It is unfortunate that our lives are too short to get into the depth that every language justifies. There are connections, obviously, between Chinese and Japanese, but I feel the cultures are very different. There is a lot to explore and enjoy each one. But that is true of every other language I have learned and culture I have come into contact with.
The culture between China and Japan is very different, do you mean now? Because in ancient times, Japanese culture is almost equal to Chinese culture, to be exact, the culture of southern China.
If you are planning to live or work in Taiwan, you should learn traditional characters, even if you are learning Mandarin. I learned both and I haven't regretted it. If you plan to learn both, start with the traditional characters. However from a practical point of view, if you are planning to learn Mandarin Chinese, in most cases you're better off just learning the simplified characters.
Hello, sir, your Mandarin is really good, especially the tones part. your point about language aquiring is truth!! it's helpful. 先生您好，您的汉语说的真是很好，尤其是音调很准。。。您对于外语学习的看法是真知灼见。
Learning hanzi has helped me learn vocabulary (which you need a great deal of in order to express yourself or understand others in a conversation) more efficiently. With pinyin you have so many homophones. Hanzi, after studying them for some time, will reveal their twisted logic to you. It's sorta like a much fancier version of the English alphabet (which isn't terribly phonetic, but still gives you some clues, just like hanzi). Looking up their etymologies has also helped me a great deal.
I do agree with Steve on most of what he says about learning languages in the video, while I also have some different opinions. Take whether learners need a teacher for example, it really depends on how *teacher* is defined. I'd say Steve is a teacher for me. Language teachers are not necessarily those who explain grammar or repeat words' pronunciation in the class, which actually can be very helpful to a certain amount of learners. They can also be ones who share experience, explain learning skills and create exercises based on what they think may help the learners, so the learners can pick up little by little and improve their thinking abilities during the process. But of course, a good teacher with successful foreign language learning experience is critical.
I cannot agree more. The key point for learning a different language is to jump out of your comfort zone. Ppl are smart, they will always find the most comfortable way to express their thoughts. They hardly ever make a mistake in your safe zone. But they also forget that it is the mistake which help people to improve themselves.
不要为了说话而说话，I completely agree with you on this point. I used to speak to random person just to practice my English. But later on I find the conversation is boring because I speak for the sake of speak. There should have some meaningful contents or topics that really interest me. So I then select people whom I share interests with or can hold up a meaningful conversation instead of those boring topics like how’s the weather like today. People’s big motivation lies in their intellectual curiosity instead of language itself
I think learning the characters will definitely help you speak. Mandarin has so many characters that sound the same but have different meanings, and there are different characters for the different meanings. Once you get familiar with the characters, you start to understand the smaller words that every multiple-syllable word is composed of, and that will do a lot to help you to recognize and learn new words when you come across them.
It is very important what you said. Now I am learning Deutsch, i meet the problem of grammar, pronunciation or wrong words when I conmunication with other people. At this time I have a little of depression. But your words encourage me, thank you very much!!!
Language skill includes listening skill, oral skill, reading and writing skill. From my experience, listening skill, reading skill and writing skill can be acquired with sufficient practice. Nevertheless, oral skill requires talent if the language is learnt after childhood. I got much improvement to my English listening and Putonghua listening by watching films (with subtitles first). Reading and writing skill can also be acquired to expert level by using the language a lot. But most people can't speak like a native even they practice a language for years.
If you ask me, the best way to learn any language is to go to a country where that language is predominantly spoken to fully integrate yourself. I went to China for a month and my speaking capability greatly improved. Of course, international travel is expensive but there are other options like getting a penpal/skype buddy and consuming foreign media. Most important of all is the willingness to learn. Good luck!
If you have the time, goal for the characters. It is a big part of learning Chinese. But it all depends on your knees and how much time you have available.
I learn English through watch CZcams news, i followed almost every mainstream media, i really interested the topics about politics and economy of China as a Chinese. I always can get the first hand inoformation,meanwhile improving my English.
