading or writing because of the pitches. Japanese is easier (for me), but Mandarin sounds interesting.

[OrangeD00D]

@alynkaipalomo Japanese kanji was adopted from China before the simplification of the PRC. While Japanese kanji has undergone simplification it was different and more modest than the one made by the PRC.

[Evenst3vn]

those tones are killer stuff... and Chinese symbols are so complex, i studied a little bit of Japanese and their symbols are simpler and easier to write.

[rishtar145]

OMG you are way so helpful

[kfki]

i dislikes it must have language learning inability!

[sospornofreak101]

Wo ai ni YangYang :D

[yukipham18]

Omg I think I'm gonna buy your DVD. So far, I like your practical and direct approach. What I mean is you think of what your students might questions and answer them before we even ask it instead of continuous BS'ing. Thank you

[lwoisamsip]

I have regard to you because I learn to mandarin chinese language.Thank you very much.

[Shainkov]

The hardest chinese letter for me to pronounce is the 'e', i can't do it! is there's any trick or something? it's really really hard. I speak spanish and english.

[Chris25698]

Well I just started learning, and compared to when I first started learning Spanish it's easier gramatically, but much harder in both pronounciation and writing. Also spanish shares a lot of similar words with English, where as Chinese shares very few. I have heard that once you get past the early hurdles of Mandarin it does become more manageble, so I'll see, but Spanish is definetly easier.

[marielitah91]

Sie sie :)

[305319]

@marielitah91 xie xie

[yraiyzen]

It's like Thai language.

flying machine , movie and other !

and in Thai we also have tones.

but chinese is very difficult for me to memorize the words.

now i still learning mandarin then i will learn Teochew later.

i learn because my grandma is Thai-Chinese.

Thank for the video !

[teresika05]

please, stop comparing languages (everybody knows that Spanish is better and easier than English and Chinese, specially for me that i'm from Spain...) and try to learn some Chinese here!! :) this course is great!

[leoqaz003]

Spanish is easier to learn

[rallyboy88]

wow i'll definitely be getting your course, this is excellent!

[Shakamuni]

First, you can't say a language is 'easy' because IT IS SIMILAR to English.

Second, you can't say at one moment that Chinese may be difficult for its writing system, and then say that 'words are very transparent'. Diàn Yǐng or Fēi Jī doesn't make any sense IF YOU DON'T KNOW the Hàn zi...

Third, having one or two syllables doesn't make words easier to learn. Take for example shòu shí (授时), shǒu shí (守时), and shōu shí (收时). If you don't have enough training with tones...it's almost impossible!

[BlackCloud21509]

@Shakamuni She said it was a matter of opinion. You're not perfect, we get that.

[Shakamuni]

@BlackCloud21509 (1) Opinions are different to facts. Which linguistic basis is she using for saying that i) a language is "easy", and ii) even to compare english to chinese and conclude they are similar? I studied english long ago (my english is not perfect) and I have been studying chinese for 2.5 years. I also studied japanese for a long time. And know what?

[Shakamuni]

@BlackCloud21509 (2) Japanese has far more loan words from English than chinese. Take "Kompyūta" (Computer) and "diànnǎo", take "Aisukurīmu" (Ice cream) and "bīngqílín", take "Isopuropanōru" (Isopropanol) and "yìbǐngchún". Taking vocabulary into account, her statement is more accurate for japanese than for chinese. Yes, english and chinese are SVO languages and... what else? Please, tell me, thou who art perfect as I ca not see, maybe due to my imperfection!

[greenbookful]

@Shakamuni

be helpefull or stop doing that coz everything id doable

[Shakamuni]

@greenbookful Wo bu neng liaojie ni de yingwen, qing xie yidian bijiao hao!

[4GreenEarth2]

u are the best Chinese teacher so far - u should teach in the United States.

[305319]

@4GreenEarth2 she does

[StreamingKnowledge]

Do most people in Hong Kong still know Mandarin?

[mmacgearailt]

你好怏怏。我有一个问题，英文：You state that sentence structure is the same in Mandarin as it is in English, however, I have an example where this is not always the case. It has just created confusion with me and I feel it would mislead your viewers.

