the uncanniness of seeing this video while I also recently finished my final year exams and decided to learn mandarin

@yuenatv

2 ай бұрын

No wayyyy IT’S A SIGNNN

I’m 🇺🇸 learning 🇨🇳. I recently completed HSK-2, but my teacher returned to China. I found you whilst looking for resources to continue learning. You are so funny, we have many of the same struggles. Can’t wait to check out your app! Best luck with the moving house. Looking forward to your next video!😊

@yuenatv

Ай бұрын

YO!! Congrats on completing HSK-2!! Of course, let's learn together!!

saw this video and thought it was funny so i skimmed through your channel content and omg i also like learning languages, reading and i work in tech, i kind of want to be your friend 😭 anyways, this is so relatable (hsk4 is my goal this year) and your app looks really cool, hope to be able to try it someday!

@yuenatv

2 ай бұрын

ahhh! i’m so happy we found each other~!!

I swear my Chinese is almost as good as yours and I have also been learning the cheap and lazy way, but for less time... 😂😂😂 But seriously, you're right that learning the language works best if you consciously attempt to think in the target language... 加油

@yuenatv

Ай бұрын

thank you!! wowowow u r fast learner! All the best with language learning!n

I am on a Chinese language journey. Also, dabbled in learning Japanese in the past. Love the energy you're putting into your videos. The best advice is to just shamelessly be yourself.

@yuenatv

8 күн бұрын

OOO another on the same endeavour ~~ when did u start learning Chinese?! I also did some Japanese in the past when I watched a lot of anime hahaha, ended up speaking more weeb than actual Japanese 💀 and yess I agree! No shame in being yourself 😜😜

@eman331

6 күн бұрын

@@yuenatv Around a year and a half ago. Need to put in more effort to be ready for HSK 1.

I just wanna hug you through the screen. Your personality really shines and thats why i just subscribed!!

@yuenatv

2 ай бұрын

your comment is so wholesome!! thank you!! 😊

The fact that you actually understood an old Chinese lady asking you where you were from is already a feat in and of itself! I would have been like, shì de shì de 🤣

@yuenatv

2 күн бұрын

LMAO it was definitely a humbling experience 💀 PAHAHA 是的是的 is my default response to anything I dont understand, felt that 😩

Wow, that's so cool that you made an app.

@yuenatv

2 ай бұрын

haha thank you!! soooo buggy but we try 🤣🤣

I really wanna learn different languages so here I go 😭

@yuenatv

Ай бұрын

You can do it!! All the best in ur journey :))

I'm also british learning Japanese and Korean but recently thought to try out either mandarin or norwegian. very different languages but yeah haha. My strongest is definitely japanese and I found comprehensible input to be a very good way of learning vocabulary and grammar in conversational context because you can pick the more native ways of saying things. Very much looking forward to more content from you :)

@yuenatv

Ай бұрын

EYY FELLOW BRITISH!! I totally agree, comprehensible input is really helpful! The main struggle is actually finding the comprehensible input 😔😔😩😩 how do u go about that? Also I fully recommend learning mandarin hehehe

@illumigk6307

Ай бұрын

​@@yuenatv wheyyy haha but hm I'd say finding comprehensible input can be easy or really hard depending on the language you learn. For really popular languages like japanese there are alot of videos on youtube, all you have to is search it up. With korean though I found it really hard to find so I kinda had to get creative. For example, depending on your level, listening to anything from kids shows to kdramas. Podcasts are also really good, I ended up using ttmik's (talk to me in korean) podcasts and they were super helpful. Are you trying it find it for mandarin?

Hi, I just love your language learning videos👍 Your sense of humor is amazing; there are barely any youtubers that motivate me about languages and make me smile/laugh as often😊btw, which quizlet vocab sets do you recommend?

@yuenatv

8 күн бұрын

Hi Chris!! Thank youuuu im glad i can motivate you and make you laugh!! Hmmm for Quizlet sets i use the ready made HSK ones! (I paid for mandarincorner.com Quizlet sets!)

