Easy Ways to Learn Chinese Posted: 2 years ago by carusonline
No matter which language it is you have decided to learn, you will need to be committed to putting a lot of time and effort into your studies. This is even truer of Chinese as there are a lot of differences between the native language, and what is considered to be the official language of the country.
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Learn how to speak "Dog" Posted: 6 months ago by 2manyusernames
The web has lots of free translation sites to translate between human languages but what about canine languages? A language that make large use of the body? Well thanks to modern technology now you can learn how to interpret what your dog is saying.
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Learn a New Language Shower Curtain Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
Learn to speak another language while you shower! This cute shower curtain is printed allover with French, German or Italian to English translations.
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Learn A Foreign Language For Free Posted: 2 years ago by 2manyusernames
Mango is offering free language courses on French, German, Italian, Greek, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Brazilian Portuguese and even Pig Latin
Spanish and Polish speakers can learn English
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Foreign policy 101: Teach kids key languages Posted: 1 year ago by muppet
The class is a result of the National Security Language Initiative, introduced by President Bush in 2006 to teach the youngest students Chinese and other foreign languages considered critical to the nation's future security.
"We're going to teach our kids how to speak important languages," he said. One goal, he added, was "to advance America's interests around the world, and defeat this notion about our - you know our bullying concept of freedom by letting people see what we're about."
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Why Norwegian is the easiest language for English speakers to learn Posted: 1 year ago by bernardblack
Norwegian (here I'm talking about bokmål, the most often-used variety of Norwegian) is a language spoken by about 5 million people in Norway, and is extremely similar to the languages Swedish and Danish.
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Six-Year-Old Chinese Girl Dreams of Being a Corrupt Official Posted: 3 months ago by kakana
A short video posted on NanDu.Net, a Chinese news website, featuring a six year old girl from Guangzhou City has become the talk of China. When asked about her ideal life, the first grader proudly announced that she dreamed of becoming “a corrupt official, as they have lots of property.”
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Chinese Astrology ~ Red Dog Year 2006 ~ 4703rd Chinese Year Posted: 3 years ago by robfouryqr
The foundation of Chinese Astrology is from Ying-Yang and Five Elements, which are Metal, Water, Wood, Fire and Earth. Our free informative Chinese Astrology site provides you the advice on Baby Gender Prediction, Baby Lucky Names, Dating and Marriage Match, Lucky House and Bedroom Selections, and your Lucky Years using the combinations of Five Elements.
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Take Anything You Want Posted: 2 years ago by pocksucket
Japanese? Want to learn English? Being mugged by two men? Want to stay in shape? Trapped in the 80s? All at the same time? This language course could be for you then. And in an odd way, it is kind of catchy.
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"No lanterns", Italian city tells Chinese community Posted: 3 years ago by AutumnLotus
The local government in Treviso has ordered the northern Italian city's Chinese restaurants to remove red lanterns from their windows because they look too "oriental".
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How to Learn (But Not Master) Any Language in 1 Hour Posted: 2 years ago by Proverb
Someone try this and tell me if it works.
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A Chinese Ghost Story Posted: 2 years ago by 2manyusernames
This 1987 Hong Kong horror movie was a huge hit and has been a big influence on Sam Raimi. Now you can watch it right here.
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The Chinese motorist pulled over by police for driving with no arms Posted: 12 months ago by AutumnLotus
Chinese police got a surprise when they pulled over a brand new 4x4 for a routine check - the driver had no arms.
Zing Shen, 42, was steering the vehicle with his feet and was amazed when officers decided issue him with a public safety summons.
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We Learn Our Language in the Womb Posted: 3 weeks ago by bingo
No wonder learning a new language can be more difficult the older you get. We were learning our individual languages before we were even born.
It seems that fetuses not only warm to the sound of mother’s voice as they gestate, they also are being programmed in the direct patterns inherent in certain languages. By the time we are born, our dialect is determined.
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Rascist Chinese? No... just a bad case of "Engrish" Posted: 3 years ago by BrownTrout
Doris Moore was shocked when her new (Chinese Made)couch was delivered to her home with a label that described the upholstery color as "N*gger Brown". The manufacturer says he got the definition from a Chinese-English dictionary that he'd been using for 10 years.-- Time to buy a new book!!
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Chinese Develop Special "Kill Weapon" to Destroy U.S. Aircraft Carriers Posted: 6 months ago by bornbad
With tensions already rising due to the Chinese navy becoming more aggressive in asserting its territorial claims in the South China Sea, the U.S. Navy seems to have yet another reason to be deeply concerned.
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Chinese Food: Jiaozi Posted: 2 years ago by lovesrb
Jiaozi (Chinese transliteration) or gyōza (Japanese transliteration) and also known as mandu (Korean transliteration), is a Chinese dumpling, widely popular in China, Japan, Korea, as well as outside of East Asia particularly in the United States...
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Chinese entrepreneurs launch Barack Obama noodles Posted: 1 year ago by Nateebiinature
Chinese businesses have welcomed the arrival of President-Elect Barack Obama by registering to use his name as a trademark on everything from instant noodles to children's clothes.
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Chinese Transformers fan gets hooked on gasoline Posted: 4 months ago by kakana
A 14-year-old Chinese fan of the Transformer movies has been drinking gasoline for five years in an attempt to "become a valiant fighter" like his hero Optimus Prime, Chinese media said on Monday.
*WTF?
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How about we send you 10 million Chinese ladies? Posted: 2 years ago by 2manyusernames
Chinese leader Mao Zedong proposed sending 10 million Chinese women to the United States, in talks with top envoy Henry Kissinger in 1973, according to documents released Tuesday.
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Chinese Fake Brands Posted: 2 years ago by kamaloo
The Chinese have fake stuff for every product
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