你在做什么？What are you doing? Literal = You are doing what?

In English, that structure would be used to clarify an answer to the question "What are you doing." IE, if the answer is a surprise. Where the proper question would be the non-literal.

Thoughts?

[bitesh]

"backwards"... how idiotic.

[paddotk]

Internationally, Mandarin and Cantonese are considered two official languages. The other dialects are just considered dialects. Ive noticed before that Chinese people call it all dialects. Kinda important though, if you wanna watch a chinese movie it's always either in Mandarin or Cantonese audio. Or go to Chinese class or things like that :p

[baiorinshoujo]

@paddotk hmmm, i thought cantonese is now considered a dialect? since hong kong was retuned to china in 1998 so its no longer the language of an independent 'country'. the only two places that speak cantonese as its main speech are hongkong and guangzhou. But because hongkong has flourished s much in the past decades in terms of entertainment and movies, cantonese became immensely popular.

[paddotk]

@baiorinshoujo I know, but as i said, internationally. Chinese people have told me before that it's a dialect and i suppose that in China itself, it is. But you know, if you want to study Chinese you have to choose Mandarin or Cantonese. If you watch a Chinese movie (i watch a lot of em :p) it's Mandarin or Cantonese audio.

But yeah i can understand that you'd prefer to call it a dialect because it basically is.

Telling from your name, i assume you are Chinese yourself?

[baiorinshoujo]

@paddotk ah yes i am, i was born there but have been living oversea for more than 10 years now.

[SquishyCandyftw]

this video made me want to learn Chinese even more

I hate having to learn all the Latin based languages of Europe. There's conjugations, gender, BACKWARDS. Chinese seems to be more simpler.

the written language is what seems impossible haha...

has anyone bought this teacher's lessons? if so.. how are they..?

[FJUD]

oe tío, el español es recontra fácil, no se porque se hacen tanto problema con mi idioma jejeje arriba Perú carajo!!!

[WCiossek]

@FJUD Soy alemán y aprendito frances y un poquito espa~nol. Para mi, espa~nol es mas facil que frances. Y la pronunciation es ca. como alemán, porque la pronunciation es como de latin. Pero ingles no tiene una reformation. La pronunciation de letras ingles son una catastrofe. No reglas! Se usar letras latinas pero no pronunciar correcto. A es como ä, r es como a, u es como a. No sistema! Porque no "I hate to clean my room" = "Ai heit to cliin mai ruum" ?

[dhicks3]

@WCiossek  Sí, en inglés no usamos las letras apropiadas, y nosotros los estadounisenses las usan peores que los ingleses. Pero, si nosotros criamos usando este sistema, claro que a nosotros nos parece más facil usarlo. Debe Ud. saber que, un alemán como a un inglés, ningún de los dos pronuncia la 'r' como dicen los americanos. Pues, aunque hablemos diferentemente, todos los idomas se parecen extraños. Claro, a tí te parece extraña la 'esszet?' A mí sí, pero creo que tú lo usas frecuentemente.

[josefu0]

wow. more simpler than japanese. 

[sk8rdaniel]

seems easy so far! I like the music. NO Conjugating!!! thank god

[sk8rdaniel]

seems easy so far! I like the music

[Lukeyblades]

refrigerator

Fuck.. when do we ever call a 'fridge' a refrigerator XD

It's probably an american thing..

[SaiKoSeSu]

@Lukeyblades I'm American. I usually say "refrigerator". XD

[fuckxmehh]

well duh chinese is the language 4 the chinese people

[anansecurity]

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[kingjameswww]

I lke chineass cause it makee me goodd

[AnimenerdMuffin]

I just started learning mandarin this year and these videos really help me! Thanks! :)

[toughbama]

I hated learning spanish. You have to say everything backwards. So stupid. I like Chinese better XD.

[suerteeterna]

@toughbama Well, humans have a tendency to think we know what we know and we assume that our way is the best. We (latinos) think that too, when learing English but then you get used to it.

Spanish (also Italian) has its advantages, how words are written while maintaining a nearly one-to-one relation between characters and souds, makes its orthography easier than English one or French one where characters combinations are often pronounced in multiple ways.

