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Ask HN: Learning Chinese Mandarin
2 points by quadrant6 5608 days ago
I need to learn chinese mandarin but don't have easy access to real in-person tutelage, because of my location.

Can anyone suggest a good method, place to start, be it DVD or online etc.
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qbproger 5608 days ago
It's tonal, so speaking it correctly is quite hard for Western people. I'd say try and find someone. Without someone to talk to you'll have a very hard time pronouncing it correctly.

One of my friends tried http://www.livemocha.com/ for a language and had a positive opinion of it.

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1331 5608 days ago
LingQ (http://www.lingq.com/) is a service that allows you study with native speakers online.
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