3000 charecters? The english alphabet has 26. How the fuck.....
I suck at learning languages and hats off to you on your journey.
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Don't think of it like learning letters, think of it like learning words.
That makes a bit more relatable.
There are over 50,000 characters in their writing system. Most fluent readers know 6-8k.
I need a Chinese daddy to "immerse" me.
certainly a way of putting it ^(same)^
加油！
Some app suggestions:
Du Chinese - mentioned in the thread
Pleco
ReadMe HSK - gives you a sentence of your level but with a few words you don't know, follows the HSK progression
ClozeMaster - reading+listening practice, you can get about 20 listening sentences per day using a trick
Drops - turn off the pinyin assist as soon as you're comfortable, it's not good for character practice but I use the app as a way of getting a foot in the door for words. After using it you'll start to recognize words elsewhere quicker
我也
I think this is correct but “我也是” would probably be more natural, especially in Chinese if the original sentence you're replying to had a verb
好的
(I admit I didn't recognize the "也" part, got a lot to learn lol)
If you want to boost your reading ability try Du Chinese, they have a bunch of graded readers, and they regularly turn the premium ones into free ones for a time so you can read a bunch without paying a cent. After a certain point you can turn off the pinyin assist. Make liberal use of the flashcards functionality in there.
You should download Pleco, and try Ankidroid.
If you buy the HelloChinese, buy the top premium, the cheap "premium" is a scam, and yiu can't upgrade without paying the full price again.
Oh and DeepSeek for explaining long phrase translations, nuances and etc, tho it's a lib and wont translate/explain "violent" phrases like Death to America
{美利坚必死|Death to America}
I'm glad you came around on flashcards
I bought hellochinese premium and it has been worth it FYI. Just the normal tier jit the plus tier. I imagine you'll run into the pay gate soon and would want input. It seemingly goes on sale every black Friday in the US
I'll see. I have other sources or will find a modded apk or something.