These days, there’s an app for just about everything.
So it isn’t a surprise at all that there are apps for learning Mandarin Chinese.
But, you might be wondering, can they really move your studies forward?
They sure can!…
If you’re learning Mandarin, you might also be interested in Chinese culture.
And if you’re interested in Chinese culture, you might have gotten into it through being captivated by Mandarin-language movies and television shows.
It’s how we all get sucked …
How many Chinese characters do you need to know to achieve fluency in the language?
The simple, unabridged answer is…:
Zero.
Even if you couldn’t read or write a single Chinese character but you could have a full conversation with …
The smell of the holidays is in the air, whether you’re ready for it or not!
People are decorating for Christmas, prepping for cozy parties and preparing gifts for the ones they love.
And not just in the United States …
Music is the language of the soul.
You can listen to a song in an unfamiliar language and still feel its vibrancy.
When my father came to the United States from Italy 40 …
If I asked you to name the parts of speech, could you name all of them?
Nouns. Verbs. Adjectives. Adverbs. Pronouns. Prepositions. Conjunctions. Determiners. Interjections.
Those are the nine parts of speech that we learned about in school.
I don’t …
One of the easiest ways to make your language skills sound more advanced is by connecting your thoughts using conjunctions like “and.”
Just look at the difference:
I like to eat chicken. I also like to eat beef.
I like …
