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WordSwing is a web/iOS/Android app for practicing Mandarin Chinese, aimed at Intermediate students, and includes text adventure game, comics, and much more.

Philadelphia, PA
Joined April 2012
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Completely new, built from the ground up, native iOS app for Word Swing apps.apple.com/us/app/wordsw…
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Working adding illustrations to all of our text adventure games
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My storytelling game is now on Amazon! Nostalgia is a storytelling game for 2+ players. Play old, retired heroes who have lost much of their greatness, and some of their wits, but still remember the thrilling adventures and epic journeys of their youth. link.amazon/B06GxrfJ7
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Hacking Chinese contains over a million words about how to learn Mandarin better. I’ve distilled the most useful information and advice into four courses. Get $31 off any course or $128 off when buying 3, through September 9! hackingchinese.com/courses/ #learnchinese #discount
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New podcast episode: Why you should listen to the Hacking Chinese Podcast: hackingchinese.com/podcast/ This also means The Hacking Chinese Podcast is in its 7th year of weekly episodes! #learnchinese #podcast #hackingchinese
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Interesting thread about AI in language learning
its genuinely shocking to me that we haven't made giant strides in language acquisition due to ai. it doesn't feel dramatically easier/faster to learn a new language than it was 24-36 months ago. why?
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Some Chinese characters don’t explain more. They just add more.🔥🔥 A second piece feels like a clue. A third piece starts to feel like a crowd.🌲🌲🌲 Chinese can be surprisingly visual once you stop treating every character like a random drawing.✨ [Word List] • 林 (lín) — Tree ×2 → Grove • 炎 (yán) — Fire ×2 → Flames / heat • 从 (cóng) — Person ×2 → To follow • 竝 (bìng) — Standing ×2 → Side by side • 森 (sēn) — Tree ×3 → Forest • 众 (zhòng) — Person ×3 → The masses • 鑫 (xīn) — Gold ×3 → Prosperous wealth • 蟲 (chóng) — Insect ×3 → Insects / bugs • 燚 (yì) — Fire ×4 → Blazing fire
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Learn how to confirm a plan: 所以我们明天下午三点见? Suǒyǐ wǒmen míngtiān xiàwǔ sān diǎn jiàn? So we are meeting tomorrow afternoon at three?
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Chinese tones are not as “fixed” as they look on paper 🤯 Put words together, and the melody starts adjusting itself: 你好 gets smoother, 一 changes outfits, 不 dodges another falling tone. It is less about memorizing exceptions and more about noticing how Chinese protects the rhythm.🎵 Your mouth will thank you later.✨ [Word List] • 你好 (nǐ hǎo) — Hello • 很好 (hěn hǎo) — Very good • 很忙 (hěn máng) — Very busy • 老师 (lǎo shī) — Teacher • 我们 (wǒ men) — We / us • 一 (yī) — One • 一样 (yí yàng) — Same • 一定 (yí dìng) — Definitely • 一天 (yì tiān) — One day • 一年 (yì nián) — One year • 一起 (yì qǐ) — Together • 不 (bù) — No / not • 不去 (bú qù) — Not go • 不是 (bú shì) — Is not • 不忙 (bù máng) — Not busy • 不好 (bù hǎo) — Not good
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Practice restating what someone said: 也就是说,这个词不能这样用? Yě jiù shì shuō, zhège cí bù néng zhèyàng yòng? In other words, this word cannot be used this way?
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i found this compilation of easily confused chinese words compared side by side in pdf format. feel free to download it here: drive.google.com/file/d/1VjZ…
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Practice giving a simple personal idea: 我想我们可以先试一试。 Wǒ xiǎng wǒmen kěyǐ xiān shì yi shì. I think we can try it first.
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生活就是要学会接受变化嘛~ Shēnghuó jiùshì yào xuéhuì jiēshòu biànhuà ma Life is all about learning to accept change
🤖 Made with AI
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What advantages to adults have in learning languages? Discipline, world knowledge, better learning strategies, meta thinking, introspection
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Practice giving a quick reaction: 这个想法很有意思。 Zhège xiǎngfǎ hěn yǒu yìsi. This idea is very interesting.
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