You're so real 😅. I restarted learning Chinese, I'm a beginner tho

@yuenatv

2 ай бұрын

we got this!! let's become fluent yeeah ~~

I really like your videos keep going and btw l currently learning engish ..keep post vlogs like that l had so much fun watching it

@yuenatv

Ай бұрын

hi!! thank you so much for your support :)) Good luck with English! It already sounds great!

lol girl love this 😭

@yuenatv

Ай бұрын

🤣🤣😩😩 thank youu ❤️

subbed instantly, ur acct so entertaining

@yuenatv

2 ай бұрын

Omg thank u so muchhh

You made an app? That is looking amazing ? And you are telling me that you're lazy... Thank you for the tips and help. I am now learning HSK1 and no progress for 6 months 😢( because school and real lazyness) but now the summer break is coming and I hope I can focus on this language more. So yeah... I will seek tips in the future in your chanel! (And motivation 😀) .Some day i will try to return to this coment when i finally will be able to translate it to mandarin. That's the hope. Ok. See yah 😁

@yuliya1717

2 ай бұрын

I can to advice you app "Hello Chinese". It is the best app for learning Chinese

@yuenatv

Ай бұрын

Thank you!! LOL I haven't touched the app in a while~~ but your words are very kind! Don't worry about the slow progress, the beginning phrase is really hard. I'll keep an eye out for your future comments! Keep me updated on your progress hehe, you got this!!

@rachelledellavecchia4951

26 күн бұрын

I like an app called immersive Chinese it has helped me retain more vocab because it uses the hanzi that you learn in context and it raises the difficulty slowly enough that you feel like you are doing well.

you have the best content!

@yuenatv

2 күн бұрын

Haha thank you!! 😊

chinese queen!! 👑

@yuenatv

2 ай бұрын

😳😳 BACK ON UUU

Best intro ive ever seen💯💯

@yuenatv

2 ай бұрын

😭 last time i’ll ever see DRA, had to show everything

@kingaragorn6485

2 ай бұрын

@@yuenatv noooooo😭😭😭 ill still be in dra next year, come visit hahaha

This is quite helpful!

@yuenatv

Ай бұрын

Thank you!!

@huangwen-si7498

Ай бұрын

@@yuenatvI really means something to me to see people like you making these kind of videos.

Maybe you can do like a 'how to sound like a native' feature? I (and my entire family) have trouble with 翘舌音 sounds lmao (which is a feature of my dialect, we don't have [ʂ] instead we speak a [ɕ] sound) and it took me like my entire life to realise that I just need to go to wikipedia and look at how I should've positioned my tongue upwards to make the 'sh' and 'zh' consonant. Like if there's a section on "how to pronounce pinyin properly" with a proper guide to the mouth and tongue movements without using all the linguistic jargon I couldn't understand :)

@yuenatv

2 ай бұрын

OOO i love this idea!! i’ll have a think about best way to implement it :) from reading books/ videos, people recommend training the mouth like muscle memory? Keep going over the alphabet sounds, and also watching people speak (on KZread, dramas etc) is very useful! I also use forvo.com for other languages since I'm just beginning to learn other languages and my mouth isn't very used to the language!

@FizzNitro

2 ай бұрын

​My biggest trouble was mispronouncing words because of consonants not present in the languages I'm most familiar with, and thus I am not mimicking accurately the way a native will pronounce words because my old static brain is using sounds I'm most familiar with. Like my grandma can't do her 'r's and 'sh's of Mandarin cuz it isn't present in Hokkien no matter how much she've listened to Chinese media (which is pretty much since the 80s when Mandarin became the prestige dialect in Malaysia). And I wouldn't have guessed how to mimic Cantonese's characteristic [ɵ, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close-mid_central_rounded_vowel], or Hakka's [ɲ] if I didn't speak it since childhood and I didn't have Wikipedia. In fact I was pronouncing my 'threes' like 'trees' up until recently cuz the [θ] sound just didn't exist in any Chinese dialect I know of. I feel like if I had discovered the International Phonetic Alphabet much sooner (and the table of phonology in Mandarin from Wikipedia + those really helpful mouth cross section pictures), I could actually practice with the correct way of saying things instead of people instantly recognising that I'm from Singapore or Taiwan with my [ɕ]'s and way off [y]'s hahhaa

you are such a genius! I appreciate the recommendation! I've been using effective tools like DeepL and Immersive Translate, with Immersive Translate being particularly helpful. I'll definitely consider your suggestion.

@yuenatv

Ай бұрын

OOh DeepL has been super helpful for me too, especially when trying to string together a vaguely correct sentence LMFAO! All the best with your language studies :)

girlll i loved this video style, hope you become chinese lol !!