I am a Chinese who has been learning English for years but now still can’t hear 👂 complete sentences when someone speaks English 😂 So I am totally consent with your opinion Thank you so much for sharing your experience with us Have a good day
Suggestion--to learn English (US & England, at minimum) intonation patterns. Usually the last syllable of last word has lowest level pitch in whole statement sentence in US & England. However, US National dialect has rather unique statement ending intonation-- last syllable starts mid high level, But then falls at angle to low level-quite uncommon in most other languages or dialects of English. hope that this helps. You Tube US English channels, or at least a few, might explain US national English intonation. Zhu ni hao yunqi!!!
i love steve, he looks genuinely happy when he speaks a foreign language, unlike most of the self-proclaimed polyglots on youtube going errrrr and ummmm the whole time and looking as if speaking makes them suffer
Hey Steve, Do you think that learning to write and read the Chinese characters will aide in learning to speak it? I know you feel that reading and listening are important aspects of learning and I agree. However It seems that I could get the same benefit from just reading pinyin (Which is what I have been doing so far) without they countless hours of memorizing characters that seem to be independent from the way the word actually sounds. You have much more knowledge here, what do you think
Btw, I think Chinese&Japanese learning are complementary to each other. you will benefit a lot if u always observe and compare them while ur study. good luck^^
Japanese pronunciation of borrowed is closer to modern Chinese dialects & to Middle Chinese S & N (!!) dialects before 1500 AD/CE N dialects huge sound changes, especially dropping syllable-end consonants-k, -p, -t .that left more N words with greater no. of syllables that end in vowels.(more words that rhyme?). Zhu ni hao yunqi!!
If you want to harvest the wisdom from Chinese culture that other culture cannot provide, I think it's better to master both no matter study Mandarin or Cantonese, in mainland or Taiwan. Of course u could start with simplified because that far more people use it and its shape is closer to some modern Kanji that u know. As u‘r not content with the stage of just talking with people, u will naturally feel it a must to go on discovering the traditional one as the next stage, which is more about art.
It depends on the dialect you want to learn. If you want to learn Mandarin then go for Simplified. If you want to learn Cantonese or Taiwanese then learn the Traditional characters.
太棒了，我爸爸62岁了，来德国看我的时候还在不停的学习德语。谢谢你得分享，加油一起学习外语^ ^
Mingliang Yang 。
It is unfortunate that our lives are too short to get into the depth that every language justifies. There are connections, obviously, between Chinese and Japanese, but I feel the cultures are very different. There is a lot to explore and enjoy each one. But that is true of every other language I have learned and culture I have come into contact with.
The culture between China and Japan is very different, do you mean now? Because in ancient times, Japanese culture is almost equal to Chinese culture, to be exact, the culture of southern China.
我是从秋山小哥那儿 追到您这里来的，太佩服了，年龄性别出身绝不是阻碍学习的原因！
谢谢Steve， 你的经历和经验给了我很多的启发。一个1岁的小孩子在学习自己母语的时候几乎不会感到困难，也从来没想到过放弃，仿佛来到人世就pick up了汉语。因为他没的选择，他急切需要学会一种语言用来表达自己的欲望、更用来思考。可是在学习新的外语时，由于他已经拥有了母语的思考，先入为主，才常常不由自主地排斥自己未掌握的外语。然而，善于学习外语的人，也是得益于自己母语的思索，他能将自己掌握的、没掌握的世界都平等看待，并反复细心观察、鼓励自己。这都离不开母语。所以我觉得善于把握自己的母语思考能力非常重要。外语学习经验丰富的人，一定也拥有比一般人更加发达、自由的母语思考能力，懂得欣赏不同的美景。 对于绝大多数人，外语都属于大脑的Virtual machine，只有少数人天生就是Multi-booting，所以反复练习非常重要。 学习语言就如晴耕雨读，恒心和雅趣兼备，才能有所收获。
说得真好!
我是初學日語的香港人
Steve這番話對我日語學習很有幫助
重點：
＊好的動機，態度，注意力，信念，經驗，方法，樂趣。
＊有字彙後就去發展對話，多聽，多方閱讀。
＊學會外語與民族，年齡無關。
我终于找到你的频道了!! 实在太佩服你了，对你的敬仰犹如滔滔江水连绵不绝!!
