Message from @fruitloops.exe

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2017-06-09 09:54:14 UTC  

Anyone here used rosetta stone to learn mandarin?

2017-06-09 09:54:19 UTC  

or any language?

2017-06-09 16:00:46 UTC  

I heard rosetta stone doesn't really teach you properly beyond direct english translations

2017-06-09 16:01:28 UTC  

get pimsleur and glossika from a certain bay

2017-06-09 16:01:51 UTC  
2017-06-09 16:04:15 UTC  

also, since you already know canto, once you get down the differences in vocabulary and grammar, it becomes a lot easier https://qph.ec.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-8007deb4907b5ff12fbc7ae6a2f8f264

2017-06-09 18:09:28 UTC  

@plasticsword you won't get any tangible results with rosetta stone

2017-06-09 18:09:49 UTC  

and the time investment it requires is ridiculous when you think about how little it teaches

2017-06-09 18:10:22 UTC  

you have the ability to analytically study as an adult. I suggest you get a proper grammar guide or a textbook

2017-06-09 21:37:43 UTC  

I found the most effective way for me to learn, as someone who's also of chinese background, is to simply listen and look up words you don't know. It goes a very long way.

2017-06-09 22:43:09 UTC  

okay thanks guys

2017-06-10 15:53:37 UTC  

Finally back from Tibetan land. Back in Chengdu. It feels so nice to have soap when you shower

2017-06-10 15:54:46 UTC  

What really sucked is that bathrooms are already shitty so when you finish taking a dump you want to wash your hands right? Well the water smells like sewage so you're better off smearing your own shit on your hands and then eating a sandwich than washing your hands and not eating at all

2017-06-10 15:55:15 UTC  

I probably got lung cancer from the shitty air and radiation poisoning from the water

2017-06-10 15:56:05 UTC  

All in all tho for as much as I complain about the shitty chink hygeine I actually do really like it here. It's an amazing country and definitely worth the visit if any of you guys get a chance

2017-06-10 16:38:25 UTC  

I'm going in August, flying in to beijing. Looking forward to it.

2017-06-10 21:16:10 UTC  

For you guys who've been there, what cities/places do you recommend visiting or staying at?

2017-06-11 00:28:43 UTC  

I'm in Chengdu now and the city is great. Very clean and always something to do. Air is meh. Beijing has way worse air tho. I'll be there at the end of the month to fly home

2017-06-11 00:48:03 UTC  

How long have you been in China?

2017-06-11 00:50:28 UTC  

Like maybe 6 days now I think

2017-06-11 00:51:58 UTC  

By air is "meh" does that mean mask-worthy pollution?

2017-06-11 03:28:00 UTC  
2017-06-11 04:12:31 UTC  

why are there so many white people in shenzhen

2017-06-11 04:13:24 UTC  

the air is like standing 1m away from a car exhaust

2017-06-11 05:14:22 UTC  

are they expat or tourist

2017-06-11 05:25:15 UTC  

both

2017-06-11 05:26:16 UTC  

I think shenzhen has one of the highest white population in China

2017-06-11 11:11:14 UTC  

Isnt shenzhen almost like Hong Kong?

2017-06-11 11:11:29 UTC  

free economic zone so you can browse facebook, twitter, youtube etc?

2017-06-11 12:32:16 UTC  

I thought that was only for gwailo <:thonk:288060975775612929>

2017-06-11 13:43:38 UTC  

no

2017-06-11 13:43:53 UTC  

shenzhen in the end is still china

2017-06-11 13:44:05 UTC  

while hong kong found it's own identity

2017-06-11 13:45:11 UTC  

if you go to lok ma chau, the border between hong kong and shenzhen you see the difference

2017-06-11 13:45:35 UTC  

on one side there's massive skyscrapers and a big city feel

2017-06-11 13:45:54 UTC  

and on the other side it's farm lands and green hills

2017-06-11 13:46:30 UTC  

As a Cantonese speaker, do you feel that people are more civilised in one or the other? Don't know what to believe because HKers and mainlanders all talk shit about each other

2017-06-11 13:46:31 UTC  

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

2017-06-11 13:47:04 UTC  

actually, no, not the mainland as a whole

2017-06-11 13:47:07 UTC  

I mean HK vs Shenzhen

2017-06-11 13:47:09 UTC  

hk people seems higher class but they both havev a sense of arrogance to them