@yuenatv

24 күн бұрын

piplup!! 😍😍 Hahaha yesss i hope i finally get accepted for whO I aMm 🙏🙏

i’ve been learning chinese for almost a year now, but still haven’t moved to characters yet🤣

@yuenatv

2 ай бұрын

there’s no rush! everyone learns at their own time :) how have u been learning?

你真棒！

@yuenatv

2 ай бұрын

谢谢!!

加油！我希望你的中文进步！我也学习中文。我相信我们可能提高！❤

@yuenatv

21 күн бұрын

加油~~~ waaa你的中文那么厉害! 你多少年学了中文? 我都相信我们都可能提高! ❤️❤️

@peach9265

20 күн бұрын

​@yuenatv 谢谢你！现在七个月差不多学习了。但是我的中文还不高。我的语法和口语一定要提高。我用了一个计划叫“汉语蓝图”或者"Mandarin Blueprint"。这个计划太有用了，但是很多钱！😭 也用了DuChinese和播客叫“茶歇中文”或者“Tea Time Chinese"。I try to get as much comprehensible input that I can, but I'm still at a beginner level so I'm a bit limited with what I can watch and listen to haha. Your reply made me so happy! I'm cheering for the both us! 💪🏻

我喜欢学习中文。我喜欢学习语言。 I studied Japanese in primary school in Australia and fell in love with it. I then studied it at Uni. That was 20ys ago now. I stumbled across k Drama in 2022 and fell in love with Korean and learnt some for about a year. Then I discovered c Drama in 2023 and started actively learning in March this year. I use an app called immersive Chinese it really helps learning the hanzi in context. Other than that I watch way too much vertical c drama on you tube. I'm still beginner level for all the languages because I lack commitment. I put a goal to learn all the vocab from HSK 3 by the end of 12 months but it may be too unrealistic for me. Of the 500 words from the new hsk1 I know about half now so I still have a long way to go. がんばって 화이팅 加油↖(^ω^)↗ Good luck for your language journey. じゃまた 안녕 再见👋

@yuenatv

24 күн бұрын

You’ve been a linguist since so young!! It’s so impressive you’ve been doing Japanese for so long and even did it at uni!! How was the uni experience for Japanese though? What perks did it give over self learning? and omg i get u with the kdramaaasss but the issue is now I can't watch c drama because they aren't as good LOL I’ve heard about immersive Chinese from other KZreadrs!! Defo should check that out~ and GIRL WHAT U MEAN LACK COMMITMENT U DID JAPANESE SINCE PRIMARY SCHOOL!! you can do things for a long time, u got this 🙏🙏 thanks for sharing!! loved reading this hehe

@rachelledellavecchia4951

24 күн бұрын

@@yuenatv in Australia we have to learn a language as part of the curriculum but different area's choose different languages. Japanese was huge in the mid nineties when I was in primary school. The area I currently reside in is all Italian as a second language the previous area was French Japanese and Indonesian depending on the school you chose for your child. Other options are German, Spanish, Mandarin and Hebrew there are a couple or others but I forgot them because my children are home-schooling and wanted to learn German like their Swiss father instead of another language. Languages in secondary school is optional here and I miss out on continuing studying Japanese as I moved to a different area. I didn't know it at the time but my University used one of the top Japanese textbooks for teaching and they are hard to come by second hand now it was the 2nd edition and the termites ate mine while in storage so completely bummed out about that. I did really well at the beginner level Japanese at university but as I chose to do a double degree and focus more on the business side of things I struggled with intermediate Japanese and decided to quit. I wanted to keep my grades up and do student exchange or got to Japan as an ESL teacher but I needed a degree for that and a TEASL certificate. I was struggling with depression and chronic fatigue at the time and didn't graduate from my 2nd degree. I moved to the other side of Australia and basically focused on my mental and physical health. Later I got married and started a family. It was only after I got stuck down with long haulers covid at the end of 2021 and then discovered K drama that my love of languages revived. I regret not keeping it up and lost a lot of Japanese vocabulary. I look at my past thing I did in Japanese and can't believe I used to know so much. I've been healing a lot of emotional trauma and discovered a creative side of my self this year I started writing a novel on top of learning mandarin. I feel a little lost without a curriculum or class but try to put at least a half an hour a day. My new dream is to write novels based mostly in Asia or to tell stories of Asian expats in Australia and I want to have them translated into Asian languages. So to be able to communicate with fans and travel to those countries would be a dream come true. It's my new motivation.

