New words Still learning the characters, but with transliteration: neoi = woman nay hou = hello (you good?) hoa = good ap = duck (in China ducks go "ap ap" instead of "quack quack") Still getting used to the vowel sounds and the fact that a "t" after a vowel is more of a glottal stop than a sound you make with your tongue. I'm hoping I pick this up quickly. It's a big jump from English. The only other language I've studied thus far is Spanish. Worlds different.