can someone translate this paragraph for me into Chinese traditional characters? I really don't know how. In China, Red is an important color for the New Year and they use firecrackers to celebrate. Western New Year is celebrated also with firecrackers. In China, Valentine's Day is celebrated different also. In China, Lanterns are very popular for Valentine's Day. It is celebrated usually by being with the family and having a nice dinner. Finally, people go outside and play.

i want to fool my friend into thinking that i speak fluently hehe how can i say this paragraph in mandarin? (you don't have to include pinyin, i can read the hanzi ^^) "I think the best way to learn a language is to speak it with other people, rather than learning it with books. But it's kind of hard to learn here because there are a lot of Cantonese speakers. Every time I go to a Chinese restaurant, I just hear Cantonese... I don't understand them. I was actually going to try and learn Canto, but there weren't enough resources online..." Please translate that like you are having a conversation with someone lol thanks in advance

I recently started to attempt to teach myself Mandarin Chinese. I found a good website that is really helpful, but I still have a few questions. I am also trying to also learn how to write and read SOME of Chinese. So my questions are: -Can someone explain the whole "Radicals" thing to me? -And is there a way to pronounce a Chinese character, without know how to pronounce it? For example, like I could make up a word in English, and pronounce it without having to study the word.

My name is Monica Angel (yes, Angel..)

Mandarin:You cant catch me.Lets jumprope.Throw the ball to me.Catch it.Catch the ball.Girls line up.Form one line.Lets give him/her applause.I fell and hurt my knee.I dont want to play.I want to ride.Its my turn.Recess is over.Its time for lunch.

dan shi, wo shi bu zu gao hao im pretty sure it is mandarin Chinese

To get a knowdege is good so that you able to communicate with you people with chinese like eg i have nursery school and i alway look for sponsor i can not communite.

Do You study Chinese Language? What do You think about Chinese Language? Do You think that the Chinese Language is difficult to learn and speak?

how do you say "funny" in mandarin chinese.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jyRodVn43s Just a little bit of summary, not necessarily a full transcription. Thanks!

Is their usage different?

greeting respected officers!

It seems a lot of people are emphasizing how important it is to learn Mandarin Chinese, although the importance of it seems exaggerated. I understand the economics and business part, but other languages are important for that also, although perhaps not as much. Another thing is the number of speakers worldwide, I understand that TONS of people speak Mandarin Chinese, but most of them are concentrated in China. Why is this?

In my textbook it says one thing, but when I try to type it on my computer it doesn't come up with what the textbook gives me.

I'm mainly interested in French, Spanish, Chinese, and maybe Japanese. PLEASE don't give me links to download something or watch videos. My bandwidth on my internet is ridiculous, and can hardly go to text-based sites without going over. I'm mostly looking into Rosetta Stone, and they look very good, but cheaper is obviously better. ^^; Unless, of course, you could link me to a reliable site that sells them a bit cheaper would be great. Anything helps!

I am a native English-speaker studying Mandarin Chinese. I am interested in getting feedback from native English-speakers who have successfully become fluent in Mandarin Chinese: 1) From the time you began studying Mandarin Chinese, approximately how long did it take you to actually become fluent in the language? (i.e. able to communicate all of your ideas and interests to a native Mandarin-speaker, and also able to understand 80% of what they say) 2) Approximately how much time did you spend studying Mandarin Chinese each day in order to reach fluency? What type of schooling/classes did you take, if any? 3) Which books, online resources, audio books, ect. Do you recommended to facilitate learning Mandarin Chinese? 4) What did you find to be the most beneficial and helpful things that you did as you progressed toward Mandarin Chinese fluency? 5) How important do you think it is to study simplified/traditional Chinese characters concurrently while learning the spoken language?

I want to find some audio Chinese learning materials. Help me, please!

i'm trying to learn chinese again and i cant sem to read most of the words in the story (in the link) please give me pinyin translations so that I will be able to read this story.. please you guyz!! thanks!! http://i358.photobucket.com/albums/oo22/nichiyo-san/chinese.png