非常正确！ 对于学习任何的语言 需要尽可能的结合兴趣去学习，对于学校里的"填鸭式"教学法 简直不能忍受。最后 非常感谢分享该视频 这对于正在学习外语的人们来说非常重要 谢谢
听君一席话，胜读十年书！我上学至今一直都在学习英语，但是我是努力让自己沉浸在英语的环境中，比如看英文文章，看美剧和电影，还有脱口秀。感觉我已经可以流利用英语交流了。目前我打算开始学习日语。
zacao 我的套路也是这样，听力和阅读变好了，但是口语仍然有待提高。
这位先生，您真的好厉害！好佩服你会讲那么多语言！
受益良多 啟發性^^
聽他講話 好有親切感 好像我爺爺在講話^^
老先生講的很好，做好任何事都是不斷的重複再重複，不厭其煩的重複。成為一種本能為止。
我觉得您说得太对了，您能分享出来很好，虽然没见过您，但是我觉得您是一个值得我尊敬的前辈
感谢您的经验分享！
If you are planning to live or work in Taiwan, you should learn traditional characters, even if you are learning Mandarin. I learned both and I haven't regretted it. If you plan to learn both, start with the traditional characters. However from a practical point of view, if you are planning to learn Mandarin Chinese, in most cases you're better off just learning the simplified characters.
有同感，自己身為繁體文字的使用區域(台灣)，要入手簡體字會容易蠻多的，以前反而聽到大陸的同學要看繁體字，他們反而比較吃力
Steve,我觉得你说得很好！不管是你的汉语普通话还是你讲的原因，你就是个很好的榜样！
Steve ... we love you !! Keep up the good work !!
佩服你，向你学习。
的确如此，在学语言过程中，因语法不正确，用词不准确的错误是很正常的，正如Steven所讲，如果没有这个经验，真的很难逾越这难关。昨天还痛哭了一场呢，今天看到这个视频很受鼓舞！谢谢Steven！
Hello, sir, your Mandarin is really good, especially the tones part. your point about language aquiring is truth!! it's helpful. 先生您好，您的汉语说的真是很好，尤其是音调很准。。。您对于外语学习的看法是真知灼见。
说得太好了！
對學習語言的時候, 讀聽說寫之外最重要還是想, 想學語言去思考, 還有自言自語,重複資料重複學習,會有加速效應
昨天看了日本小哥的视频今天就收到了这个推送，老爷子很棒啊。下定决心要好好学日语了，这两天背五十音背了忘忘了背，希望有机会可以自己去日本旅游。
其实不用一直背，你学课文时就不停地在复习五十音了
@@user-dl6lm1yb6i 哈哈谢谢你呀，刚刚开始学
日语不是很难，就是有点繁琐
五十音就是阿一烏A喔，咖key哭gay受，哪裡奴內.......其實就是多寫就會熟練了
3年了，学会了吗
您说的太好了。
我听你说中文，你说得那么好。
这个让我要学华很多小时。
我两个月就开始学了，可是还说得不好。
中文是很难，可是我很喜欢。
我打算明年到中国去，那实在需要我的中文说得是不错。
谢谢你，使这个。
加油
coldnoodles95 加油，你可以的
謝謝您
this video is vrey useful tome，thanks teacher
非常感谢您
困难是因为：语法要理解，词汇要记忆。。。这是和学方言只需要模仿的不同之处😂😂
感謝，受益良多
感谢您的经验，使我受益良多。我就是您口中的花的时间不够多的人😂，知道问题所在相信以后会慢慢进步。
我對我自己的記憶力很有信心，我覺得我應該持續學習新的事物，語言就是最好的選擇，感謝老師的講解。
Learning hanzi has helped me learn vocabulary (which you need a great deal of in order to express yourself or understand others in a conversation) more efficiently. With pinyin you have so many homophones. Hanzi, after studying them for some time, will reveal their twisted logic to you. It's sorta like a much fancier version of the English alphabet (which isn't terribly phonetic, but still gives you some clues, just like hanzi). Looking up their etymologies has also helped me a great deal.
Steve 老师 您讲的中国话太好啊
尤其是口音和发音与本地人没有分别啦!
听起来非常自然我钦佩你的表演 也尊敬您。谢谢您给我一些希望和鼓励
从 韩国 首尔 ， 朴时四 감사합니다
thank you very much.
