leeyah Posted August 8, 2009 at 08:30 PM Report Posted August 8, 2009 at 08:30 PM (edited) When I am not in China one of the things that keep me interested in Chinese is exploring new online resources for learning & so I came across this cute Taiwanese site during the day. It is an archive of multimedia lessons, from elementary to intermediate level in both Hakka & Mandarin pronunciation for a pretty concrete vocabulary list with 双语例句 audio for words in context & if you navigate a bit further, there are also other options for learning both Hakka & Mandarin, with, for example, Hakka proverbs explained in Mandarin. Briefly, considering a general lack of solid online resources for minor dialects, I think this is a nice online tool, if you don't mind learning Hakka kiddie style, that is. Anyway, the best thing is it works in two directions: no matter what your level of Chinese is, the picture dictionary lets you learn a dialect and revise some simple vocabulary at one go. There's only one thing which may be a disadvantage: the text is in traditional hanzi & btw I've no idea where the start page is actually , but whoever is curious enough to explore it, I'm sure will find ways and means to surf through the site. Here's the search page & some pages I found interesting (some of these words I didn't know how to say in Mandarin, let alone Hakka! ) Breakfast Transportation (interesting difference in vocabulary, Hakka vs Mandarin & also Guoyu 脚踏车 vs Putonghua 自行车) Insects (!) Household furniture Sea creatures Hakka proverbs Riddles (Mandarin) Edited August 8, 2009 at 08:40 PM by leeyah Quote
leeyah Posted August 10, 2009 at 06:32 PM Author Report Posted August 10, 2009 at 06:32 PM (edited) Here's another nice site for Hakka fans This page 天天客家话 has audio clips - no transcripts, but WOW those mp3 lessons are in the form of dialogue in GOOD Mandarin！Really great for Mandarin speakers (like me ) who want to learn the basics of another Chinese dialect ． Enjoy！ Edited August 10, 2009 at 08:01 PM by leeyah Quote
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