Mandarin Chinese

…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.…

…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.…

…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…