你好，由于我是여자친구的粉丝，是Buddy。因此对韩语产生了兴趣，但是在学子音与母音的同时，我感觉我非常困难记得，请问你们小时候学韩语的时候老师是怎么教你记得这些音的，希望可以得到你的答复，谢谢。
I do agree with Steve on most of what he says about learning languages in the video, while I also have some different opinions. Take whether learners need a teacher for example, it really depends on how *teacher* is defined. I'd say Steve is a teacher for me. Language teachers are not necessarily those who explain grammar or repeat words' pronunciation in the class, which actually can be very helpful to a certain amount of learners. They can also be ones who share experience, explain learning skills and create exercises based on what they think may help the learners, so the learners can pick up little by little and improve their thinking abilities during the process. But of course, a good teacher with successful foreign language learning experience is critical.
哈哈我喜欢您的视频，您讲话特别像我爷爷
I cannot agree more. The key point for learning a different language is to jump out of your comfort zone. Ppl are smart, they will always find the most comfortable way to express their thoughts. They hardly ever make a mistake in your safe zone. But they also forget that it is the mistake which help people to improve themselves.
谢谢您
我正在学英语，你的所有讲话都对我很有用。方法，精神鼓励都有了，真的很感谢。
现在学成怎么样 我想知道
7年了，学的怎么样了
不要为了说话而说话，I completely agree with you on this point. I used to speak to random person just to practice my English. But later on I find the conversation is boring because I speak for the sake of speak. There should have some meaningful contents or topics that really interest me. So I then select people whom I share interests with or can hold up a meaningful conversation instead of those boring topics like how’s the weather like today. People’s big motivation lies in their intellectual curiosity instead of language itself
感谢分享您的经验、我最近逼自己每天多听语言
I think learning the characters will definitely help you speak. Mandarin has so many characters that sound the same but have different meanings, and there are different characters for the different meanings. Once you get familiar with the characters, you start to understand the smaller words that every multiple-syllable word is composed of, and that will do a lot to help you to recognize and learn new words when you come across them.
谢谢的老爷子分享
刚在微博上看到Steve的视频。Steve中文讲的太地道了。
很棒，我喜欢
您学习语言的能力那么强是因为您平时是与很多有multicultural backgrounds的人交流吗？的的确确您的中文说的太棒了！
man, u r so right, thank u so much! from a chinese student
我个人的语言学习经验，我觉得要学好一种语言，除了兴趣外，一定要有语言环境使用，还有就是坚持。
我曾经在日本工作，当时因为喜欢和需要，所以很积极学习日语，一年左右，就会说会听。后来离开日本到新加坡一家酒店工作，因为还有机会使用日语，因为每天都有日本顾客，所以我的日语越来越好。可是后来离开新加坡后，没有使用环境，我的日语渐渐慢慢淡忘了。反而我的华语 英语 马来语 潮州话 粤语 闽南语就比较好，因为经常使用，因为有语言环境。
@@gee8883 我也觉得是。我的印象非常深刻，记得刚回到自己的国家，在海关，海关人员说马来语问话，我的回应，脱口而出竟然全是日语，自己从小说到大的语言，当时被当机，简直不可思议。
我的印象，通常跟日本人使用日语，他们是非常雀跃欢欣的，语言通。曾经遇到两位在外国久住的日本人，对他说日语，他们的回应都是说英语。
通常日本人是非常开心你会说日语。在日本，有一次跟一位日本年轻人同事，他竟然说:为什么要学日语，应该好好学英语。
你太厉害啊！
提到外语就痛苦，英语花费很多年去学，甚至花了不少钱（30岁以后）。也曾经学过日语，因为当时的工作关系，现在基本都还给老师了，记不得多少了。而现在已经移民8年多了，记忆力越来越差（不止语言，日常琐事也是转头就忘）。
我十分希望能把外语弄的很流畅，最起码工作，看报，看电视等能做到个大概齐。英语为主，日语为辅，最好还会德语，后两者不是很重要。但只是个梦了。。。。
在我国日本，学会一口流利的英语是一笔投资，因为得花很多金钱和很久时间。结果呢，达成目标的人很少很少。我早已放弃了掌握英语的念头。我现在学习中文。我觉得这个语言越学越有意思。我在学习中文的过程中，找到了乐趣，觉得非常高兴。
お節介じい すごいね 请问你是自学的吗？我是个日语初学者，刚学了不到一周的日语。由于对日本动漫、游戏和文化有着极大的兴趣，所以才想学的日语的！
World Ye 我学中文已有40多年了。大多的时间是自学的。可是，年轻时，在东北短期留过学。在延边大学主修中文，辅修朝文。
英语从小学三年级开始学 学到高二 感觉一直就是不行 最后在新东方恶补了1年半 拿到雅思7分. 相信我 学一门语言绝对没有任何捷径. 反正我这一年半过的很惨
お節介じい 加个QQ吧1656901720
喔１０年前的视频。斯帝文长相真的很像我父亲。佩服你会说这麽多外语。
谢谢！！
It is very important what you said. Now I am learning Deutsch, i meet the problem of grammar, pronunciation or wrong words when I conmunication with other people. At this time I have a little of depression. But your words encourage me, thank you very much!!!
