Mandarin Lessons

• jolmeister

  31 Jan 07, 12:46

  Hi,
  
  I'm new here in Singapore and I'd like to learn the Mandarin language. Can anyone please refer me to any classes I can take at an affordable price. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
  
  Thanks,
  Jolly
• FireIce

  31 Jan 07, 12:49

  check out www.scciob.edu.sg
• wh|te_@ng3|

  31 Jan 07, 12:54

  How about the local community center? Kinda affordable. But they only have conversation mandarin
  
  http://160.96.187.35/NASApp/cconline/courseMain.do
• hellomotosxq

  31 Jan 07, 16:56

  go singapore learn mandarin
  
  just like
  
  go japan learn spanish ,
  
  why ???
• jolmeister

  31 Jan 07, 20:02

  I'm here coz my company assigned me here for a project. So I thought I'd learn Mandarin on my spare time.
  
  Thanks for all your suggestions. I'll check them out!
  
  Thanks again,
  Jolly
• aku1b0d0

  31 Jan 07, 20:04

  Chinese in Singapore speak Hokkien.
  
  How did you find this forum anyway? sggirls?
• Eric Cartman

  31 Jan 07, 20:06

  Ignore aku1b0d0. He is a joke account.
  
  Most of us know how to speak mandarin (if of chinese race). Many people also know hokkien, but many only know the popular swear words.
• aku1b0d0

  31 Jan 07, 20:10

  Originally posted by Eric Cartman:

  Ignore aku1b0d0. He is a joke account.
  
  Most of us know how to speak mandarin (if of chinese race). Many people also know hokkien, but many only know the popular swear words.

  I'm dead serious. I thought most Singaporeans speak Hokkien, like Penang?
• Eric Cartman

  31 Jan 07, 20:11

  Originally posted by aku1b0d0:

  I'm dead serious. I thought most Singaporeans speak Hokkien, like Penang?

  You thought wrong. You're a malay aren't you? Maybe you dont know how to differentiate mandarin and hokkien.
• aku1b0d0

  31 Jan 07, 20:15

  Originally posted by Eric Cartman:

  You thought wrong. You're a malay aren't you? Maybe you dont know how to differentiate mandarin and hokkien.

  I'm seriously not a racist. I don't know much Chinese language, but I know how to differentiate both. mandarin always has the "sh' or 'ch' sound ryte?
• Eric Cartman

  31 Jan 07, 20:17

  Originally posted by aku1b0d0:

  I'm seriously not a racist. I don't know much Chinese language, but I know how to differentiate both. mandarin always has the "sh' or 'ch' sound ryte?

  That's only if the speaker bothers. Most of us are too lazy to even move our tongues a little when we speak to make the "sh" and "ch". That's how we differentiate a chinaman from a singaporean.
• aku1b0d0

  31 Jan 07, 20:21

  Originally posted by Eric Cartman:

  That's only if the speaker bothers. Most of us are too lazy to even move our tongues a little when we speak to make the "sh" and "ch". That's how we differentiate a chinaman from a singaporean.

  lol. Anyway, do you Singaporeans speak Hokkien, Mandarin or Cantonese? Cause I wanna learn a langauge that can be used both in Msia and SG.
• Eric Cartman

  31 Jan 07, 20:22

  Originally posted by aku1b0d0:

  lol. Anyway, do you Singaporeans speak Hokkien, Mandarin or Cantonese? Cause I wanna learn a langauge that can be used both in Msia and SG.

  You're not singaporean? Mandarin.
• aku1b0d0

  31 Jan 07, 20:25

  Originally posted by Eric Cartman:

  You're not singaporean? Mandarin.

  ...
  Can the Malays speak Mandarin or Hokkien too? I would feel awkward if they can but I don't...
• Eric Cartman

  31 Jan 07, 20:26

  Originally posted by aku1b0d0:

  ...
  Can the Malays speak Mandarin or Hokkien too? I would feel awkward if they can...

  Most cannot.
• aku1b0d0

  31 Jan 07, 20:26

  Originally posted by Eric Cartman:

  Most cannot.

  Oh. Thanks for the infos.