Week 1 Task: A letter to yourself


亲爱的 Sabrina, (Qin ai de Sabrina,)
Direct translation: Close love's Sabrina,
Proper Translation: Dear Sabrina,

So listen up, sister. You've got only 6 weeks to go from zero to a master in Mandarin. Okay, master is just too much. Probably a decent mandarin speaker? Yea, let's go with that. 6 weeks to go from zero to a decent mandarin speaker.

A proper planning is needed. So this skill will be divided by 2 parts; speaking and reading.

Below are my plans;

Speaking

 - Use the hello chinese app

  • this app is pretty cool tbh.


-speak to my friends in mandarin

  • replace as many mandarin words that i know in my normal english convo. 
  • do not be afraid to ask 

"这是什么? (zhe shi shenme?)"
Direct translation: This is what?
Proper translation: What is this?

-videos

  • tons of videos on youtube. that might help me


Reading

-memorising and rewriting
- read mandarin books for kindergarteners level


So much to do! So I guess I just have to work really hard from now on. (tbh, I am really bad at reading… I pick up the speaking part better)


SABRINA 加油!! (Jia you!!) <—- this is like a cheer or something.

我 挑战 学习 汉语！(Wo tiao zhan xuexi Hanyu!)
Direct translation: I to challenge learn Mandarin!
Proper translation: I will challenge myself to learn Mandarin

上 Sabrina 上 <3 (Sabrina Shang)
Translation: By Sabrina

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