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我觉得还是你的记忆力太好了，虽然你讲了好多学习外语的经验，但是我学起来还是特别的困难。
得重复，语言就是重复，建立条件反射
叔叔说的很对 很有感同身受
佩服老爷子
谢谢您☻
老师厉害的是有北方口音，哈哈哈，而且还会讲粤语，给人很大的动力去学习，incredible
很有用
Language skill includes listening skill, oral skill, reading and writing skill. From my experience, listening skill, reading skill and writing skill can be acquired with sufficient practice. Nevertheless, oral skill requires talent if the language is learnt after childhood. I got much improvement to my English listening and Putonghua listening by watching films (with subtitles first). Reading and writing skill can also be acquired to expert level by using the language a lot. But most people can't speak like a native even they practice a language for years.
学习本身就是反人性（恐惧，贪婪，懒惰）的，学习的时候要克服这些（人性），学语言自然就难了，但是学习也是为了满足人性，你为什么要学？（为了离苦得乐）人生就是无间道不停的循环。
老爷爷说的都说到心坎里去了！！
+刘娴 谢谢
Es muy bueno steve que suban estos videos por que con ellos las barreras que muchos se crean mentalmente solo desaparesen y todo es possible
中文说的很好，向您学习，老爷爷
深有同感。老师的话蛮有说服力。外语学习最重要的是motivation。一定要自动地学，积极地学，鼓足干劲地学。千万不要被动地学。我在别的网站上倾听你的日语。想不到你能讲这么流利的日语，让我感到惊讶和敬佩。听说你曾经在我国日本待过一段时间。不知道你对我国的哪个方面最感兴趣。哈哈哈！我有点好奇。
装什么日本人
Izzy Zhao 日本上大学要学3门外语，一般都是英文、中文等，没啥奇怪的
@@oasis2135 你真可怕
@@oasis2135 在这种环境中，我们中国人不会说【我国）咋的咋的……😅😂一般我们不会用这个单词。所以感觉应该不会是中国人了
I got some idea from Mr. Steven.Thank you so much.
If you ask me, the best way to learn any language is to go to a country where that language is predominantly spoken to fully integrate yourself. I went to China for a month and my speaking capability greatly improved. Of course, international travel is expensive but there are other options like getting a penpal/skype buddy and consuming foreign media. Most important of all is the willingness to learn. Good luck!
很有意思
Fantastico señor Steve, continue haciendo videos en chino ya que es el idioma que estoy aprendiendo
Your Mandarin it's great,really inspiring,please do also a video speaking Cantonese. Thanks
Sir you really are amazing.
X D It's 'You're amazing.
中文说得好棒啊！！日文也厉害！！！语言专家，我好崇拜啊！
学外语难不难在你的努力
你的中文很好,有一天我要用英語了解全界.謝謝你的分享
你成功了吗？6年后…
8年了，学的怎么样了
Usted deberia de hacer mas videos en chino. No puedo entender 100% de lo que dice, pero me encanta escucharle hablar en este idioma.