Chinese is too hard to learn but you did that good luck

@yuenatv

2 ай бұрын

thank you!! comments like these make me feel more motivated too hehe 😀

I don't quite know what happened in this vid other than funny story writing is good and your makin an app but i liked it im studying mandarin and french i'd like to see more vids on mandarin or whatever thou does

@yuenatv

Ай бұрын

HAHAA honestly idk what happens in my vids too 😩😩😂 yesss i am defo making more mandarin vids~~ hope u stay along for the ride!! good luck with mandarin and french!!

@BAREBRAIN

Ай бұрын

@@yuenatv sure will stay buckoruni good funny vid

U got good humour kiddo

@yuenatv

2 ай бұрын

🙏🙏 thank u good sir

Hii idk who u are and you dunno me butttt I also wanna learn those exact 3 languages. I'm also broke and lazy afff and I only know the Korean alphabet, hiragana, katakana and some random words and sentences in those three languages lmao.. my only motivation rn is my duolingo streak T_T idk what my next step is gonna be huhuhu

@yuenatv

2 ай бұрын

hey!! omg i feel that, im so lazy too haha. I'm also on that stage where I'm like ??? Recently I’ve been doing some shadowing of easy Korean podcasts on KZread and that seems to help!!

Did you find that your accent/pronunciation was generally better than your peers back when you were learning, like did your family ever speak the language to you/around you when you were younger giving you somewhat of a headstart? Also what grade did you get in your Chinese GCSE's and about what HSK level did that correspond to if you were to hazard a guess.

@yuenatv

20 күн бұрын

YOSHI! i love Yoshi 😂 yes my family did speak Cantonese around me rather than mandarin, but I think that helped a lot regarding grammar and hearing where the words fit together in a sentence! in my English speaking school it defo gave me a head start. It could also be thanks to my extra Chinese Sunday school I went to through my childhood too. I was really lucky I had a lot of Chinese immersion from young!

@yuenatv

20 күн бұрын

I got 9 in my GCSE (new syllabus grades 9-1) and I assumed that was HSK 3, so now I'm studying from HSK 4 after taking many years of hiatus !

I'm learning korean, Chinese, Japanese, spanish😅😭😊

@yuenatv

11 күн бұрын

LETS GOOOO these languages sound so fun!! All the besttt

you are from a Chinese family, so you can learn it fast

@yuenatv

Ай бұрын

hahaha I hope!

why your writting so good?

@yuenatv

Ай бұрын

omg thank you haha, I used to have to go to chinese saturday school and we were forced to write pages of the same character to practise stroke order RIP

@justinmike0236

Ай бұрын

@@yuenatv that’s really cool where I live we don’t have access. Your hand writing was really nice looking forward to the next vid❤️

I’m learning mandrain Chinese to understand my friends online (:and understand people and chat with them

@yuenatv

Ай бұрын

!! Love thisss all the best~~

@puppypancakes2.0

Ай бұрын

@@yuenatv thanks and I also studied Japanese for two years so I hope my kanji knowledge will help with Chinese a little 😅

@yuenatv

Ай бұрын

@@puppypancakes2.0 omg I tried the opposite way, like learning Japanese but having background in mandarin, and it got me very confused LOL but I believe in you!! maybe try and get both languages at different levels first to avoid any confusion! (Was a tip I heard)

@puppypancakes2.0

Ай бұрын

@@yuenatv oh😱and once I get used to pronunciation I need to practice shadowing in mandarin🤭is that the dialect your studying?and one day can you make a video only speaking mandarin 🥺

@yuenatv

Ай бұрын

@@puppypancakes2.0 yessss i love shadowing!! yep, spot on~ learning mandarin! what made you choose mandarin over the other dialects? and omg 😳😳 looking forward to the day iM flUENT

✍🏿

@yuenatv

2 ай бұрын

yeh man take em notes

我也是英国人和学习中文 hehe, im also gonna be posting chinese learning content i'd love to be mutuals ;)

@yuenatv

2 ай бұрын

I watched your video!! I love ittt~ ofc can be mutuals

not tech :( ?????

@yuenatv

2 ай бұрын

it is over

You're british blood to bone 😭

@yuenatv

2 ай бұрын

Nooooo 😞😞😭😭

bb，ur so cute，i can help u with ur Chinese learning，if u want😂🥰im Chinese🙌🏻

@yuenatv

2 ай бұрын

yars bb girl ;)) 😳😳 谢谢观看我的视频!

@Leah-zt3gt

2 ай бұрын

@@yuenatv so cute😂😘