For beginners, useful/pretty and expensive/limited vocab
To learn a few basic things this app is great and easy to use. The words and phrases are spoken on demand by two different people, which is easier to learn I find. There are some simple and fun games and the app is very pretty!
The price is a bit too high, given the number of words and phrases that this app has. Numbers for example only go to 20! within the 9 categories seen in the picture, there are 40 foods, only 30 sentences, counties etc.... not really much.
Quick suggestion for the developers: sentences are spoken very fast, it would be great to have an option to hear it slower or in chunks to be able to repeat it.
Also an explanation would be great to learn more words or to put fractions of sentences together ("Have you got a pen"...and ready sentences don't help as I cannot substitute "pen" with another vocable from the list, as in the Chinese sentence "shangdian zai nar" I don't know which word is "pen"! - so more helpful would be "how much is ..." " I am looking for ..." etc)
The price is a bit too high, given the number of words and phrases that this app has. Numbers for example only go to 20! within the 9 categories seen in the picture, there are 40 foods, only 30 sentences, counties etc.... not really much.
Quick suggestion for the developers: sentences are spoken very fast, it would be great to have an option to hear it slower or in chunks to be able to repeat it.
Also an explanation would be great to learn more words or to put fractions of sentences together ("Have you got a pen"...and ready sentences don't help as I cannot substitute "pen" with another vocable from the list, as in the Chinese sentence "shangdian zai nar" I don't know which word is "pen"! - so more helpful would be "how much is ..." " I am looking for ..." etc)
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Basic Chinese
It's basic Chinese color number food introduction, I stayed in china and wanted to learn basic situation based Chinese am disappointed , vocabulary is 275 words , think it's pricy for what it offers.
Great app
First 5 mins my 3yr old son picked up phone and began speaking Chinese with this app! I'm very impressed by it's simplicity and audio clarity. I spent hordes of money on apps for translate and this is the best if you want to learn the basics, have quality sound with words spoken at a moderate pace (both male and female voices), and have pinyin transliteration.
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Excellent for beginners
I knew two words in mandarin before using this app. It is very helpful for complete beginners attempting to learn some mandarin before an overseas trip! I highly recommend it to anyone looking to learn some basic, useful words and phrases.
Makes you want to learn
This is the best Mandarin for beginners Ap I've tried. The short sections and simple games allow you to jump straight in and it's really easy to pick up when ever you've got a few free seconds. I usually find studying Chinese a bit of a chore but I found myself going back to the guessing games again and again. Hope that when I've learned the basics they bring out a higher level with the same approach.
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Nice but limited
This application is actually fun to use and keeps your attention. However, it is has several limitations. Great for the beginner but you will definitely need something more comprehensive. Also, I would love to have seen some type of calculator for word mastery.
Great software, very limited vocabulary
The method is great and the software is very well built. However, it's very limited due to the tiny amount of words you could learn by using it. Anyway, a great purchase for a beginner.
1st time learner
i have never spoken mandarin before although i know sum because of family who can speak it this app does teach you sum pretty good words i say words because in the menu numbers it has i.e 1-20 body parts i.e head arm hand the bottom 3 im not intrested in because i wont use it but learning coulors numbers body parts foods is pretty good there is like 20 or so word per catigary so its not alot but what this app offers you is a chance to test if you can recall what you learn if you get it right straight awat you got more points as you can see on the preview
you all in all this is more of a memory game and sum light mandarin learning all in 1
and also remember this only teachs you like 20 things in each menu
it plays you each word as a male and female to each get the tone right
when playing the game i would sergest quiting if you dont get it right first time because then you know what you have master not just tappin anythin till you get it right
i realy hope iv made my point what the only bad thing is there ant alot to learn but the best thing is testing my recall
you all in all this is more of a memory game and sum light mandarin learning all in 1
and also remember this only teachs you like 20 things in each menu
it plays you each word as a male and female to each get the tone right
when playing the game i would sergest quiting if you dont get it right first time because then you know what you have master not just tappin anythin till you get it right
i realy hope iv made my point what the only bad thing is there ant alot to learn but the best thing is testing my recall
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Easy to use
I was looking for a fast way to learn mandarin, this app really helps with the sounds from both a male and female voice, also the ability to record your own pronunciation, and a few games to help reinforce your learning, the only problem is I will need more word/phrase categories, I hope they supply more with future updates.
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amazing
The games you have are simple and help you learn new words easily...