我是中國的蒙古人。我母語蒙古語，但是我們的第一外語是漢語。從小學就是在兩種語言環境里長大。不存在單一語言環境的困境。
ᠰᠠᠠᠢᠨ ᠪᠠᠠᠢᠨᠦ?老乡，我现在也在国外！你在国外吗？
@@guzha 从日本回来了。下一站是欧美。你在哪里?
gegenbolor borjigin 哦，我在印度🇮🇳！这里要很久呢！哦？那你是工作？还是学习？
@@guzha facebook.com/gegenbolor0/在这里聊
发音非常好。 我学了中文大约六个月， 可是我的词汇还是很有限.
真好啊！我很喜欢这计视频。
If you have the time, goal for the characters. It is a big part of learning Chinese. But it all depends on your knees and how much time you have available.
I learn English through watch CZcams news, i followed almost every mainstream media, i really interested the topics about politics and economy of China as a Chinese. I always can get the first hand inoformation,meanwhile improving my English.
在 youtube 上我有很多老师,你也是我的老师,你建议我觉得很好很重要,我也要努力学习中文,谢谢老师.
I would suggest learning simplified characters.
Have you ever studied Cantonese in writing? I find it quite interesting more than Chinese
确实是，学语言最重要的开始是要输入，不停的输入才能有输出，听都听不懂更别说开口说了。明白道理得我 还是不能用心花时间去学习，好欠打！
哈哈 ，我来打你喔！
I am a Chinese who has been learning English for years but now still can’t hear 👂 complete sentences when someone speaks English 😂
So I am totally consent with your opinion
Thank you so much for sharing your experience with us
Have a good day
Suggestion--to learn English (US & England, at
minimum) intonation patterns. Usually the last
syllable of last word has
lowest level pitch in whole statement sentence in US & England. However, US National dialect has rather unique statement ending intonation-- last syllable
starts mid high level, But
then falls at angle to low level-quite uncommon in most other languages
or dialects of English. hope that this helps.
You Tube US English channels, or at least a few, might explain US
national English intonation.
Zhu ni hao yunqi!!!
中文說得很好
i love steve, he looks genuinely happy when he speaks a foreign language, unlike most of the self-proclaimed polyglots on youtube going errrrr and ummmm the whole time and looking as if speaking makes them suffer
Hey David，we don’t say xiansheng anymore in China to address to teachers. We usually say laoshi.
Hey Steve, Do you think that learning to write and read the Chinese characters will aide in learning to speak it? I know you feel that reading and listening are important aspects of learning and I agree. However It seems that I could get the same benefit from just reading pinyin (Which is what I have been doing so far) without they countless hours of memorizing characters that seem to be independent from the way the word actually sounds.
You have much more knowledge here, what do you think
一定要花时间、听、阅读、每天听一直坚持✊️
Very good
Btw, I think Chinese&Japanese learning are complementary to each other. you will benefit a lot if u always observe and compare them while ur study. good luck^^
Japanese pronunciation of borrowed is closer to
modern Chinese dialects
& to Middle Chinese S &
N (!!) dialects before 1500 AD/CE N dialects huge sound changes,
especially dropping syllable-end consonants-k, -p, -t .that left more N words with greater no. of syllables that end in vowels.(more
words that rhyme?).
Zhu ni hao yunqi!!
If you want to harvest the wisdom from Chinese culture that other culture cannot provide, I think it's better to master both no matter study Mandarin or Cantonese, in mainland or Taiwan. Of course u could start with simplified because that far more people use it and its shape is closer to some modern Kanji that u know. As u‘r not content with the stage of just talking with people, u will naturally feel it a must to go on discovering the traditional one as the next stage, which is more about art.
谢谢您，это реальный факт
中文讲的音调非常棒噢。
语气特别老干部！
+Yicong Wu 哈哈哈哈哈听着太带劲
哈哈哈，对
哈哈哈哈一语中的
老师的书是什么书?信心很重要
哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈
太厉害
說得很好 上課根本一點用都沒有 只能拿來應付考試
It depends on the dialect you want to learn. If you want to learn Mandarin then go for Simplified. If you want to learn Cantonese or Taiwanese then learn the Traditional characters.
Kaufmann 先生，您说的我听懂了，多谢了🙏！等我学成英语后，找您当面致谢🙏！
你好先生我想问下 阅读一定要有声书吗
如果是一般书籍 遇到生词 不会发音 怎么办 立即查字典 还是 先放着不管 看多了自然而然就会了？
handsome uncle！cool！