I am currently learning the international language Esperanto over the spring of 2013 and then will learn French over the summer. I will increase my Spanish in the fall and winter and return to Mandarin Chinese in January 2014.
I want to practice with native Mandarin speakers from Taiwan!! :o)
我學習中文 (wǒ xuéxí zhōngwén)
我想學習注音和拼音漢字/ 繁體字 (Wǒ xiǎng xuéxí zhùyīn, pīnyīn, hé hànzì/fántǐzì)
* 我沒有 MSN (wǒ méiyǒu MSN)
* 我不知道字 (wǒ bù zhīdào hànzì) - I use Google Translate!!
我叫尚恩 (Shawn). 我是美國人. (wǒ shì měiguó rén) I am using an audio course called The Pimsleur Method to study Mandarin Chinese, and also ChinesePod.
wǒ liàn yǒng chūn quán yīnwèi wǒ de nǔ péng yǒu liàn tàiquán wǒ bù xiǎng ai zòu.
* Please contact me only if you are Taiwanese. We can practice English and Mandarin together.
我是氣療師 (wǒ shì qì liáo shī) Healer. My interests are: 道教 (dào jiào) , 禅 (chán) , and 瑜伽 (yújiā).
I am in a happy relationship with my girlfriend who is from Taipei, Taiwan and goes to college here in the States. I lived in Bangkok, Thailand for a year in 2009. I live in the States on the East Coast in the state of Maryland, the city of Baltimore.
Links to Mandarin Resources...
Type pīnyīn on your keyboard: http://www.chinese-forums.com/showthread.php?t=13005
Research Chinese words, meanings, pinyin, characters: http://zhongwen.com
Practice some words/phrases and hear them spoken: http://www.standardmandarin.com
Learn to speak Mandarin: http://pimsleurmethod.com/pimsleur-chinese-mandarin.html
Mandarin Podcasts: http://chinesepod.com/
