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Are you learning Mandarin and opening conversations with “nihao ma?” This means “how are you” in Mandarin, but I almost never hear native speakers say it! Here are some other options for you to try out. Are they speaking Mainland Mandarin (I call it “Standarin”) or Taiwanese Mandarin? Here are some of the biggest differences. There are actually 13-20 vowels in English, represented by the letters a e i o u and sometimes y and even r. “How do you say yes, then?” You get creative. And I do this all in the service of my spite for duolingo. (Those who know me know) #language #duolingo #languagelearning #italian #linguist #polyglot How can you differentiate between pronouns in spoken Mandarin? You can’t! More character work with Zudlow #mandarin #learnchinese #pronouns #theology #中文 Some thoughts on prescriptivism! #languagelinguist #espresso #expresso ma chi se ne frega?? #espresso #languagelearning #languages #croissant Part 3 of Traditional to Simplified Chinese Character Opinions! #learnchinese #gongxifacai #traditionalcharacters #learninglanguages