Mandarin is awesome!

[bitesh]

@suerteeterna THIS is a good comment worth all your thumbs up, not those idiotic statements about latin languages being backwards.

[bitesh]

@toughbama és idiota todos os dias.

[toughbama]

@bitesh To bad that doesn't make any sense int he english language. What you just said converted to english: is idiot all day. Spanish is a stupid language and I'm still committed to my opinion.

[bitesh]

@toughbama well just so you know, the structure of a sentence in chinese is also completely different from english, so I guess all other languages are stupid according to you.

too bad your opinion doesn't make sense in any language at all.

and also, you could not have hated learning spanish, because you haven't, apparently.

[bitesh]

@toughbama therefore, I'm still committed to my opinion that you are an idiot.

[bitesh]

@toughbama better yet: "Tu és um completo idiota"="You are a complete idiot"

oh, exactly the same order! this language just got intelligent! how amazing is that?! :O

[toughbama]

@bitesh PRETTY DAMN Intelligent :3.

[ramdom909py]

@toughbama we think the same about english (i'm from a spanish-speaking country)

[toughbama]

@ramdom909py I suppose, but english is way easier to learn the spanish. And by easier to learn I mean by its way easier to learn english enough for people to understand you.

[jjbulls4523]

@toughbama That it is true, but it might also be confusing for the people in Spanish to learn english because for them it is backwards.

[akireshaun]

@toughbama Sorry you can't handle it XD

[akireshaun]

@akireshaun I ment it as a joke :p But you know what, for us, English is backwards as well... Languages depend on people many times. Some people have it easier than other to pronounce in certain languages. I am taking mandarin right now and it is very interesting , however, I took Japanese in the past and their pronunciation was easier for me because there where actually not many new sounds. Practice and involvement with the culture is the best way to keep up with languages

[PabloSanGi]

@toughbama I say the same for english many soundless letters for a two silable word.Really stupid...

[TheManiNicole]

@toughbama Lolololol Esto verdad y yo lo hablo tambian.

[kingjameswww]

Chiease is much easier then Spanish ...

[biogovi]

@kingjameswww

I believe Spanish is easier than French.

[CatGameDaiyE]

@kingjameswww Seems like it with pin yin huh? Even though I'm a native English speaker with one class in French and the majority of my co-workers are Mexican, and I've been trying to study Spanish with a bit of help from them.

You misspelled Chinese :-(

[bitesh]

@kingjameswww and, apparently, so is english.

[ad19935]

@kingjameswww i speak spanish and english and this is bullshit It's hard haha

[jjbulls4523]

@kingjameswww I love how u say it is easier to learn but u dont know how to spell chinese.

[JsonOslo]

@kingjameswww unbelievable!, but we share the same alphabet!, not the case obviously with chinese.

[ANOMALOUS4EVER]

@tannguyen1981 yes i have heard that about vietnamese as well as some other SE asian languages, however, i am not very familiar with those. im having a hard enough time just learning mandarin at this point :)

[ANOMALOUS4EVER]

learning to speak it is not that difficult so far, but listening to other mandarin speakers, and understanding them and the tone.... is proving quite challenging :)

[sacrator]

Well I have to say that short words are rather a disadvantage. They might be a little easier to memorize (even though I dont believe they really are), but its way much harder to understand them in spoken language. If you miss one syllable youre often totally lost. Even if you understand the whole word its sometimes difficult because there are so many words that sound similar to the inexperienced ear.

I'm always glad of long words when someone talks to me in a foreign language.

[TheBermuda]

Thank you! ^-^ This was entertaining and informative.

[Silentil]

:/ better with video, not audio

[XxshandiexX]

this is very helpful. Thank YOU

[FikiNom]

xie xie yang yang - we appreciate you!

[itbeonlikedonkeykong]

GREAT STUFF! :D

[lolchanele]

Chinese is an amazing language. I think once you get use to the tones it's really easy!! :3 Thanks for your cool uploads!! :D

[tannguyen1981]

most of what you said about chinese apply to Vietnamese as well. We too have only 1 or 2 syllables in most of our words. Our grammar is that easy as well - no conjugations.