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Why Chinese is Easier than you think! A while back, I dedicated some time to learning to speak Mandarin, and the Internet nearly imploded at the idea of me trying to do it in a short time. I heard protests of it being the hardest language in the world, but I went ahead anyway. After a few months of learning it in Taiwan, I went on to travel over 2,000km of trains through China, learning Kung Fu from a master in a village, meeting a Buddhist monk in a monastery, making friends and using my Mandarin along the way. What I learned in this experience was that Chinese isn’t that difficult after all. Like with all the languages I learn, I focused on speaking from day one and finding shortcuts and hacks to make the learning stick. Click here to find out why learning Mandarin is easy. https://www.italki.com/article/Aumjywne3SKq3lVVaKKkJC/The-ways-you-can-make-learning-Mandarin-easy And if you’re ready to start learning, you can also check out my new book. https://go.italki.com/LanguageHackingMandarin -Benny Lewis, Language Hacker More information can be found here. https://www.italki.com/languagehacking

Post your #LanguageHacking missions here and get written and audio corrections extending your learning beyond the pages of the book. Beyond getting feedback from your #LanguageHacking missions, you can enjoy other interactive features of the Community including: 📝 Exercises - Practice and improve your skills through audio and written exercises. ❓ Questions - Got a burning question? Get unstuck here. 📄 Posts - Share your learning milestones, stories, and more. 📚 Topics - Meet, connect, and grow through language and culture discussions. More information can be found in the below article. https://www.italki.com/article/EHxl8RzzcAXNutUl7nC6Zy/LanguageHacking-Community

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👑♟️If you struggle with reading long, difficult Russian words, you should learn how to split them into smaller parts. To do this correctly, it helps to know the rule of Queens and Pawns. Queens are vowels (the open-sounding letters in the alphabet), and pawns are consonants (hard sounds). 👑 - а, е, ё, и, й, о, у, э, ы, ю, я ♟️- б, в, г, д, ж, з, к, л, м, н, п, р, с, т, ф, х, ц, ч, ш, щ Let's try to split the word "путеше́ствие" (journey). First, find all the queens: пУтЕшЕ́ствИЕ Now, remember that queens are greedy—they take as many pawns as possible to create one sound. However, they can only take the pawns that come before them. Because of this, pawns almost always "run" to the right, toward the next queen. пУ-тЕ-шЕ́-ствИ-Е зА́-втрА-кА-ть (to have breakfast) встрЕ-чА́-тьсЯ (to meet, to date) Exception: The "Sticky Letter Й" The letter "Й" acts like glue. It always sticks to the queen that comes before it and never runs away to the next one. Examples: ча́й-ка (seagull) тро-ле́й-бус (trolleybus) ска-ме́й-ка (bench) The Rule of the "Independent Queen" Sometimes two queens appear next to each other with no pawns in between. What do you do in that case? Rule: Each queen is so important that it can stand alone as its own separate syllable! Examples: фо-то-а-ппа-ра́т (camera) би-бли-о-те́-ка (library) To pronounce difficult words more quickly and naturally, you can clap 👏 along with each syllable as you say them. фо-(clap)-то(clap)-а(clap)-ппа(clap)-ра́т(clap)

Hallo! Ich bin Marcia. Ich bin Lehrerin. Ich komme aus Brasilien. Ich wohne in Embu das Artes. Ich höre gern Musik. Ich bin ein Rammstein-fan. Ich lerne gern Sprachen! Ich lerne Deutsch, weil... na ja Ich finde die Sprache faszinierend.

Mission 1- Spanish Hola! Soy Rebecca. Soy de Australia y yo vivo en Perth. Soy profesora en una escuela. Me gusta musica y me encanta comida pero no me gusta fútbol. Aprendo Espanol porque quiero entender la cultura española. Adios!

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