dr Hannibal Lecter

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bio	website	lecterror.com
	location	Split, Croatia
	age	29
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I'm learning Chinese as a hobby. I love the language and many aspects of Chinese culture. It is difficult, but also challenging! Since I'm in Croatia, there are very few books to learn from, and even less Chinese people to practise with. Internet is virtually all I have.

Due to all this (and lack of spare time to learn), I am an extreme beginner, even after messing about for over two years! :(

Feel free to contact me if you're bored to death and would like to chat with me on Skype once in a blue moon (and laugh at my 外国人普通话:)).

Please don't laugh at my stupid questions!

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Mar 7	accepted	How do I practise grouping characters into words? At which stage of learning should one expect to be good at this?
Mar 4	comment	How do I practise grouping characters into words? At which stage of learning should one expect to be good at this? @MikeManilone: Good point. Everyone should pretend I never wrote that. >_>
Mar 2	comment	How do I practise grouping characters into words? At which stage of learning should one expect to be good at this? @MikeManilone: Thanks for clarifying!
Mar 1	comment	How do I practise grouping characters into words? At which stage of learning should one expect to be good at this? @MikeManilone: "find 量詞 out in a sentence first" - You mean actively scan a sentence for 量詞 before reading it? Is this even possible during normal-speed reading?
Mar 1	comment	How do I practise grouping characters into words? At which stage of learning should one expect to be good at this? I certainly hope that's true! If only Chinese had fewer words, this would be so much easier.. :)
Mar 1	revised	Resources for learning Mandarin Chinese added my first and favourite textbooks, appropriate for self-study
Mar 1	comment	How do I practise grouping characters into words? At which stage of learning should one expect to be good at this? That's actually one of the reasons I keep studying it - it's damn hard but so different and entertaining at the same time. Not to mention potentially useful in a few years :)
Mar 1	comment	How do I practise grouping characters into words? At which stage of learning should one expect to be good at this? Thanks! The scary part is exactly the fact that I already knew all characters in 借支笔, but was led astray by the dictionary.
Mar 1	comment	How do I practise grouping characters into words? At which stage of learning should one expect to be good at this? Heh, fair enough :) But it doesn't really work the same way in Chinese, at least not for me. For example, "whenyouknow" can only be separated as when+you+know, and not whenyou+know or when+youknow. Things are complicated even further by the fact that one character can have multiple meanings. Of course, if I ever become proficient enough...
Mar 1	comment	How do I practise grouping characters into words? At which stage of learning should one expect to be good at this? Thanks for typing all that, very useful perspective. Basically - if I understood correctly - as my vocab expands I should encounter less and less ambiguities. I just have the feeling it will be quite some time, it looks nigh impossible from my current perspective!
Mar 1	comment	How do I practise grouping characters into words? At which stage of learning should one expect to be good at this? Wait..do all those sentences have the same meaning? Could it be that they made 做 intentionally larger than 爱的 to prevent ambiguity? Edit: I also had no idea 做 can mean "to be"..there is much work to be done!
Feb 27	asked	How do I practise grouping characters into words? At which stage of learning should one expect to be good at this?
Feb 7	awarded	Nice Question
Dec 13	awarded	Yearling
Sep 8	comment	Is this sentence ambiguous out of context? @Huang: Useful answer, thanks!
Sep 8	comment	Is this sentence ambiguous out of context? @StumpyJoePete: I did not, but it is an interesting question!
Sep 8	accepted	Is this sentence ambiguous out of context?
Sep 1	comment	Difference between 与，和 and 跟? chinese.stackexchange.com/q/378/25 Related?
Sep 1	asked	Is this sentence ambiguous out of context?
Aug 28	comment	What is 人 doing in 你现在人在哪里？ Helpful info, thanks!