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#87 John Fotheringham on “Anywhere Immersion”

Language & Travel Hacking

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The Difference Between Mandarin and Mandarin

Pitch accent can be a little tricky to learn, but it's not tonal. Compared to something like spanish, r yousetes in al conjugation tables that go for days so other things,. The pronunciation is fairly intuitive and ad simple. In mainland china, they use so called simplified characters whereas in tiwan and hong kong the traditional ones areb more visually complex. I think there's more there to play with, though somewhat countertutivly. Ther i think a til easier to learn. Try to learn the language via a activity that you love because it creates a context. And especially something like marshal arts that's physical, a physical context

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