Mandarin Chinese
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3 mentions
2 recordings
first heard May 2025
last heard 7 Sep
↑1 vs the 6 months before
Mandarin Chinese language discussed throughout episode
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newest first · ▶ plays the momentRebecca F. KuangThe Waterstones Podcast · Rebecca F. Kuang returns! · 6:41 · 7 Sep
…US and about the whole project of trying to discover some connection to her family through Mandarin Chinese in a place where her family has never been and where Mandarin was only the dominant language starting from the middle of the twentieth century.…
Short WaveLearning A Second Language As An Adult · 11:54 · May 2025
…I already know. Mandarin is a tonal language, and some of these tones my mouth has never made before. And Sarah said that's an area where childhood speakers have a clear, unmistakable advantage.…
Short WaveLearning A Second Language As An Adult · 1:17 · May 2025
…That's my uncle, Timothy Kwong. And you'll notice, Maddie, throughout these home movies, and I've brought a few today, that there are two languages being spoken by our family, right? There's English, but there's also Mandarin Chinese. Those are my grandparents during Christmas. But for years, all I could say in Mandarin was hello, thank you, and goodbye. En…
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