Terry, that is brilliant information, thank you!

Thank you for your info. xie xie :)

hello, I am Carol, from Guangdong Province China. I am planing to study in NZ,but I don't know about anything about NZ, I find that you are living in NZ, and you can Chinese. So are you are there too. Could you tell me something about NZ and the immgrans there?
and If possible ,can I speak Chinese with you?

Hello Terry and thank you for the interesting and great information regarding learning Chinese! This was very kind of you to give to me. I will look at the websites which you recommend. The language class I attend is also with my 7-year old daughter so I am learning at a basic level. My daughter can read 85 characters but I know only 50. It is not a lot but it is somewhere to start... Our teacher is Chinese and she does explain how many (most) of the characters are from a pictogram. (she showed us sui for "snow" looks like a hand catching the snow) I like to learn the children's songs (ba luo bo, mo li hua, etc.) because then I don't have to worry about using the correct tone! Best wishes to you. Also, I want to say that your English skills are excellent, do not worry about this. Sincerely, Cathryn

Hi, thank you, Terry, for your advice. That's very nice of you. Sorry for replying late.

Hello Terry,
Thank you for writing to me in English again after posting your message in Chinese. It would have taken me FOREVER to translate what you have written as I would not know where to start looking for the characters in a Chinese dictionary. I took Chinese lessons several years ago and learned about 200 characters with the help of pinyin also. Unfortunately, since I did not practise, I have forgotten many of these characters.

Thanks for explaining about the six categories for beginners. I was not taught this way before. It would definitely give me structure and guidance to help retain learnings instead of just pure memorizing alone. Are the Chinese characters you were using simplified format or you are also using traditional format?

I appreciate your support in helping me learn Chinese. I will definitely look up the websites you provided when I have some spare time. Since this year, I have been very busy. I see you are interested in learning English but from your message and explanation, you seem to be very good in English already. However, should you need help with something in English, let me know and I will try my very best to help you.

Sincerely,
Lynn

ni hao - very nice profile terry - mazel tov

你好 Terry

谢谢你

奥妮

hello terry,
it is nice to have a mail from you
thanks for the kind thoughts .
enjoyed ur mail
take care and be safe
its a summer day very hot the wind blow is srrong is hot as in
i know u r hectic sched. enjoy ur day
hope everything is alright
have a nice day
a hugs and a million dollars of smile from miles away
jenny