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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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)^
Don't think of it like learning letters, think of it like learning words.
That makes a bit more relatable.
我也
好的
(I admit I didn't recognize the "也" part, got a lot to learn lol)
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
I'm glad you came around on flashcards
{美利坚必死|Death to America}
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.
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
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
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.